garlic butter and bread

Delicious Garlic Butter

back to Chile 2014 main page My friend Stewart made this awesome garlic butter and shared it with us last night. I was intending to use it with my frozen…
six Valparaiso restaurants

six Valparaiso restaurants

back to Chile 2014 main page 1. Don Pancho (Rawson street, near P. Montt Avenue. near the interstate bus terminals) Recommendations: Charquican con huevo, a traditional Chilean dish (comida tipica…
three places to eat in Renaca

three places to eat in Renaca

back to Chile 2014 main page Restaurant Dina- delicious, with big portions. Mantra Gourmet- this restaurant has a mixed Thai/ American theme. I've been here thrice (as of this writing),…
Chile Video Diary

Chile Video Diary

back to Chile 2014 main page https://youtu.be/7cataCU8mwg runtime: 28 seconds Renaca Beach at night, May 21, 2014   https://youtu.be/Tj1cFz1gyk4 runtime: 3 seconds Vina del Mar at night, May 12, 2014…
Renaca

Renaca

back to Chile 2014 main page Please click thumbnails to see full photo. I'm living in Renaca, a small beach side neighborhood of Vina del Mar, during my stay in…
Cerro Cordillera

Cerro Cordillera

back to Chile 2014 main page I accompanied my friend B to check out a small fish market near Plaza Sotomayor, Valparaiso. I wandered around while she was there, and…
Taipei- New Year 2014

Taipei- New Year 2014

I ushered in 2014 in Taipei City and spent a few days there. I finally got to participate in the New Year’s Eve festivities and fireworks in the Taipei 101 area.
fireworks 17
crowded subway station - new year's eve 01 crowded subway station - new year's eve 02 crowded subway station - new year's eve 03 elephant hill metro station fireworks 12 fireworks 20

Penang (October 2013)

Penang (October 2013)

Gurney Hawker Centre Hot, sticky, and named after a chewable seed that gives you a mild high, what's not to love about Penang? Modern Penang was founded by the British…
two Hualien eateries

two Hualien eateries

photographed a year apart:

famous iced dessert shop in Hualien 1
famous iced dessert shop, Hualien, October 2012

four places that are closed

four places that are closed

four photos:

office windows in the afternoon
office grilles drawn down, Quezon City, March 2011

six dental clinics

six dental clinics

Manila, Philippines, April 2011

dental clinic 10 dental clinic 08
Concon sand dunes

Concon sand dunes

back to Chile 2014 main page Concon's sand dunes are a ten minute bus ride from where I live in Renaca. It was a scary climb for me to the…