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A digest of audio posts produced by Travel Past 50. This collection includes interviews with travel experts and responses to favorite destinations, plus a couple travel radio interviews with Kris and Tom about their nomadic travels.
Here are a few rules I try to follow to make good photos. Many, not all, of these tips are based on using an actual camera that has exposure and…
Plan your stay in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with our recommendations on things do and see, and our notes on museums, food, wine, and tango. Discover day trips to artsy Tigre and to Colonia del Sacramento (Uruguay).
Build your perfect Santiago de Chile itinerary with these recommended visits to Santiago attractions, day trips to wineries in the Colchagua Valley, to UNESCO World Heritage city Valparaiso, and suggested Santiago neighborhoods and restaurants.
The home of Pablo Neruda, the Nobel Prize winning Chilean poet, is famous for its quirky art and eclectic layout. Neruda called his home in Santiago La Chascona, after his nickname for his lover Matilde Urrutia. Chascona means “tangled one,” a name he gave her because of her curly red hair.
We were pleased to wander the Bellavista neighborhood of Santiago de Chile where we'd lived many years ago and find that many of the shop and apartment walls were still covered with imaginative murals.