Phone pics - two months of images (that I need to catch you all up on)
12 abril
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| one of the restaurants where we ate on the Patagonia trip |
15 abril
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| touring the recycling facilities as part of my "study of sustainability" |
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| well, that's what happens, apparently |
17 abril
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| palomas bañándose (pigeons bathing) |
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| taking a stroll por el barrio universitario |
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| "I don't eat cows, chickens for the same reason you don't eat dogs" > |
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| < (trying to prove to my parents that this stuff was already here and I had nothing to do with it) |
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| the ruins of an old theater |
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| always on the lookout for "bebidas vegetales" |
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| I spy more vegan things... |
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| biblioteca, rear view |
20 abril
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| ha, GMO |
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| taken by Elízabeth the day we went to San Pedro |
23 abril
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té con leche (obviously vegetal) with Rita, my cultural mentor
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The pictures of me that follow were taken by Rita.
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| afterwards, we ended up in el Parque Ecuador |
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| (I'm pretty sure jumping for free is not legal) |
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| but we didn't leave until some guy under the other trampoline growled at us |
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| I could've taken a nap here |
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| the classic "please stop embarrassing me with all these pictures" face |
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| lil dude managed to trap himself in the kitchen |
24 abril
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| waiting to go inside? |
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| found these interesting fruits |
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| great juggling practice |
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| they don't look particularly edible, but they did smell good |
25 abril
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| catching some rays |
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| learning how to cornrow |
26 abril
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| addicting once you get the hang of it |
27 abril
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| some photos by Elízabeth of me driving those pedal cars in Talcahuano |
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| the library... inside the mall?? |
28 abril
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| (my host sister Javi is #4) |
30 abril
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| got him a new toy |
1 mayo
2 mayo
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| little ears peeking out of the covers |
3 mayo
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| in short, the reason I did poorly on my first exam |
4 mayo
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| look at this filthy little perrito |
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| but it's by far his favorite toy |
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| "to change the system, first you have to change your life" |
5 mayo
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| tell me this isn't adorable |
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| <3 |
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| I can tell you one person who wasn't amused by it: my host brother |
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| all the way! |
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| the colors are cute, but the elastics break almost instantly |
6 mayo
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| el arco, side-angle view |
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| view from the office building |
7 mayo
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| fall colors |
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| taken by Elízabeth at el Teatro Bío Bío |
8 mayo
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| las cáscadas |
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| in forestales (of course) |
9 mayo
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| visited this place called CICAT Biobiósfera for my internship |
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| experiments that they do with kids to teach about the Sustainable Development Goals |
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| workshop area |
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| I got to do this one about carbon emissions |
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| Interactive Center of Science, Art, and Technology (what CICAT stands for) |
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| this is supposed to represent la Región del Bío Bío |
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| that face should definitely be an emoji |
10 mayo
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| claiming my foot |
11 mayo
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| hey, I recognize those tools... (cue flashbacks) |
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| photos by Elízabeth during our bosque tour |
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| didn't realize how much I missed real Mexican food (none of these Chipotle knock-off chains) |
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| great anti-theft hack - spiky plant in your pack |
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| completos... authentic Chilean cuisine ;) |
12 mayo
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| in Talcahuano |
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| la Tortuga, the sports stadium where I saw another one of Javi's games |
13 mayo
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| Center for Healthy Life; more internship-related visits |
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| the biotechnology research labs |
14 mayo
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| when life gives you lemons... |
15 mayo
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| more fall colors |
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| this sweet boy dropped right down for a belly rub after knowing me for all of two seconds |
16 mayo
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| my favorite bit of graffiti I've seen yet: "--What would you do without alcohol? --Smoke" |
17 mayo
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| why did you put me on the chair |
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| look at his little cuernos |
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| wearing a bag like a little dress |
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| can you believe I found these here? as an imported food? |
18 mayo
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| getting to campus early on a Saturday for our field trip |
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| part of the "Micro Cuentos" series (sometimes the buses have these little stories) |
Uncombed:
When I was a child, I realized it was useless to brush my hair. When I went out, in one way or another the winds of Talcahuano embraced me. Without warning and unconditionally, every day. As I grew up, I gave in and stopped brushing my hair. It was inevitable to try to avoid the coastal caresses.
