http://blogs.bootsnall.com/photochick My BootsnAll Travel Blog Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:54:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love cemetaries. I always have. My brother had to suffer through the Necropolis in Glasgow with me, and I've got a few tales about Pere LaChaise in Paris. If there is a cool cemetary in a city, it becomes one of my top spots to visit. ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/photochick/seeing-dead-people-in-ba.html You know when you have been having a nice vacation when you have no idea what day it is. This morning I woke up totally sure that it was Saturday, the 14th. It´s not. It´s the 13th. This means I wandered around Palermo Viejo and tried ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/photochick/buenos-aires.html None of these cities were terribly exciting, and in fact I don't think I will write about them. Due to rain and sickness, I had to turn back towards Buenos Aires sooner than I expected. This is ok though. I have been sick and really worn down ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/photochick/catamarca-santiago-del-estero-and-sante-fe.html I am tired. The last few days have been different than I expected. Yesterday I woke up in San Agustin and it was raining gatos y perros. This was a bad thing because the Valley of the Moon park loop is not paved, and if it rains, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/photochick/rained-out-in-san-agustin-then-to-catamarca.html I didn´t have the energy to post a detailed entry yesterday so I will do it today, without pics, because the internet is like 1996 dialup slow here in San Agustin. I left Valpariso in good spirits. I woke up early, got out of the city and started to make ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/photochick/ride-from-chile-and-north-to-san-agustin.html This is going to be a quick post... I am back in Argentina. Yesterday was hellish. Over ten hours on the bike. My knees were starting to rebel towards the end. The Andes crossing was unnerving but I did it while I was fresh and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/photochick/back-in-argentina-san-juan.html I woke up this morning with a sniffle. I´m not surprised. I´ve been beating my body to death and it needed a day of rest. A rest day means not being on a motorcycle for 8 hours. So instead I hopped on a local bus to ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/photochick/valpariso-y-vina-del-mar-chile.html Today I woke up in Mendoza and decided I was going to ride to Chile. I had gotten some good recommendations on Vilapariso (I´m spelling this wrong) and Viña del Mar so I headed west to see what they were all about. Getting out of Mendoza was interesting ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/photochick/detour-to-chile.html Today was my day to wander around Mendoza. Mendoza is a small pleasant city. I was able to get around the main areas on foot during the day and still get in the customary afternoon nap. This area of Argentina is known for its wine so everything is ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/photochick/tourist-day-in-mendoza.html My first night was spent in a little roadside hotel in Vicuña MacKenna. It was getting dark when I arrived so I just walked into the first place I saw. A single female on a bike attracts a LOT of attention and I don´t mean in a bad ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/photochick/vincuna-mackenna-to-mendoza.html