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Travel Blog #4: Pucón, Part 2: Volcán Villarica
August 17, 2025: My alarm went off at 4:30 AM. Recently, it’s been Cornfield Chase, the Interstellar soundtrack, so that I can wake up with the sheer thrill of fiery inspiration coursing through my veins, of course. Though with two other people in the small cabin bedroom, I only was able to hear the first…
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Travel Blog #3: Pucón, Part 1: Lakes and Sleep Deprivation
Around a month and a half ago (as you can see, I am very behind in my writing, and yet I’m surprised it was only a month and a half ago), I went on a trip with my friends to Pucón, a town in the south of Chile. It was a lovely trip with some…
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Travel Blog #2: A Stroll Up Cerro Santa Lucia
I’ve hiked, climbed, ski-lifted, and crampon-ed, if that’s a word, up a lot of hills recently, big and small. What I’ve found is that sometimes a small hill is just as worthwhile as a true mountaineering expedition at altitude, and a lot less expensive and time-consuming, too. Last Saturday, I went with some friends to…
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Travel Blog #1: The Introduction, Sort Of
It’s Friday evening, and I’m moving into my house in approximately one hour, and I have a feeling that things are about to, somehow, pick up even more. I haven’t had much time to write, and I’m sure there will be even less of it in the coming days. But I made a promise to…