20 mayo
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| the dough was great, not sure why the cookies turned to puddles in the oven |
22 mayo
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| studying in the library (finally, a place it's mostly quiet) |
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| first facultad I've seen en toma |
So, the concept of "toma" is a little hard to explain, but basically students will seize a department building and essentially hold it hostage as a form of protest. During this time, classes are suspended. Beyond that, I don't really know what goes on. Eventually it ends, presumably when their demands have been answered. (According to my host dad, Forestales is now
en toma, and he was surprised I hadn't heard - but I have zero idea how they disseminate that kind of information. Forestales has been in
paro the past two weeks (where there's a suspension of classes for protest but no hostage-holding of the building), and I had no idea that was happening until I got to my classroom and realized nobody was there. That's basically my level of knowledge on most things here, if we're telling the truth.)
23 mayo
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| it's my birthday, too, right? |
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| making a coconut bizcocho (some successful vegan baking) |
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| complete with some vegan whip |
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| (photo 1 from my host mom's phone) |
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| (photo 2...) |
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| cutting the cake |
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| from a vegan bakery~ |
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| when I told them what the shirt said, they all started laughing - they just liked the color |
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| "if you feel lost in the world, it's because you haven't yet gone out to look for yourself" |
24 mayo
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| "meat is murder, rape, and torture!" (again, I did not write this) |
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| Odie almost made a friend on his walk... almost |
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| this cake was so good - leftovers for days |
25 mayo
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| look who's graduating! |
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| my brother's best friend, John |
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| that classic pic with Andy |
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| somehow Dad ended up right in front of the camera |
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| those tiny sunglasses |
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| whoo! |
26 mayo
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| also caught the Middlebury graduation livestream |
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| Lizzy (left) and Deanna (right) |
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| inside the cathedral |
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| anti-plastic straw campaign |
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| Chilean cultural history/heritage day |
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| this cafe in the mall - love the aesthetic |
27 mayo
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| inside the biotechnology labs |
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| I put him on the bed like this and he seemed very disoriented |
28 mayo
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| photos taken by Rita after getting lunch together |
29 mayo
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| found out these birds are called Queltehue (higher quality pics forthcoming) |
3 junio
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| walking down Janequeo, i.e., market street |
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| I have a class here, but since it's a one-on-one, we can meet somewhere else |
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| "extractivism is a ~crime against life(?)~, burn the industries!" |
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| first sign of my new officemate (and basically my only warning) |
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| <3 |
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| what is going on |
5 junio
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| squishy hongos |
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| more facultades following suit (Arquitecture, Urbanism(?) + Geography) |
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| Bioengineering |
6 junio
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| I was honestly too tired to stay awake during this seminar |
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| hair's gotten to the point of too frizzy to make sense |
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| " - cops, + education" (right before I walked into the zone where they had sprayed tear gas, yay) |
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| but, hey, an arcoiris |
7 mayo
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| "Piñera (the president of Chile) lies" |
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| yes, I was waiting for that anti-US sentiment! |
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| cisnes de cuello negro (black-throat swans) |
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| the other part of Laguna Los Patos |
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| I spy "No a Monsanto" |
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| there is a LOT of anti-TPP graffiti |
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| "you don't matter to this university" / "No to TPP" |
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| an exhibit of LGBTQ+ (here, LGBTIQ+) art |
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| an outside view of the cathedral |
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| came here for the clarinet part of the first-act duet |
8 junio
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| here's a preview of another beach adventure... |
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| there are over 200 pictures, so it'll take a bit, but it's coming |
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| vegan sherbet (maracuyá (passionfruit) and pomelo (grapefruit)) |
My next post will include photos from today's adventure at
la desembocadura. Stay tuned...
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