I moved!

¡Hola todos! I’m writing this (short) post from my new apartment! My friend and I moved in a few days ago and are planning to chill here until the end of our stay. Leaving my host family was a really tough thing to do–we had gotten close over the past two months–but since classes and…

El Norte Grande–um, *how* high up are we?–Part 2

¡Hola todos! As promised, here’s the next part of my norte grande adventure! In this post I’ll be talking about my visit to Arica and el Parque Nacional Lauca. Here’s the map again so you can keep up! The overnight bus we took from Calama reached Arica around 8 in the morning.