Nathan Lustig

I realized I’ve written travelogues about my trips all over the rest of the world, but not where I’ve been living for the last four months.  Here’s a list of some of my favorite places, including restaurants, bars and random places to hang out. Restaurants Santiago has some great restaurants, but you have to search [...]

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Last year was my first SXSW and I had a great time, but 2011 was even better.  Here’s a quick rundown on my SXSWi and some of the big themes I saw. Chile is on the tech map I was lucky enough to moderate the Chile Technology Summit with Juan Pablo Tapia, David Basulto, Paige [...]

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I will be moderating a panel at South By Southwest called the Chile Technology Summit on March 16th at 1230 at the Austin Hilton, ballroom F.  Twitter hashtag #chiletech. The World Technology Summit is a new addition for SXSWi and features panel discussions from emerging technology hubs around the world including Brazil, England, South Africa, [...]

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We are all extremely plugged in people.  Pretty much all of us carry a cell phone and  many have smart phones, which means the internet is at our fingertips 24/7/365.  Many of us feel out our element without a computer, smartphone and tv. Thinkers as far back as the Romans mused that humans need periods [...]

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After San Pedro, I took four days to explore southwestern Bolivia.  Bolivia is the poorest country in all of Latin America and it shows.  I didn’t see a single paved road, even the roads in Uyuni that connect the city of 20,000 with both of the two capitals.  Although it’s very poor, it seemed very [...]

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I spent four days in and around San Pedro de Atacama, in the far north of Chile, about two hours north of Santiago by flight.  Atacama is one of the strangest, most beautiful, rugged, remote, stunning places I’ve ever been.  Normally, I really dislike tours and prefer to go out on my own, but San [...]

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