Hi everyone! Wow, this is the LAST week of my study abroad program until everyone leaves to go home or to do solo traveling. This week used to feel so far away when I thought about it in September and October, and even sometimes in November. Even though I felt it creeping, I would push …
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Never expect science to go as planned.
Hi everyone! I’m finally back from my field research at Patagonia Bagual. The past week has been quite busy with a few unexpected twists and turns that I’ll tell you about. First off, remember when I told you about my work with the peat bog? Well, that project is no more. Why? Well, the day …
Finals, Horses, & Bogs!
We’ve hit 10 weeks of being abroad! When I reflect on first arriving to Chile, it feels like a lifetime ago and I can’t believe that yesterday marked exactly one month left of my program. I’ve learned so much about Patagonia as more than just a place that backpackers dream about visiting, and I’ve also …
Austral Spring Break & the Chilean Neoliberalism Crisis
Hi everybody! I know it’s been two weeks since my last post so I’m going to be combining last week’s blog with this week’s, and I have SO much to tell you about. For the first half of today’s post I’m going to tell you all about the adventures (and misadventures) of my mid-semester break, …
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Torres del Paine & crunch time
New week new blog! We just returned from Torres del Paine National Park, which was both incredibly fun and exhausting. My group arrived Monday afternoon and did not return to Puerto Natales until late Thursday night. Our days consisted of hikes throughout the park that ranged between 12 and 15 K to different ‘refugios,’ which …
Accepting (and learning from) bad days when abroad
Happy Sunday everybody! To be completely honest, this past week was not that exciting—or even that great for that matter. It was the first time I started to feel stressed and overwhelmed since leaving to study abroad, and I found it extremely difficult to accept those emotions. There is such a stigma with studying abroad …
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Abroad Patagonia. 