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Interview With Charles Runnette: ‘Confessions of a Travel Writer’
by Michael Yessis | 08.10.09 | 3:07 PM ET
Alejandro Cerda, ProChile Michael Yessis asks the host of a new Travel Channel show about travel writing, strip searches and whether he really has a dream job
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Yahoo! BuzzInterview With Nicholas Gill: Life in Chaitén, Chile, a Year After the Eruption
by Michael Yessis | 05.29.09 | 10:43 AM ET
Photo by Nicholas Gill Michael Yessis talks to the Frommer's Chile contributor about Chaitén's fate
Chaitén, Chile: Life After the Eruption
by Nicholas Gill | 05.29.09 | 10:39 AM ET
Photo by Nicholas Gill A year after a volcano began ravaging the Patagonian town, Nicholas Gill looks back at the destruction
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Eight Great Stories on the Travel Writing Life
by World Hum | 04.30.09 | 4:01 PM ET
To mark our eighth anniversary, we've collected eight favorite stories from our archives that explore the wanderlust-inspired literary life
Please Don’t Hack the Earlobes Off Easter Island’s Big Stone Heads
by Jim Benning | 06.30.08 | 12:46 PM ET
Seriously. Archaeologists and others are worried that surging tourism on Easter Island is bad news for the island’s iconic Moais. We noted that, in March, a Finnish tourist cut an earlobe off one head. It turns out that’s but one of many threats to the big stone heads. “More tourism, more deterioration. More visitors, more loss,” an archaeologist tells the AP.
Arthur Frommer on ‘Touristic Vandalism’
by Eva Holland | 06.09.08 | 12:17 PM ET
In March, we heard about the Finnish tourist who chipped an earlobe off one of Easter Island’s moai. Then, two weeks ago, mystery vandals took a hammer and screwdriver to Stonehenge. Vandalism at major cultural sites is nothing new, but with these recent incidents, it’s had a higher profile lately. In this Globe and Mail story, Arthur Frommer offers a possible solution:
In Patagonia, In Patagonia
by Tim Patterson | 05.09.08 | 10:00 AM ET
Photo by Tim Patterson Tim Patterson packs his fleece and long underwear, and enters the Twilight Zone where corporate branding meets the multilayered reality of place.
Year Off to a Rocky Start for Travelers
by Jim Benning | 01.02.08 | 10:57 AM ET
As a result of post-election violence, visitors to Kenya are getting police escorts from Mombasa’s airport and facing fuel shortages in the Rift Valley. In southern Chile, 54 travelers were rescued in Conguillio National Park after the Llaima volcano erupted (a “violenta erupción,” declared El Mercurio). But it’s not all lava and chaos in travel news: Members of the Nuestros Ángeles de El Salvador marching band made it to southern California just in time for yesterday’s Rose Parade after their funding for flights fell through and they had to make a last-minute road trip—from Central America.
Where the Roads Diverged
by Catherine Watson | 10.08.07 | 12:23 PM ET
After searching all her life, Catherine Watson felt she'd found home on Easter Island. Then she heard a whisper in her ear: Be careful what you wish for.
Peru, Chile Clash Over New Map’s Borders
by Michael Yessis | 08.15.07 | 10:19 AM ET
Anyone else got an issue with Chile’s borders? Last year we noted that Argentina produced a tourist map claiming a disputed area with Chile. Now Peru has published a map in its official newspaper, El Peruano, that encroaches on what Chile believes is its “fishing-rich portion of the Pacific Ocean,” reports the AP. The dispute, according to the story, stems “from a war fought more than 120 years ago.” That would be the War of the Pacific, in which Chile captured, among other things, Bolivia’s former coastline. It’s becoming a big issue. Chile has already summoned its ambassador from Peru, and Peru has plans to bring the issue to The Hague’s International Court of Justice.
Four Tiki Books: James Teitelbaum’s Picks
by Jim Benning | 08.03.07 | 10:43 AM ET
This week, we interviewed James Teitelbaum, author of “Tiki Road Trip: A Guide to Tiki Culture in North America.” We asked Teitelbaum to recommend a few tiki-related books (guides, narratives, anything). Here’s what he suggested:
Aku-Aku by Thor Heyerdahl
Teitelbaum says: “That’s really the book that made me want to visit Easter Island. It’s very readable, with suspense, humor. It’s a good all-around read.”
Bring Your Tray Tables to the Upright Position and…Duck!
by Jim Benning | 04.03.07 | 7:35 AM ET
The pilot of a Lan airline jet reported seeing flaming debris fall past his plane as he prepared for a landing in Auckland. NASA officials suspect it was meteors. You want space tourism? Lan’s got your space tourism.
Rocking in Chile, Post-Pinochet
by Jim Benning | 01.04.07 | 5:13 PM ET
There may be cutbacks in content coming to the Los Angeles Times Travel section (at least according to LA Observed), and a couple of readers have complained recently that the section isn’t as compelling as it once was, but Sunday’s section did have one terrific story, particularly for those who, like me, love Latin music: Augustin Gurza’s The New Song of Santiago about Chile’s rock en español and folksy New Song troubador scenes.
Good Riddance, Pinochet
by Jim Benning | 12.11.06 | 7:43 PM ET
Observes Marc Cooper in today’s Los Angeles Times: “Not with little irony did the gods choose to reclaim former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on Sunday, which was International Human Rights Day.”
Tourist Map Puts Argentina-Chile Relations On Edge
by Michael Yessis | 09.06.06 | 6:41 AM ET
It’s an icy chunk of land at the bottom of the continent, and Argentina and Chile both want it. Or at least some of it. But which country actually gets it has been in dispute since 1998, when the governments of Argentina and Chile stated that a disputed border area in the Andes Southern Ice Field would be depicted as blank until the two countries reached an agreement about where the boundaries should be drawn. All remained calm—and blank—until Argentina recently produced a tourist map with the disputed area within its borders. Chile didn’t like that, so it registered an official complaint with Argentina. According to a MercoPress piece, the countries are trying to minimize the episode. However, a Reuters story says that the incident has inflamed already tense relations between the countries.
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