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Chilean Iron-Ore Miners and the Peculiar Miracle of the Little Red House
Salta, Argentina This past week has been, without a doubt, the most exciting, crazy and terrifying week of my journey so far. Where we last left off, I was in [...]
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Highway Robbery & Cougars
Buenos Aires, Argentina At last…rest. It was a long and strenuous journey from Salta to Buenos Aires. However, it has ended well. Once I left the Internet cafè after happily [...]
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“Are we really in Montreàl?!”
Còrdoba, Argentina This past week has just been one thing after another. Seriously. Hopefully things will settle down for a week or so, because I am damn tired. So Buenos [...]
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One if By Land, and Two if By Sea…
Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina The steel-grey waters of the Drake Passage stretch ominously out from the chilly, windblown harbour of Ushuaia; beyond that, the Southern Ocean roils and raves [...]
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Tying up Southern Patagonia: Kayaks, Creepy Crawlies, and the Home-Grown...
Punta Arenas, Chile I once knew this kid who was near his happiest with a writhing, infuriated venomous snake in his hands, and was just about at his happiest when [...]
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Remote Hitchhiking in Patagonia: Ice, Estancias, and Yerba Mate
Coyhaique, Chile The endless dirt roads of the Ruta 40 stretched into infinity ahead of me, winding through dry mountaintops and flat grasslands. The last truck had passed by three [...]
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The Gnarly North of Argentina
Las Lomitas, Formosa, Argentina Las Lomitas is a humid, sweltering town in the north of Argentina near the border with Bolivia and Paraguay. Tony and I now sit in a [...]
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The Terminal and the Long Walk North
Puerto Iguazú, Argentina Everybody comes here to see the famous waterfalls – among the largest in the world – but I’m just here to get my Brazilian visa. Like all [...]
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