The worst thing of my hometown: Pollution

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I live in Chillan, Chile, is a really nice city, I love it and I couldn´t live anywhere, but there´s a disadvantage: on winter there´s a lot of pollution. During the day is not noticeable, because is very windy , but in the afternoon and at night is like a "smoke city" .

This is really annoying , because when I go out my hair and my clothes stink due to the smoke, and sometimes my eyes hurt, and you can´t see anything because the city is covered by mist.

The main factor that is provoking pollution is the chimneys . People do not use the proper type of wood , instead of using dry wood,  they use a wet one, and that is really affecting our environment and our health. I understand why people buy wet wood, is cheaper than the dry one, and in Chillan specially on winter it is so cold that you have to turn on your chimney if you don´t want to get frozen. We need to avoid the use of the chimney , but it´s so difficult, due to the fact that some others ways of heating are expensive. For example if you want to choose an electric stove, by the end of the month ,  your electricity bill will increase enormously. The same happens with a gas stove , the gas is expensive, and you have to buy a big one to keep you warm during the season, and you have to buy one every single month of winter. Search new ways of heating is affecting the budget of people in a negative way, they need to consider an extra spending when is winter. For that reason they prefer the cheapiest option.

In order to solve this problem , now in Chillan we have states of "pre-emergency" and "emergency" , when the city is in these states you cannot turn on your chimney after 6 pm.

In that way we are trying to avoid the excess of smoke released to the athmosphere.

My favorite place in the world

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My favorite place in the world it could be a beach, with clear water and white sand, it would be probably located in Indonesia, because there are many beautiful places around, that you can visit during the year. For example Bali, that is an island full of trees and magic landscapes, here a picture of Bali:

My ideal beach would be close of Indonesia, but it would be a lonely island, with palms, where I can put a hammock, and take a nap . You can arrive there by boat, and it wouldn´t take more than 20 minutes.

It would have rustic cottages, all made of timber, and with big windows to look the sea and in the night see all the stars and the moon.  In the outside you can sit in a comfortable chair and look the sea, also see the sunset and the sunrise

I really love those kinds of cottages, because there you can just rest and forget about the world, 

I would love to go there because you can swim, go hiking to the center of the island, running around the beach, and also go to navegate by boat. You can go snorkeling to see all the amazing creatures that are in the bottom of the sea and all the sea plants, that would be such a good experiencie for you, because not in every place you go you can do snorkeling, and in that beautiful water!

I would go there with my boyfriend, and also with my family, because it´s very relaxing, and the weather is nice, you only need light clothes and some comfortable shoes. Its sunny all the time and  at night the weather is still warm but not as much as in the morning. It rains, but not for a long time, the rain doesn´t last more than one or two days.


My perfect beach is a place where I would spend at least a week, because it´s worth to stay there for a long time.