Places and Faces

Where I have been and where I plan to go People I have met, things I have seen and thoughts about the journey, People, Places, Things and Thoughts.

Monday, January 18, 2010

My friends in Valparaiso


A Chilena in Switzerland


http://www.artistas-americanos.com/chilelindo/valparaiso.html

Sunday, January 17, 2010

A stroll down Avenida Colon in Valparaiso

The buildings of Valparaiso, some architecture from times gone by and some faces of Chilenos at work.



Saturday, January 16, 2010

The old houses of Agua Santa


In the neighborhood of Agua Santa close to the center of Viña del Mar are many ineresting old houses which were built before apartments, those ugly contraptions , became the dwellings of the modern  cave man. And to see more interesting structtures just take a 10 minute micro to Valparaiso and see structures that defy gravity. For a visual tour of Viña del Mar and Valparaiso check out ...

To see my video collection on utube I am  art4tea2



Thursday, January 14, 2010

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Life of a Gringo in Guatemala

Life in Jocotenango, Guatemala, a short bus ride from Antigua. I do not consider Antigua to be part of Guatemala. It is a walled gringo colony untouched by the unwashed Guatemalan culture. In Antigua "mugre" is a word and a concept. In Guatemala outside of the walls, "mugre" is a reality and the unwashed are the Guatemalan citizens. For 8 years I lived outside the walls. I now live in Chile, another planet.

My wife Marcela, two months before the wedding


My mother-in-law Graciela

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

My Family in Honduras


Alba, Ezequiel,Henri,Darwin,Leonidas
Leonidas and his family living on my ten acres of rugged soil above La Ceiba, Honduras, on a little mountain overlooking the city and the sea. I built a house here, A dream location http://www.artistas-americanos.com/flordepapa/myhouse1.htm

Saturday, January 9, 2010

My gal pal's little sister


She is 18, just graduated from high school, the number one academic in her class. Now she is working in a dentist's office, waiting for university. Shown with her father, I call him Frank, but he answers to Daniel. Stefania was raised in an orphanage (probably not the proper term) sponsered by a german foundation. For children whose parents don"t have sufficient resources (recursos). Now she shares a shack with Angela. Complicated story, but that is the reason for this blog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z34eBuZ-xEs

Friday, January 8, 2010

Website design takes up my morning

I have been requested to design a website.
I started at 7 this morning and now at noon it is a finished but unpolished product.

http://smithmountainlakeproperty5407210298.com/
Amazing what a person can do with a little knowledge.
The hardest part was ordering the new domain and server.
Credit Card details can be maddening, especially living in Chile with US banks.
Here is the hosting company I recommend, they have been giving me good service
for 2 or  3 years now. Very reliable and fast servers.
https://ace-host.net/mb/order/orderwiz.php
I have information on starting a website on my site
the information is in Spanish language
http://www.artistas-americanos.com/computacion/sitiodeweb1.html
But if you want a free server and a nice place to start a website go to the bottom of the page at
http://www.artistas-americanos.com/
click on the 110Mb logo and you can get FREE up to 3 websites, actual websites where
you can make up your pages.
more info contact me  pavlovich.webdesign arroba gmail.com   tom pavlovich
do you know what an arroba is?
How do you say "arroba" in English, in just one word?
It is not like "period" or "comma" which have unique meanings.
"at" is a preposition which can take on many meanings. We need a word for "arroba".
Let me know.