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Talcahuano: a small town along the coast of Chile. My mom and I took a short trip - Santiago to Chillán via train - to Concepción via bus - to Talcahuano via Metro, and then back again, for a very compact yet satisfying excursion.
Read MoreColchagua region = wine, more wine, and empanadas apparently. I wouldn't know because my bus didn't stop at the magic empanada place. This was CIEE's last weekend excursion, a last gulp of fresh air before finals in a month, and it was so beautiful.
Read MoreDesert, desolation, pure hot sand as far as you can see...and then you pop over a sand dune and see ocean! That's what it's like to be travel from Bolivia through the Atacama Desert, to Iquique, a medium-sized port city in northern Chile. This time I arrived via airplane from Santiago and spent Easter weekend in Iquique.
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