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family & isabella & life in chile fields marshall | 23 Apr 2008 10:43 pm

New Apartment In Pucon

4 Responses to “New Apartment In Pucon”

1. on 26 Apr 2008 at 9:38 pm 1. Papa Juan said …

   Loved the video!

   What a wonderful establishment you have found. Its the best place with a fireplace for winter and a porch for summer. Young Isabella has an exceptional view of volcano Villarica all the time. Your new apartment is the best nest for Isabella to grow up in.

   What an artist. Mabel paints skillfully. We love seeing the fish painting she is working on in the video. Fields, you have a wonderful family.

   Love

2. on 27 Apr 2008 at 4:51 am 2. Marc said …

   Hi Fields,
   Just dropped by here from your affiliate blog. I just realized you started it up again. Just wanted to say that’s an awesome place to live. The countryside around there and even the neighborhood. I lived in Spain for a while and your apartment is better than mine was in Spain. My brother and I have been looking in going down to Mendoza, Argentina for a while. Right now I’m stuck in the States working overtime on my sites. Anyway, sorry for writing my life story, your video just got me excited because it looks so amazingly awesome down there. It’s amazing the bill of goods we’re sold growing up in school having it drilled into us the the USA is best country in the world. That’s just sooo wrong.

3. on 27 Apr 2008 at 4:30 pm 3. gonker said …

   Thanks for the Comment Papa Juan - I do have a great family

   Thanks for the comment Marc.

   Although I miss some things from the USA,

   Chile, as I see it, has some definite advantages over the USA presently.

   They have a health care system that is reasonable, afforable and free if you are too poor. Gas prices are already very high here so Chile already has that factored into their economy. They aren’t paying for a war nor experiencing a economic crisis.

   There are less people here - less crowded more resources only 15 million people or so in all of the country.

   Things I miss about the USA mainly.

   Friends and Family
   Live Music
   A variety of good restaurants.
   Availability of High Speed Internet.

   I think you will love Mendoza, Argentina .. I had a great time there .. Argentina was the place to be in 2002 till 2005. Its still great now but more expensive and perhaps headed to another crisis. The exchange rate was sooo good it was insane .. now its about equal to Chile. The us dollar value exchange rate has held the same though which may give you an idea of the actual inflation, weakening dollar in the usa

4. on 06 May 2008 at 11:29 am 4. Stephen Schein said …

   Hey Fields

   Just snooping around your blog. Might think about starting one up for Dakar. Check out: http://www.villagetortues.com. I’m starting there tomorrow doing international marketing and strategic partnerships. I’m psyched!

   Steve

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