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Miscellaneous Misadventures
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 13 March 2011
Immediately after visiting the Perito Moreno Glacier, Sonny and I race around to hike the magic little peak of Cerro Crystal. The view from the top of the solid uphill climb shows a different angle of the glacier, and we can see all the way back to Torres Del Paine, in Chile. At the top [...]
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Highlights of 1 Year in South America
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 11 March 2011
Last Tuesday we celebrated one year of travelling (and 10 days before that our blogoversary), all but four days of which were spent in South America. It’s an important milestone for us, as when we left the UK we had saved a years worth of travel funds to give us the chance to make Simon’s [...]
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Glacier Perito Moreno
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 9 March 2011
The sheer size of Perito Moreno glacier – 30km long, 5km wide and 60 meters high – is surprisingly not the reason so many people flock here. In a world where glaciers seem to all be retreating, this one defies the odds and is advancing around 2 meters per day. All that ice constantly pushing [...]
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My Wildest Adventure: Metal & Ice in Patagonia
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 8 March 2011
I know before I unzip the tent that I will find ice outside. I know, because there was ice there last night. Ice on the path, ice hanging like swords from the trees and ice, simply ice, forming the glacier...
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Hiking to The Southern Patagonian Ice Field
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 5 March 2011
Upon our return from Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre, we cook lunch and rest for an hour in El Chaltén before we re-supply with food from the Jeep, register at the rangers’ office and immediately hit the trail to Laguna Toro. The trail is marked variously as taking between six and seven hours, and after [...]
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Hiking around Fitz Roy & Cerro Torre
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 1 March 2011
I spend a couple of relaxing & sunny days camping in El Calafate where I meet Sonny, a backpacker from Lithuania traveling around as part of a photography contest he won. Sonny’s also a serious mountaineer and we talk for hours about some of his bigger summits in Turkistan (7500 meters!). We team up for [...]
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The Mountains, Around
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 25 February 2011
I’m out hiking and camping in the wilderness right now, and can’t seem to find time to sort through the hundreds of photos I’m taking. Here are a few of the mountains I’m now spending time in… I’ve switched back over to Argentina, and am still enjoying a great run of sunny days and mountain-cool [...]
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Velvet moments: travel photo of the week – Ruca Malen winery
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 23 February 2011
The Ruca Malen winery is located at the foothills of the Andes, near Mendoza, and is a great place for wine-tasting and a lunch with a fab view. Read the accompanying post: “The Good Life in Mendoza“. See other Velvet moments: Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia Serengeti sky, Tanzania Pompeii, Italy Sacred Water Temple, Bali, Indonesia Masaai [...]
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Natural Learning
Blog: A Wayward Journey - 22 February 2011
I’ve always said learning comes easier when it’s a natural part of life - and now I’m seeing that first hand. We’re now in a tiny Argentinian town called Puerto San Julian - and my curiosity has been piqued about so many things! As I write this now, I can look out into the bay and [...]
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Talking Your Way into the Best Views
Blog: Tourist 2 townie - 21 February 2011
(That monument below is where most people get a view of the city)
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Foto Friday – Cafayate, Argentina
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 18 February 2011
Numerous wineries in the area will give complimentary tours and wine, how could we resist?
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Impressive Iguazu Falls
Blog: Roving Light Travel Photo Blog - 14 February 2011
I have not seen any of the world renowned waterfalls, like Niagara Falls or Victoria Falls etc, so I do not have any references or comparisons. But I am truly impressed and mesmerized by the Iguazu Falls.
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The Plan, For Now
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 10 February 2011
The next month or two are shaping up to be pretty amazing, and I’m now very aware they will also be the last of this adventure. I plan to drive “up” through the mountains of Southern Chile and Argentina, visiting the extremely famous National Parks along the way. I’ve been told time and time again [...]
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Around Ushuaia
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 6 February 2011
Now that I’ve made it to the bottom of the world, I’m going to stick around for a while and really soak it in. Hanging out with Seth, Parker and Justin is great fun, and when we’re not out drinking, we seem to be constantly finding some other kind of trouble. Somehow, all the locals [...]
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Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 2 February 2011
I organize to meet Seth are Parker, my buddies riding bikes from Alaska, for our final night of camping in the wild. I find them fishing at the beautiful Lake Bombilla, where we have a fantastic night laughing and reminiscing about the road traveled. We’ve figured out a few times that we were within a [...]
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To The End Of The World
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 29 January 2011
The Chileans are pretty upset their government is raising the price of natural gas by a few cents a liter and have decided to complain about it by rioting in the streets. They’ve blockaded all the ferries to Tierra Del Fuego, closed roads, are burning tires in the street and are generally causing trouble and [...]
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Can You Score A Country on Ethics? The Top Ten Ethical Destinations For Travellers
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 25 January 2011
When it comes to "Top Ten" lists, I find them fun but I never take them seriously. So when an email landed in my ludicrously overpopulated inbox with the subject "The Top Ten Ethical Destinations," my cynical old heart sank a little. Why?
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Puerto Madryn & Peninsula Valdés
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 22 January 2011
The highway South from Buenos Aires is flat, straight and almost completely devoid of any scenery, and compounded with extremely hot days I can’t help but make the comparison to rural Australia. I stop at Villa Gesell and pass through Mar Del Plata, a couple of extremely beautiful beach towns, absolutely crammed with Argentines on [...]
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65,000kms of ebb and flow?
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 19 January 2011
On my way into Buenos Aires in early December I eagerly watched the odometer as it rolled over the magical 50,000 kilometers since leaving Calgary a year and a half ago. Tierra Del Fugeo is only a measly 3,000km from BA, making my wild guess amazingly close, all things considered. In light of passing the [...]
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Velvet moments: travel photo of the week – Tango in Buenos Aires
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 19 January 2011
Every Sunday, the locals come out to dance on the Plaza Dorrego in San Telmo, Buenos Aires. Read the accompanying post: “Sundays in San Telmo“. See other Velvet Moments: Serengeti, Tanzania Bora Bora, French Polynesia Sacred Water Temple, Bali, Indonesia Masaai Mara, Kenya The Great Ocean Road, Australia Angkor Wat, Cambodia
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How to See Argentina in 30 Days
Blog: GoBackpacking - 17 January 2011
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Seven Lakes Route (Lago Falkner, Argentina)
Blog: A Wayward Journey - 15 January 2011
What a change from the Argentina we know! In the space of two riding days we’ve gone form dry, barren desert to lakes every five kilometers and streams every time we look. This area is really beautiful, but what is drawing my attention is how different it is from the past 2000 km we’ve cycled. It’s [...]
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Mendoza Argentina Wine Pictures
Blog: Two Backpackers - 14 January 2011
One of the most popular wine regions to visit in Mendoza, Argentina is Maipu. Maipu is easily accessible from Mendoza by local bus or your own transportation. The entire Mendoza wine region is most known throughout the world for it’s Malbec wines. Experience the thin skinned grapes in a variety of vineyards serving the intense [...]
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Family Christmas
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 11 January 2011
I’ve wanted to spend quality time with my family for so long now, and for the last couple of months I’ve been been getting “happiness attacks” every time I thought about their close at hand arrival. Having the support and encouragement of my family has always been important to me, and something I think about [...]
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Flipping of the Map (Sosneado, Argentina)
Blog: A Wayward Journey - 20 December 2010
We should have held a little ceremony today. We could have lit a few ceremonial candles, played some kind of official sounding music… We should have said some wise or witty words befitting of the situation while I slowly, ever so dramatically flipped the map to the other side. We should have, but we didn’t [...]
