ARGENTINA | Friday, 24 Mar 2006 | Views [761]
and that i actually *am* learning things, let´s start
this email with an interactive quiz. (or if you don´t
like quizzes, skip to the ´regular´ (ha!) email
following the answers.)
QUESTIONS:
1) true or false? - the south american andes were
formed ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
ARGENTINA | Sunday, 12 Mar 2006 | Views [623]
i arrived in the city of Neuquén yesterday at 5.30am after a long night due to protestors blocking arterial roads between towns. (a lot of being shuttled around in private cars, walking around protestors at midnight with bonfires and banners streaming ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
ARGENTINA | Saturday, 4 Mar 2006 | Views [449]
..that i woke up this morning snug and cosy in my
sleeping bag. after 3 nights freezing my little arse
off in San Martín de Los Andes, the milder
temperatures around Junín de Los Andes were much
appreciated. dozing an extra few minutes, breathing ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
CHILE | Friday, 24 Feb 2006 | Views [497]
sitting in a comfortable internet cafe, with a clean monitor, non-sticky keyboard, and no one with bad body odour next to me. there´s an italian song playing in the background that was ALWAYS playing in the icecream joint where i used to work, and an ... Read more >
Tags: Work
CHILE | Friday, 17 Feb 2006 | Views [663]
..here you´ll be able to take advantage of our amazing tours: one day you might be trekking through awe-inspiring volcanoes, the next, you might be eating a curanto with the locals..´ - thanks to my call-centre experience, i´ve got the stereotypical ... Read more >
Tags: Work
ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 7 Feb 2006 | Views [786]
let me tell you that it´s lethal with sleeping bags in a tent. i unfortunately discovered this while sharing tents with a friend on a hike, - i reckon we could´ve started our own business selling smoked ham/salmon/cheese.. the higher my peaks of happiness, ... Read more >
Tags: People
ARGENTINA | Thursday, 26 Jan 2006 | Views [695]
it seems like the whole country has decided to visit the tiny little town of El Bolsón. true, there´re a few foreigners (yes, i´m still accosting every francophone in a frantic attempt to practise my french before i lose it forever. - hm, nice alliteration ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
ARGENTINA | Friday, 20 Jan 2006 | Views [378]
..you can damned well accompany me through the misery too! i started feeling sick about a week ago, and since then, i´ve knocked on Death´s door, and been invited in for a personalised guided tour. last saturday, i shivered, sweated, vomited (then ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
ARGENTINA | Wednesday, 11 Jan 2006 | Views [380]
..as when i was sitting in my tent, in need of relief, and looking at an empty bottle which is completely useless to a female without a funnel (as i was and still am). trekking through the national park of Los Alerces for 5 days, i had absolutely no problems ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
ARGENTINA | Friday, 30 Dec 2005 | Views [536]
last week, i met a group of lifeguards who are are also camping in the seaside village of Rada Tilly, and ¡ay caramba!, has it been good hanging out with them! they´re all mostly my age, not from here so eager to make friends, share the same love of ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
ARGENTINA | Wednesday, 21 Dec 2005 | Views [2025]
- 10 words of wisdom on an argentine t-shirt; quite possibly the first one i´ve seen with no grammatical errors in english, and valuable advice for all of us, i´m sure. a couple of days ago, i arrived in Trelew not in the mood for any crap. walking ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 13 Dec 2005 | Views [508]
when i watched the lion king, i had a crush on simba, particularly when he was just a cub and just couldn´t wait to be king. i´ve never told anyone that before (i don´t think). some of you may not be surprised, considering that during my high school ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 6 Dec 2005 | Views [485]
when i first arrived in this town, Sierra de la Ventana, i was so chuffed to finally be able to camp - having my own little space all to my own little self. you have no idea how happy i was settling down that night - i was like a little girl playing house ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
ARGENTINA | Saturday, 26 Nov 2005 | Views [396]
..on the beauty of language. what we refer to as ´change´ in english - and only talking about money - can be expressed as ´vuelto´ (do you have enough change if i pay with a $100 note), ´cambio´ (do you have change for $100), or ´monera´ (i don´t have ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 22 Nov 2005 | Views [400]
so to put it into context for those i haven´t seen for a while: i´m now in south america. i´m on a quest to find gael garcia bernal. yes, i realise he´s from mexico. no, that doesn´t prevent me from touring south america for a year. I WAS WONDERING..... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
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SPAIN | Sunday, 23 Nov 2003 | Views [452]
any excuse to get overseas again: applied for a 7-month assistantship teaching english in a high school in france. first time i went overseas trying to maintain a long-distance relationship, and definitely the last. when your mind's several thousand ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
BELGIUM | Sunday, 23 Jan 2000 | Views [486]
my first longterm foray overseas - stayed with my adopted family in olne (bernard, sylviane, jerome, gregoire, corentin, charlotte). clicked with jerome's group of friends (vinz, maud, joane, tom), fell in love for the first time (or thought i did), ... Read more >
Tags: People
FRANCE | Monday, 23 Nov 1998 | Views [422]
first trip by myself: a high-school exchange for 6 weeks. my first encounter with a foreign language (the move from malaysia to australia was when i was too young to consciously recognise the concept of 'foreign'; cantonese and english were just the ... Read more >
Tags: People
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