Departing Anacortes, I drove to Deception Pass State Park and then continued down to Coupeville where I took the last ferry of the day to Port Townsend.
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USA: Anacortes & San Juan Island
After departing Mount Rainier National Park, I headed north of Seattle to Anacortes which would be my base for exploring San Juan Island.
Read MoreUSA: Mount Rainier National Park
I got to explore Mount Rainier National Park three days in total. In sunshine and rain the Park was equally beautiful.
Read MoreUSA: Sequim & Yelm
I was lucky to spend several weeks in Washington State visiting family, doing a help exchange south of Seattle, and roaming around with a rental car…
Read MoreChile: Valparaíso
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I spent a long weekend in Valparaíso, a main port city about an hour and a half's drive away from Santiago. It was a much-needed weekend to relax and spend time with friends, eat famous empanadas and explore the various hills.
Read MoreChile: Cerro San Cristóbal
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Second time in Chile, third time on Cerro San Cristóbal, a hill in the center of Santiago. The teleférico was completely worth the 2290 peso ticket price ($3.60 USD) to see sweeping views of the city after a hard rain.
Read MoreAerial Silks
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I came across some people doing aerial silks outside the Bellas Artes museum in Bellavista and took some shots.
Read MoreFilm Roll: Tricahue & Xoco
I finally got my last film roll developed. Giving English lessons basically fuels my film developing fund... I'm very excited with these, especially the ones taken on my first long (4-hours up, 3 hours down) hike in Reserva Tricahue, in the 7th region (Maule) of Chile. These are all un-edited negative scans.
Read MoreConcha y Toro
I still don't like wine. Sorry, Chile, land of wine (and empanadas). Two wine tours and conversations with a sommelier still haven't changed my wanting a juice-box over a glass of wine, however I can appreciate all the hard work that goes into it. I took a tour with my mom at Concha y Toro, a large winery (2nd in the country by production) located just outside Puente Alto. My favorite part was seeing a sheep grazing on the lawn and visiting the old-school wine cellar four meters underground. And bonus points for getting to the winery without using a taxi.
Read MoreHigh-rise Living
A view of the Andes mountains, night photos from a high-rise building, and a location 5 miles closer to my university than my home-stay: I'm pretty dang excited to be living in an apartment building for my second semester abroad. And my laptop + Lightroom again. Thank god. All I need now is to stop lighting microwave popcorn on fire...
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