Michaela Diamond is studying abroad with IFSA Butler in Valparaíso, Chile.

Here is an excerpt from her most recent blog post:

“Honestly, 24-hour bus rides are not as bad as I thought they would be. When you are a college student traveling the world, buses are actually your best friend because 1) they are cheap, 2) you can travel through the night and therefore save the cost of one night in a hostel, 3) if the trip is short enough you can travel exclusively by night and thereby avoid wasting a precious day on travel, 4) you get to see endless landscapes at no additional cost, and 5) you are more motivated to finish that awful book your lit teacher assigned you over your break because there is quite literally nothing else to do.”

Follow Michaela here: http://runningtowardthefinish.blogspot.com/