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7 Links – The best of the worst of the weird

13 July 2011
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This 7 links thing, that is spreading across the web at the same speed as STDs do at frat parties, was started by Tripbase. To participate you need to be tagged by someone, just like that game you used to play when you were a kid. Remember, “tag, you are it”. Unfortunately tagging to kids [...]

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How to watch a football match in Chile

1 July 2011
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How to watch a football match in Chile I love the passion you see for football in Latin America (that’s soccer for some of you). It’s as contagious as a National leper kissing cup. You may not be a fan of either sport but the hype and energy of everyone eventually ropes you into the [...]

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What is a Permiso de Circulación in Chile?

31 January 2011
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If you are planning on driving in Chile or owning a car here, then you need to know what a Permiso de Circulación is. ¿What is a Permiso de Circulación? The permiso de circulación, which can roughly be translated in English as “Permission to drive around”, is an annual tax which must be paid for [...]

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El Vagón – Hidden Secret of El Valle del Elqui

21 January 2011
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(El vagón is Spanish for the passenger car of a train, or coach or carriage if you’re from the UK). Someone came up with the brilliant idea of plonking a century old passenger car in the middle of a vineyard, filling it with antiques to create a turn-of-last-century ambience and renting it out only to [...]

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Visiting the Iguazu Falls

25 October 2010
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One of the highlights for our self-made tour of Argentina was to visit the Iguazu Falls. Buenos Aires to Puerto Iguazu by Bus. Once we had arrived in Buenos Aires, we started thinking about the best way to get to Puerto Iguazu in the North of Argentina. Aerolineas Argentina offered flights for around 360 USD [...]

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10 Tips about Buenos Aires – Semester Abroad Experience

20 October 2010
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I lived in Buenos Aires for 6 months, and I must say it was a wonderfully up and down experience. Up until I left, the city captivated me. When I lived there, I could be found admiring the city on any given day – its architecture, its culture, its food, its fashion – even months [...]

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