There's not all that much that I miss about England. To most people's surprise, I usually mention food. Things like chicken pie, ro...

Re-reading my post from last year about how to speak Chilean Spanish  I realised I'd completely forgotten to mention a quirk that I thin...

Last night we had what I hope will be the first in a series of get togethers for expats and English speaking locals. Luckily, the rain stopp...

UPDATE : I'm confirming that the meet up is going to be on Wednesday evening-8.30 pm at Allegretto (Calle Pilcomayo and Templeman behind...

In the middle of the photo above you can see a large boat. This is the USS George Washington, a monster aircraft carrier carrying about 3400...

So, continuing my not-very-comprehensive-and-marvelously-amateur-but-the-best-you're-going-to-find-online-in-English cataloging of Arqui...

So here are more photos of graffiti in Valparaiso. I thought I'd got most of it but I was walking along Yungay yesterday and found a b...

A few bits of graffiti I enjoyed: "I'm watching you" (better before some muppet smashed the mirror). "What do you do for...

So I've had quite a fun time over the past few days. On May 1st, I went for a wander along Avenida Alemania. Avenida Alemania is also ...