Estoy en mi casa
6. April 2008
bramski
For those of you keeping track, I arrived home yesterday after about 20 hours of transport from Buenos Aires. I’ll happily complain about what a terrible job American Airlines does for its flights. 2 hours of lines in EZE trying to get onto my flight. Absolutely the most pitiful excuse for screens on a 12+ hour flight from South America to Dallas, which was still 45 minutes late and made me get into Seattle at noon rather than 10am.
I know you’re all waiting for the hundreds of juicy photos that I just put up on picasa, but first I’d like to thank the folks who really helped me out with and on this trip. First and foremost I’d really like to thank Lisa Dittmar and Ben Glenn, who gave me tons and tons of info about what I needed to do and what I should see. Secondly there’s Tina, who provided me with just great info and wonderful hospitality while I was in BA. The suit is awesome Tina, and I’m so sorry the camera doesn’t work! Next there’s Elise, who hauled my sick and sniffling self into the best hostel in Puerto Natales, I hope you’re enjoying yourself in BA! Finally there’s Jorj and Arthur, who pulled me out of a nasty rut I was in when my ATM card wasn’t working by inviting me out to the glaciar and then giving me cash for all those groceries we bought for the BBQ.
Okay, pictures!
| Buenos Aires |
 |
| Parque Nacional Los Glaciares |
 |
| Torres Del Paine |
 |
| Horseback in Chile |
 |
| Tierra Del Fuego |
 |
| Buenos Aires #2 |
 |
|
Don’t forget these 3 awesome panoramics of Fitz Roy, Torres Del Paine, and Tierra Del Fuego! |
   |
Travel | 0 Kommentare »
The End of the World
6. April 2008
bramski
Ushuaia is a very pretty, and a very silly place. It’s technically the southern most city in the world, which makes it a convenient launching place for expeditions to Antarctica. Yours truly wasn’t heading on any of those expeditions, so the first thing I did was get the token Ushuaia stamp on my passport. Yup, it’s one of those fuel your ego stamps that means absolutely nothing, it just tells everybody that you’ve been to the bottom of the world. Personally I thought it was damned cool until the customs official leaving Argentina decided she would put her official stamp right over it! Tsk, tsk.
For the first time I think I actually made some real friends on this trip. Somewhat at random, my first night the b&b I stayed at recommended this one restaurant to me for King Crab. Naturally, I was well out the door towards said restaurant before the rest of the conversation was complete. What do you know? Some lovely British travelers grabbed the table across the way and a bottle of wine and some pints at the pub later and we’ve found a nice little social circle at the Free Style hostel.
I really can’t rave enough about this place. For my last day in Ushuaia I biked out to meet my friends Jorj, Kelly, David, Arthur, and Nathalie to go and hike the infamous trail #4 to Guarro peak in Tierra Del Fuego. No sooner did I ask the guy at the hostel where I could rent a bike than he rented me his own mountain bike and said, “Well, how much do you want to rent it for? Here is a map, and how you get to the park, enjoy!” Needless to say, mountain biking in Tierra Del Fuego is awesome, but I recommend for the rest of you that you spend a bit more time than I and attempt to procure a helmet.
Sphere: Related Content
Travel | 0 Kommentare »
Comment Feed