ECUADOR | Saturday, 26 Mar 2011 | Views [296]
I am home now, but thought all of you would still like to know about Quito! After spending most of the day wandering around Cuenca, I caught a night
bus to Quito on the evening of 3/21. The bus was supposed to be about
10-12 hours, arriving in ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Tuesday, 22 Mar 2011 | Views [557]
Hello! On 3/18 (Happy Birthday Nick!), I flew out of Cuzco to Lima and then on to Guayaquil after a long, boring 9 hour layover in Lima´s airport. On my last full day in Cuzco, I did a few interesting things... In the morning fo 3/17, I headed out ... Read more >
PERU | Thursday, 17 Mar 2011 | Views [1100] | Comments [2]
I just returned late last night from a 5 day trek/ Machu Picchu trip. I think I had fun overall, but it was ridiculous as you will soon read. On the morning of 3/11, we left Cuzco at 4:45am for a five hour drive to the mountain village of Mollepata ... Read more >
PERU | Wednesday, 16 Mar 2011 | Views [483]
Hello! I have just finished a trek and have gone to Machu Picchu, but haven´t had a chance to write about Cuzco yet...so here it is! The story about trek/Machu Picchu comes tomorrow. I flew into Cuzco the morning of 3/8 from Lima after a hectic ... Read more >
PERU | Monday, 7 Mar 2011 | Views [238]
Hello again! I am currently in Lima, Peru for one night and have spent the last week
in Santiago and in transit to Santiago. I really only got a taste of Santiago and Lima, being in each place for only 1 or 2 days, but I am really anxious to get ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 1 Mar 2011 | Views [458] | Comments [1]
I have just returned to Bariloche from the town of El Bolsòn where I was for two nights. El Bolsòn is about 2.5 hours south of Bariloche and kind of on the boundary between northern Patagonia and the Lakes District. It is known for its Feria Artesanal ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Saturday, 26 Feb 2011 | Views [502]
Hello! I am in beautiful Bariloche on the shores of the huge, deep blue
Lago Nahuel Huapi in the Lakes District of Argentina! On the
morning of 2/22, I took a bus from Puerto Montt, Chile. The road we
took brought us up through the dense westside ... Read more >
CHILE | Monday, 21 Feb 2011 | Views [1087] | Comments [1]
Hello! I am back in Chile in Puerto Montt and have just left the Intrepid overland group I was traveling with. I am missing a couple days in Pucón with the group, but figured I wouldn´t have enough time to travel back south to Bariloche, Argentina-... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Wednesday, 16 Feb 2011 | Views [385]
On Valentine´s day we arrived in El Chaltén, a funny little tourist town
inside Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. El Chaltén is most famously
known as the supply point for excursions around Monte Fitz Roy, another
Patagonian classic. Before I write ... Read more >
CHILE | Sunday, 13 Feb 2011 | Views [391]
As part of our time in Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, we were given the option of doing the 4 day/ 3 night trek called "The W" (for the shape of the route). Of course I did it. Early on 2/8 we set out for the ferry across Lago Pehoe ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Sunday, 13 Feb 2011 | Views [544] | Comments [1]
It´s been awhile since I´ve had internet and a lot has happened! I joined an overland tour group on Friday, 2/4 and we have traveled from Ushuaia, through into Chile and back into Argentina again, although with this entry I will focus on the rest of ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Friday, 4 Feb 2011 | Views [475] | Comments [1]
Hurray! My first trek down here was a huge success. I did the Paso de la Oveja (Pass of the Ship) trek in the mountains behind Ushuaia. Part of the trek was in the Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego so I had to register with their park service. The ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Friday, 4 Feb 2011 | Views [446]
I feel like I have really begun my trip now that I am here in Ushuaia, surrounded by mountains and soon on my way to even bigger mountains! It is much much cooler here than in Buenos Aires (it is about 55 degrees for a high). Ushuaia is the most southern ... Read more >
URUGUAY | Saturday, 29 Jan 2011 | Views [420] | Comments [2]
I only got a quick look at Uruguay, but what I saw was great! There is
always the smell of roasting beef drifting in on the wind and Uruguayans
cannot live without their mate- literally everyone has a cup of mate
and a thermos of hot water with ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Wednesday, 26 Jan 2011 | Views [365] | Comments [1]
Hello from Buenos Aires! I flew from Portland to Houston and Houston
to Buenos Aires, arriving here on the morning of 1/24. My hostel is
right on the Avenida 9 de Julio which is the 10 lane street through the
center of Buenos Aires. This is the ... Read more >
USA | Wednesday, 2 Dec 2009 | Views [302] | Comments [1]
Well, as the title suggests, I have finished my tour, but not as originally planned. The weather was just becoming too much to try to plan around and a couple roads I needed were actually closed for 2-3 days(although they re-opened yesterday afternoon, ... Read more >
USA | Monday, 30 Nov 2009 | Views [455] | Comments [1]
Hello, I am writing from Safford, AZ where, yes, it is raining and 41 degrees. I can actually see some snow on the mountains out the window. Fortunately I am a day ahead of schedule, so I get to rest today out of the rain. I spent Thanksgiving and ... Read more >
USA | Wednesday, 25 Nov 2009 | Views [359]
Hello! I last wrote from CA and am now in Phoenix, AZ staying with my aunt and uncle for Thanksgiving. Not a whole lot has happened since the last entry, but I'll break it down by day anyway I guess. On day 4 (Nov 22) I rode 55 miles from Blythe, ... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 21 Nov 2009 | Views [489] | Comments [8]
Hello all, I am currently in Blythe, CA just at the CA/AZ stateline. I say goodbye to CA tomorrow morning. I started in Pine Valley, CA a small community just east of San Diego along I-8 on Thursday, Nov 19th. I will update this blog as often as ... Read more >
USA | Friday, 5 Jun 2009 | Views [338]
I made back to Portland without incident last night. For all of you who may have been concerned about the politics I talked about in my Merida entry, I found out that internet in Venezuela is still private and independent, so it is not monitored. I ... Read more >
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