El Sur

A few photos from our trip down south.

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Little blessing, little tears

(A “media agua”, or temporary shelter, in our Chillan neighborhood.) The other day Joy and I were walking through the neighborhood and observing the situation of those whose houses were destroyed in the earthquake. The new “houses” have been constructed to shelter these families from the weather, but are built with little more than plywood. [...]

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Sopaipillas, que rico!

“Estoy muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuy feliz!” I must have said that 15 times last night – and for good reason. We ate a mountain of my favorite Chilean pastry, sopaipillas. We arrived at Señora Juanita’s casa with our mouths already and our hands ready to cook. Two kilos of flower was waiting for us on the table, along [...]

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