2010 September | Consulting Rehab

Rehab phase 1 is almost complete; Phase 2 is coming

9 September 2010

Today is our last day in Chile. Tomorrow we return to Argentina. Next week we return to the US. Phase 1 of rehab has been intense We have been unemployed and in South America for almost exactly 6 months now. For 6 months we have had no deadlines and no responsibilities. We’ve had neither cellphone [...]

Trip report: San Pedro de Atacama (part 2)

7 September 2010

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Trip report: San Pedro de Atacama (part 2)

Our vacation from a vacation from a vacation in San Pedro continues – here’s what we did days 3 and 4, as well as our thoughts on a few restaurants and hotels in San Pedro. (P.S. Day 4 includes the most incredible natural landscape we’ve ever seen . . . and we get around.) If [...]

Trip report: San Pedro de Atacama (part 1)

6 September 2010

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Trip report: San Pedro de Atacama (part 1)

We decided to take a trip to get out of the Santiago smog for a few days and quickly decided on San Pedro because (1) it’s the only major attraction that’s to the north, and it’s still too cold to go south and (2) it’s really neat. San Pedro is a small town in the [...]

Addendum to our FAQ: Thoughts on management consulting

1 September 2010

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It’s hard to believe that it’s September. We’ve now been in South America for almost 6 months and have written ~100 blog posts. What an amazing adventure it has been. We have just returned from an incredible 5 days in the driest desert in the entire world (Atacama desert–stay tuned for our trip report and [...]