by Cami Ostman | Nov 12, 2014 | Chile 2014, Travel log
My senior class in high school voted me “friendliest” and “sunniest smile” the year we graduated. One thing they most certainly did not vote me was “most likely to participate in adventure/extreme sports.” And, although I think of myself as an extreme runner, I’ve... by Cami Ostman | Oct 26, 2014 | Chile 2014, Race Reports, Reflections
I can truly not believe that we are at the end of our time in Concepcion. Three months can shift a person’s perspective, change a mindset. I’m not even really sure how to reflect on this experience in a coherent way, but I’m going to give it shot. I’ll warn you now... by Cami Ostman | Oct 10, 2014 | Chile 2014, Race Reports, Travel log
As some of you may know, this isn’t my first time in Chile. When I was in the midst of writing my first book in 2010 and trying to figure out how to get to Antarctica, Bill and I flew down to Bellingham’s Chilean sister city, Punta Arenas, which happens to... by Cami Ostman | Oct 1, 2014 | Chile 2014, Travel log, Writing
Well, I suppose it’s inevitable that Bill and I would catch colds. You don’t leave summer and arrive to a blast of winter without a shock to the system. We had a first short bout with the flu/cold but tried not to let it keep us down. Last week we visited Lenga, and... by Cami Ostman | Sep 16, 2014 | Chile 2014, Race Reports
Well, I’ll be honest with you. Today I would have sold Bill for an hour at a Starbucks. I was feeling a little homesick sitting at our apartment, wishing I had a coffee haunt to hang out in and loiter unmolested with my computer open for a little while. And then... by Cami Ostman | Sep 7, 2014 | Chile 2014, Current Events, Travel log
Bill received an email on Thursday announcing that his Friday classes would be cancelled, as would all afternoon classes at Universidad de Concepcion, because the student union had decided to have its big annual “ramada” party to celebrate Chile’s...
