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Chile – the Andes

Pass – southwest of Laguna del Inca, Chile from paulboccaccio on Vimeo.

Argentina – Buenos Aires – Borges walk

Since I was in Buenos Aires on Jorge Luis Borges’s birthday, I thought there would be some hubbub or revel, but there was none. I found a tour of the houses in which he lived, and other sites important to him, and walked the route. Some of them, like the first, where he grew up, […]

Argentina – Buenos Aires – Not Exactly Melodic

I don’t think he really knows how to play that well, but I gave him some money anyway. Bagpipe busker – Buenos Aires, Argentina from paulboccaccio on Vimeo.

Argentina – Buenos Aires – Teatro Florida

Piazzolla Tango, a café dedicated to Astor Piazzolla in the restored Teatro Florida, keeps a wall of photographs, one of Piazzolla’s bandoneons, and one of his arrangements, framed, written in his own hand (with notes in marker). Ástor Piazzolla’s bandoneon – Buenos Aires, Argentina from paulboccaccio on Vimeo. Arrangement handwritten by Ástor Piazzolla – Buenos […]

Chile – Valparaíso – sunset

Sunset – Valparaíso, Chile from paulboccaccio on Vimeo.

Chile – Valparaíso – pelicans begging

Pelicans begging by the fish market – Valparaíso, Chile from paulboccaccio on Vimeo.

Chile – Valparaíso – from Pablo Neruda’s deck

From Pablo Neruda’s porch – Valparaíso, Chile from paulboccaccio on Vimeo.

Chile – Iquique – harbor and lobo marino

The harbor – Iquique, Chile from paulboccaccio on Vimeo. And I saw a sea lion on the other side of the dock. When I tried to get closer he barked at me, so I sat on the steps and watched him for a while. Lobo marino – Iquique, Chile from paulboccaccio on Vimeo.

Chile – desert south of Arica

Desert south of Arica, Chile from paulboccaccio on Vimeo.

Peru – the desert south of Lima

Desert south of Lima, Peru from paulboccaccio on Vimeo.