Travelling South America

Starting to get around — Pan de Azucar

It was our first weekend after moving to Copiapo and the exploring started with Parque Nacional Pan de Azucar, a beautiful national park around 2.5 hrs from Copiapo. We had good company of Paulina (our regional rep with the English teaching program) and her…

School, once again

My school is Escuela Las Canteras — a public school with 1st to 8th grade and almost 500 students. The school premises are better than a couple of comparable public schools I’ve seen in India.

In love with cooking

One of the best parts of this South American journey is that there is a lot of time — to enjoy running, reading, writing and sometimes not doing anything at all. One of my latest hobbies has been cooking. We’ve a small apartment here with a furnished kitchen and I’ve spent the last few weeks…

Being a teacher — part 1

One year ago, teaching would have been the last thing I would imagine doing while travelling the world. But I am very happy I took the leap of faith and applied for this volunteer program in Chile. Last 4 months have been an amazing journey with Escuela Las Canteras, a public school…

Atacama’s the new home

Our placement with English teaching program happened to be in Copiapo. This meant that the next few months of our lives will be in the middle of the driest desert on the planet.

The city

Reserva nacional Pinguino de Humboldt

This national reserve is a great place to see some rare sea animals and be one with the nature. It was a long and memorable day.

How did we get there?

English Winter Camps

2 weeks of insane fun! The English winter camps have been undoubtedly the best part of my teaching experience here in Chile.

San Pedro — Atacama meets Andes

We had a plan to go to San Pedro de Atacama (most popular destination of Northern Chile) at the end of our program but then a long weekend was sufficient to entice us to go earlier. Our plans also coincided with that of Aimon, a fellow volunteer from Pakistan, who had the…