Archive | March, 2007

29 March 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Day 18, Returning to BA

Day 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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Days 16-17, San Martin de los Andes

Day 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 [...]

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Days 14-15, Bariloche

Day 14, 3/25/07
Day 15, 3/26/07

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Day 12, El Calafate

Day 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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Days 7-11, Torres del Paine

Day 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.
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