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bearshapedsphere

http://www.bearshapedsphere.blogspot.com

I'm a travel addict with a penchant for writing and a flair for the dramatic. I live in my adopted city of Santiago, Chile, and venture hither and yon, but mostly yon. Then I write about it.

• Added on: May 31st, 2008
• Country: Chile
• Language: English

• Author: Eileen Smith
• Listed in: Travel Photo Blogs
• Tags: hiking santiago chile latin america biking andes

Recent Posts

• Surprises afoot in my Santiago, or how to win friends and influence Bearshapedsphere

  Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 07:20

  If you are ever trying to win your way into my heart, plan a surprise. I don't mean a big, horrible surprise party where they drag you against your will to a bar you hate to be confronted by a whole bunch of people you'd rather not have seen in what ...

• Newsflash: I am not one of the nine most successful travel bloggers!

  Posted on Wednesday December 16th, 2009 at 17:10

  There are many, many reasons why I am not one of the 9 most successful travel bloggers of the year. Mainly, I blame, you, the reader.saaaaaaah! That's what we say in Chile when we're kidding, or when the last sentence spoken is not to be believed. Yo...

• The more things change the more they stay the same. The elections in Chile.

  Posted on Monday December 14th, 2009 at 21:36 in piñera, chile elections, chilean elections, frei blogsherpa chile santiago

  Yesterday the presidential elections in Chile were held. Before you lambast yourself for not knowing who the future president of Chile is (you do know how to lambast, don't you?), consider this: technically neither do we.If a presidential candidate g...

• Pedaling in Chile with a look ahead to the Antipodes

  Posted on Saturday December 12th, 2009 at 10:49 in new zealand, bicycling, south island, blogsherpa chile, lo vasquez

  The best part of the overnight bikeride to the coast is seeing the red blinkie-lights stretching into the black night start to disappear. It means you're reaching the crest of the hill, the end of the cuesta, the up, the incline. Soon your breath wil...

• On Chilean Grammar and keeping those legs crossed

  Posted on Wednesday December 9th, 2009 at 17:08 in santiago, bike, grammar, chile, conjugation, voseo, blogsherpa, chilean grammar

  Hey kids, put your grammar hats on, because it's time to talk about verb endings in Chilean Spanish (and friends beseeching male friends to not have that baby right then and there, but that comes at the end, skip ahead if you have a short attention s...

• Good Travel Writing and Paying the Bills as an Exercise in Diversity

  Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 12:44 in freelance, freelancing, travel writing, making a living, good travel writing, diversified income stream

  A long time ago, in a universe where I had a cat, a basement, a house and a more stable income flow, a mate, a points card at the supermarket, a host of cordless telephones and a guestroom, a friend of mine and I went skiing, and he kept on using a m...

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Santosh Nikam

Fantastic blog.................i like it.. .... keep it up

Posted: September 12th, 2009 | More Reviews From sant008 | Report This Comment

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