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South America Trip – The Photos

Strain — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:34:00 +0000

I’ve been postponing this for a while cause theres still a couple photos I wanted to edit, but I’m away from a calibrated monitor for the rest of the summer, so its now or never. Here’s my six favorite photos from my trip through Argentina and Chile, along with a gallery link to 40 or so others. Hope you like em…

One of the spires of Cerro Catedral stands tall with Volcan Tronador in the distance:

A double rainbow followed along side our bus as we drove through the craggy peaks of northern Patagonia. Argentinian buses are all luxury.

See the rest in the full post:

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Big sky in the Argentine lake district:

I spy, the Bariloche waterfront:

Dinner for one, somewhere on the outskirts of Buenos Aires:

Descending Volcan Villarrica, Pucon, Chile:

And here’s a slideshow of the whole gallery:

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Cerro Catedral

Strain — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:04:00 +0000

I couldn´t spend time in Bariloche and not go on a recon mission to the local ski hill, Catedral. The snow hasn´t started to fly for the winter season yet, but they run a cable car up to the top so people can run around and do touristy things like take photos of themselves with Bariloche and the Argentinian flag in the background.

The tourists that don´t speak Spanish do stupid things like neglet to read sigs, hike a couple kms away from the lift, and almost miss the last gondola down for the evening. Oops…

Cerro Catedral

I said aidos to Argentina this morning, bussing through the national parks of the Lake District to Puerto Varas, Chile, where I´ll be for a few days before heading north to Pucon and eventually Santiago. Argentina was awesome, I´ve been gone for a few hours and I´m already thinking of when I´ll be able to come back – and how on earth I´m going to find Quilmes´excellent Red Lager in Canada…

A couple more photos of Bariloche and Cerro Catedral after the jump:

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The view towards Bariloche (background) and Catedral village (foreground):

The rock garden fingers of Cerro Catedral:

Buenos Aires to Bariloche

Strain — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:02:00 +0000

After spending a few days in Buenos Aires, wandering around the city by day, and eating glorious amounts of parrilla at night (not to mention the fact that beer is about a buck for a 1L bottle…), I got on a double decker night bus headed for Bariloche. I´d heard great things about the Argentinian long-haul sleeper busses, and the 20+ hour ride across the country didn´t disappoint. Fully reclining seats and included meals made the 1600km of driving the most luxurious public transport I´ve ever experienced…

We have 3 days now to explore Bariloche and its surroundings before jumping across the border to Chile. I could easily spend much, much longer here… I wish I could stay for a few more months through the winter.

Some photos from the trip so far…

Read the full post for more photos (¿is there no colon on spanish keyboards?)

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South!

Strain — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:06:00 +0000

I’m up too early to jump on a plane and head south, way south – Buenos Aires, Bariloche, Santiago then home (via Dallas… woot?). The extent of my Spanish vocab is pretty much limited to “cinqo cerveza pour favor” and a few choice obscenities (a great combo, I know).

I doubt I’ll have a chance to upload any photos while I’m gone, but I may sneak a text blog (twitter might be easier) or two in there during the trip… photos when I return!