I used to think I understood the International Date Line perfectly. Now I am having a hard job getting my head around the concept… Late on 4th March, I’d taken my seat on the Boeing …
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66. Farewell to Latin America…
It being Sunday, the city was quiet when I woke up on 3rd March. I had a typical Buenos Aires breakfast of “cafe con leche y media lunas” (milky coffee and croissants). Initially I taken …
Continue reading65. A “Porteño” Weekend…
The BuqueBus docked at the port of Buenos Aires around midday on 1st March, leaving me three and a half days to explore Buenos Aires… and to try to get used to the idea that …
Continue reading64. Over to Uruguay
I woke up the bus on 27th February with several hours still to go, to reach Buenos Aires. A film starring Kevin Costner filled a couple of hours – it was a rather weird one …
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In the morning of 24th February, I reached Caleta Olivia where the bus terminated and we all got off. The Swiss girl I’d chatted to on the way bought me a coffee while we waited …
Continue reading62. Perito Moreno Glacier
On 21st February, the cross-border bus was supposed to leave Puerto Natales at 8:30 am, but there was some kind of delay, and by the time it arrived to pick us up the “bus” had …
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Needless to say on 19th February I slept late, and then had a relaxed cooked breakfast, which consisted of the normal Chilean paila de huevos – eggs served in the pan they were cooked in. …
Continue reading60. Ushuaia and Puerto Natales
By 8 am on 17th February I was walking up the main road out of Rio Grande towards the southern exit of the town. From what I had read, hitchhiking in Patagonia is reasonably easy. …
Continue reading59. To Tierra del Fuego
I was up by 7:30 on 16th February, and after breakfasting with the Antarctic explorers, I checked out and got a colectivo to the ferry port. In Chile a colectivo is a kind of shared …
Continue reading58. To Southern Patagonia
I woke early on 14th February, and the pension gave me a good breakfast. After saying goodbye to the Chilean family who I’d met the day before, I checked out and by 8:30 was walking …
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