To travel to Uruguay, I took the ferry from BA to Colonia. The plan was to stay in Colonia for a night and then head to Montevideo the next afternoon. On the ride from the airport to the ferry landing, I had a nice chat with the taxi driver in Spanish. The longer I travel,…
Over the falls in a barrel
The entire purpose of my trip to Puerto Iguazu was to check out the falls, if I had a chance to go over them in a barrel, that would have been an added bonus. After exploring the town Sunday night, I headed to bed so that I could get an early start the next morning….
Salta and beyond
Upon arriving in Salta, I did the first sensible thing…well, I guess I did it second (after getting a place to stay)…I grabbed dinner and beer. After spending ten hours on the bus, it was a welcome refreshment. On Wednesday I did a few things that had to be taken care of, the most important…
Mendoza and Cordoba
I ended up doing the zip-line thing on Sunday. It was quite awesome! We did 6 different lines with 2 of them being over the river. Unfortunately the snow pack hasn’t melted much so the river was pretty low and it didn’t look that dangerous. The last one was over 400 meters across the river. …
Drinking and driving
So yesterday after arriving in Mendoza, I walked around the city quite a bit checking out the different plazas and parks. I of course took in some excellent food as well. In fact I had chorizo for dinner that was fantastic! They really know how to cook beef down here. After dinner I hung out…
Made it to Argentina!
Well I made it to Argentina and survived my first night. I got into Buenos Aires yesterday morning and headed to the bus station to book my ticket for the overnight bus to Mendoza. I then walked around the city checking out the various sights. I spent some time in this massive cemetery that many…
Less than two weeks to Argentina
In less than two weeks now I’ll be in Argentina. I’m trying to get everything together a bit earlier than I did for my Chile trip so that I’m not quite as stressed at the last minute. I think I’m doing a pretty good job. I have a few more things that I want to…
No Rain in Seattle
I just got back from a week long trip to Seattle with one of my friends. The main purpose of the trip was to go see Dave Matthews Band at The Gorge Amphitheatre. I had never been there before, but Angela had been there a couple of years ago and has been wanting to go…
Learning to tango
So I’ve booked tickets for my next big vacation. I’ll be going to Argentina for 2.5 weeks during the last part of November. After my trip to Chile last year, I’ve really been wanting to go back to South America. I haven’t planned out all of my stops yet, but I know I’ll be in…
Florida Roadtrip
So I didn’t update my blog at all during my trip ’cause I barely turned on the computer and my cellphone. I was getting away from everything and having that connection wouldn’t have made it too good. Anyway, it was a pretty awesome trip. Friday night I flew into Fort Lauderdale and promptly drove to…