Tag Archives: Argentina

Selling out?

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

OMG, today I applied for a job! Today marks exactly five months since I landed in Firenze (Florence) and embarked on my wild and crazy odyssey of travel and language learning!  I have spent a considerable amount of time in … Continue reading →

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Salinas Grandes

Posted on December 10, 2011 by

After lunch we headed out on the ‘monster truck’ to Salinas Grandes.  Somewhere en route we passed from the Salta province to the Jujuy province of Argentina.  We were heading toward Puna. The temperature here was quite warm, but very … Continue reading →

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Escape from Chile!

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

Our time in the Chilean part of Patagonia ended this morning, November, 30. We got up and finished packing, ate breakfast, etc., and were all ready for our 8:30 transfer to our next destination. We loaded onto the van, just … Continue reading →

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Landing on Cape Horn

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

I woke up at about 5:00 am this morning and showered and went up to the “Yamana” lounge for coffee and watch the scenery as we arrived toward Horn Island.  Yamana is the name of the aboriginal people here (also … Continue reading →

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Cruising Cape Horn

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

One of the adventures Leslie and I planned to do while in Patagonia was to take a three night cruise around Cape Horn which is the southernmost tip of land before heading into the vastness of the Antarctic Ocean. As … Continue reading →

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Dark-thirty

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

“Dark-thirty”.  That’s what time we had to get up this morning to head to Ushuaia, at the very tip of South America, the southernmost city in the world! “We”?  My friend Leslie flew over from Montevideo, Uruguay, last night and … Continue reading →

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Topsy Turvy

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

I suppose since I am now on the other end of the earth it shouldn’t come as a surprise that today was one of the most confusing days I can ever recall and I certainly do feel like I am … Continue reading →

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Let’s do the time warp

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

Over the the last few days I have been on a crazy roller coaster of feeling very energized and then very tired!  Normally time differences aren’t such a big issue for me, but hey, I’m not getting any younger, and … Continue reading →

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Buenos Aires!

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

Well, that was an interesting overnight trip to B.A! Firstly, for the last few days I have been trying to book a room at the hotel I am staying at but kept getting error messages. My last attempt was literally … Continue reading →

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