Trips

My best trip, in the last time, was when I went to Puerto Varas two month ago. The trip was very short only three days but I recovered energy and I breathed fresh air. I went with my boyfriend and we stayed in a nice hotel Lan Antu, it is a very old construction since 1925, but it is recently restored, it is very beautiful hotel. We went to Puerto Mont because it is near Puerto Varas and we visited Angelmo where had lunch and I ate curanto and many shellfish and I drank much white wine. We also bought typical things such sheep wool. In Puerto Varas we went to casino and lost money, we never won nothing. The climate was perfect, it was cloudy but nice. In that trip I ate a lot delicious food, but the better was a roast lamb. This food was prepared in the hotel’s restaurant. Another good trip was when we (my family and me) went to Arica and Chungara lake. It was many years ago, but it is in my memory, because of it was great, we swam in the Chinchorro beach and we took many tours for example to Chungara lake, this place is wonderful, the lake is sorrounded by land and mountain where there are alpacas, vizcachas, guanacos, vicuñas, pumas, llamas and foxes.
I would like to travel to Egypt to know the pyramids and their secret passageway. I also would like to know Greece. For me the ancient civilizations are very interesting.

Hobbies

I have many hobbies when I have time, but my problem is that the most of time I must work. I have a few close friends and I try to see them regularly. If I am too busy then I phone them. In the winter I have more free time because of the agricultural job stop and then I can do others things. I like too much to paint and to draw, I think I am good with one’s hands. I like to weave and when I can do it I do clothes like pullovers, ponchos and scarves for me or for my family. I took a course in weaving with a aunt’s friend and she learns me the technique in little time. In the summer I like to ride a bicycle. My friends and I ride a bicycle toward Cajón del Maipo, we do enough exercise, and it is very nice because I lose weight and to share with my friends. This activity is not very often, about once or twice a month. In winter I would go to a gym if I had more time. I spend too much time sitting in my laboratory and in the doctorate program.

Web site

My area of research is Nematology. It is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of nematodes. I am working with plant parasitic nematodes, these are of considerable importance worldwide because of their devastating effects on crops have major economic impact, for this reason I always visit many web sites with information about plant parasitic nematodes. My favourite web site is http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/NEMABASE/, this site belong to University of California, and in this site you can find new scientific publications and Nematology news and events. Also you can find the Nemabase, it is a database to include interactive tools and models, and it gives easy access to information about the host status of plant to the plant parasitic nematodes in worldwide and therefore the information is available for researcher, as a basis for management decisions. In our country there is not many web site about nematology, for this reason I did a web site of my laboratory, www.nemachile.cl , in this site I put information about the most important genus and species of plant parasitic nematodes in Chile, for example life cycle and behaviour of plant parasitic nematodes and many pictures of symptoms that develop in the plant root system.

Animals

I like some animals for example the dog, because of it keep me company and it give me unconditional love. I have a little female dog called “Tammy” and every day it wait for me in the evening when I arrive to my home. Also in my home there are four rabbits but it are not mine it are of my nephew. He is responsible for feeding and cleaning of the rabbits, but he doesn’t always do it. I like others animals as horses, fishes, sheep and African animals which I can visit in the zoo. I hate others animals, for example mice, snake and lizard, they cause in me too much fear, I think I have a phobia to mice, I can’t see a mouse even on television. For me these animals are disgusting and repulsive. Last summer I was working in monitoring of plagues, it was very difficult activity for me because in many places I met with many mice and lizards. Every day when I was waking up I was wondering, what animal I will meet today? For this reason I believe that I am happier working at a laboratory looking worm in the microscope.