In: Travel
29 Mar 2007Day 18, 3/29/07
My bus leaves today at 1:30 p.m. and arrives tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. It´s a 20 hour trip, but the buses here are luxurious and even allow me to sleep. The trip costs 193 pesos, only 200 less than catching a cheap flight with LADE. But it´s still savings and more than anything, [...]
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29 Mar 2007Day 16, 3/27/07
I woke up early to take the bus to San Martin de los Andes. My plan was to spend the day in town, arranging transportation and preparing to visit Lanín National Park. We pulled into town about 1:30 and I hopped online in search of information and then proceeded to visit the tourism [...]
In: Travel
29 Mar 2007Day 12, 3/23/07The bus from Puerto Natales left for El Calafate at 7:30 a.m. I sat next to a girl from the UK that had quit her job and was traveling the world. (I can’t tell you how many people I run into down here who have done something similar and are on long trips). [...]
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28 Mar 2007Day 7, 3/18/07After a 2 1/2 hour bus ride we arrived at perhaps the most famous national park in South America, Torres del Paine. Since it was overcast with light rain, we decided to take the boat across Lake Penhoe and do “The W” in a counterclockwise fashion and first head up towards Glacier Gray.
Heading [...]
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28 Mar 2007Day 6, 3/17/07
Our bus left El Calafate about 8:30 a.m. for Puerto Natales, Chile. After 4 hours of both paved and gravel back roads, we passed through the unbelievable lax border crossing. There were no questions of the nature of our trip or anything else. Simply wait in line, hand the passport to the agent, [...]
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25 Mar 2007Day 2, 3/13/07Niko and his parents were trying to figure out what to do and finally opted to take a very long day trip to El Chaltén. Since I had planned to go there anyway, I decided I might as well jump into the trekking and get up there. Looking back, it´s obvious God put [...]
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25 Mar 2007I went with Niko and his parents on the tour of the glaciers Spegazzini & Upsala. As we set off on the boat on Lago Argentino, I kept staring at the beautiful turquoise color of the water. As I looked at the mountains surrounding the lake, I couldn’t believe I was actually starting my trip! [...]
In: Spanish
9 Mar 2007They say dreaming in another language is one of the best signs of progress. It means you’re really beginning to think in that language. After five months, it finally happened to me! The dream wasn’t completely in Spanish, but who cares? Vanesa and I were somewhere in Fargo, walking down the bike path with Paul, [...]
In: Travel
7 Mar 2007Anyone who knows me will find my travel plans incongruent with my past mannerisms or interests. I’m going trekking! (Something will have to keep my mind off the fact I’m missing the NCAA Tournament back home in the US–my favorite sporting event of the year! Ok…I’m not going to think about that any more or [...]
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