Category : Chile
New Journal 26 – Lots of choices Rachel pointed out to me this morning that there seems to be a lot of food and drink choices in NYC. When we ask for a sandwich, we go through a small interview before we get it. Here’s a conversation I had yesterday night at a bar. Me: […]
New Journal 20 – Leaving South America We’re struggling with internet at the moment as we count down the hours until our flight from Antofagasta, Northern Chile, leaves. We’ll be US-bound tomorrow evening. My friend George, from New Jersey, but who doesn’t sound like Tony Soprano (to my disappointment), recommends I indulge in a fresh […]
New Journal 19 – Our itinerary for the US We’ve got a very rough itinerary for our 6-week US journey. Rachel and I don’t do completely ridged plans – we like to remain a touch flexible. We’ve also been a bit vague in certain places by just writing the states. We’re still doing research on […]
New Journal 18 – San Pedro As we stared up to the brilliantly shining Milky Way, a shooting star flashed into our view and disappeared again almost as quickly . We were standing in the desert. We were silent. We felt inspired and insignificant at the same time. San Pedro De Atacama is one of […]
New Journal 17 – And the journey continues The mysterious dry-lands of the Atacama desert are calling us. We leave in an our on another long (24 hour) bus journey. We’re soon to wave goodbye to Santiago firm in the knowledge that we will be back, sooner rather than later. The city has everything we […]
New Journal 15 – Trapped The weather is our tormentor. We are still unable to cross the mythical border of Chile. We are stuck in limbo, forced to spend our evenings drinking wine and exchanging stories with fellow travellers. There seems to be no end to the huge snow storm happening in the mountains. […]
New Journal 9 – What’s important in photography 2 years ago today I bought my first DSLR camera. 1 month before that, I had never heard the term ‘DSLR’. 1 and a half years ago, I discovered HDR. 1 year ago last week I started an HDR blog. Less than 1 year ago I made […]
New Journal 8 – The slow life This lovely Chilean town is affecting us. Its gentle pace and friendly people seem to have turned our ‘chill out’ mode to fully active. We stroll from place to place, pier to pier, church to church looking for good compositions at a snail’s pace, enjoying the perfect, crisp […]