Argentina
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Friday, 19 Dec 2008 | Views [446]
Yesterday i saw the huge perito merino glacier in el calafate in argentina. Absolutely amazing! 60 meters tall. like a mile wide and it moves 2 meters a day!! Saw huge chunks of ice fall into the lake while we were on the boat in front of it. But didnt ... Read more >
Thursday, 18 Dec 2008 | Views [412]
I just wanted to blog about some random stuff i´ve seen that i thought was interesting. there are provincial stops everytime you travel through different providences (states) in argentina.--pretty wierd they´ll check your passport and that´s about ... Read more >
Wednesday, 17 Dec 2008 | Views [406] | Comments [1]
Well it happened..i was taking a shower in the bath/shower room and i folded my pants and my clothes and put them on the bench in front of my shower. While i was getting clean i was getting my wallet cleaned oUT! Well no cash was taken, not much, but ... Read more >
Wednesday, 17 Dec 2008 | Views [474]
Well ushuaia is a very special place. The southermost city in the world. The city is set in a grand surrounding. Tiny islands in the distant, mountains behind the city. The first day i arrived i went on the boat tour to see the famous ¨last lighthouse¨ ... Read more >
Wednesday, 17 Dec 2008 | Views [596]
Well looking back at the road trip from buenas aires to ushuaia it was the longest, most physically demanding journey i have ever done. Would i do it again, probably not. But at the same time i am glad i did it, i saw amazing countryside. From the flat, ... Read more >
Saturday, 13 Dec 2008 | Views [432] | Comments [2]
No one said it would be easy! I left buenos aires on monday. 16 hours to puerto madryn...up in a hotel one night..nice bike ride around town..Onto Rio gallegos for what i thought would just be another quick stop and go..no there were no buses out until ... Read more >
Friday, 12 Dec 2008 | Views [397]
Ya so i´ve been trying to go to ushuiaua, the southern most city in the world and i caught a bus to puerto madryn, 16 hours from ba. stayed one night and thought i could do another 16 hours and then catch a 10 bus right away to get to ushuiaua. No. I ... Read more >
Wednesday, 10 Dec 2008 | Views [418]
It was definitely hard to leave ba. But if i didnt it would compromise my timetable of being in santiago, chile for new years eve. And i have a lot to see before that, ie patagonia. BA nightlife and the culture in the hostel i was staying at has a way ... Read more >
Tuesday, 9 Dec 2008 | Views [467] | Comments [2]
Wow what an atmosphere to experience my first live football game. The game was between la plata and boca juniors(best team in argentina). It was an away game so we traveled by bus to la plata. We would be sitting with the home side, la plata, and were ... Read more >
Tuesday, 9 Dec 2008 | Views [569]
Well i thought that no one could out party than the japanese. Wow was i wrong. There is a culture here that stays out incredibly late. I went to a tango show with a girl from toronto who came here to study tango for her dancing school for 2 weeks. It ... Read more >
Tuesday, 9 Dec 2008 | Views [485]
Soo backpackers are usually quite the party people. And towns like bangkok, sydney, buenos aires, and rio are famous for extragavent drunk stories. But the best one i have heard happened about a month ago in rio. One of the guys i was hanging out with ... Read more >
Monday, 8 Dec 2008 | Views [546]
Ok so one of the guys in my hostel room just got back from lima, peru where i hope to be at sometime in january. Well anyways i guess when he and his friend touched down at the airport they went to their hostel first and checked in and they were out ... Read more >
Sunday, 7 Dec 2008 | Views [520]
Okk so here it is...this kiwi guy (new zelander) lived in a pretty rural community on the south island and his friend just got back to nz from uruguay for like 2 years. Okk so there is a lot of sheep in nz, like 14 for every 1 person. Soo apparently ... Read more >
Sunday, 7 Dec 2008 | Views [435]
Wow i hadnt went out drinking since i left and i was not used to it. Soo i was hanging out with the girl i had been walking around with during the day and met some cool guys that and we went over to have some drinks at the other hostel, where its always ... Read more >
Sunday, 7 Dec 2008 | Views [463]
This city is simply amazing. Probably the most attractive city i have ever been in. With immense wealth in the early 1900s (being one of the top 4 richest countries in the world), extravagent building projects were constructed. Grand avenues, beautiful ... Read more >
Friday, 5 Dec 2008 | Views [385]
A couple things i saw on the interstate drive from airport. Cowboy on a horse, cars parked in ditches under trees hanging out, a guy pushing his car, and a hitchhiker things i saw walking around. a protest and a parade... will give longer blog about ... Read more >
