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Well that was quite a month.

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Since I’ve blogged last I’ve travelling a bit of Thailand, left my passport on a bus, finished my pottery course in Malaysia, spent 2 hours queuing up to get into Singapore, got sick in India and damn near starved to skinny-hood, given up, gone home, and then decided to give it another go.

Right now I’m in Shillong, in India. Started working in Providence school on Wednesday. I’ll be back writing very soon….

In the meanwhile here’s a tiger I met.
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Wine tasting in Mendoza

Monday, February 11th, 2008

We made it Bariloche after that bus journey, but because of that bus journey could do nothing but sleep for two days. So sleep we did, in the very cool and laid back hostel. On our last day there Ylva casually dropped it into the conversation that Bariloche is the chocolate capital of Argentina. That decided the morning’s activity. We stocked up, on what was possibly the best chocolate I’ve ever eaten and headed off to the next stop on our tour, Mendoza.

This place is known for wine. It seems to be the only reason people come here. It has a lot of bodegas (vineyards) around the outskirts of the town, and visitors can either get a fancy tour around or rough it on bicycles.

We sort of did a mixture of both. Stupidly, we let our hostel talk us into booking an expensive tour. The only difference between expensive tour and roughing it on bicycles is the pick up in a fancy car, rather than taking the bus. Our car picked us up an hour late, shortening our wine time (I’m still angry and bitter about that as I write – quite a while after).
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Bus Journey from Hell

Monday, February 4th, 2008
Hello from the bus of doom (Just as I typed that we hit a pothole that made everyone scream and a shower of dust fall from the overhead vents - argh) So we decided to take another bus. Most people might have ... [Continue reading this entry]

Award time!

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Things have been a little slow lately since someone took a liking to my laptop charger in Argentina. I finally found a replacement so the blog will be back on track soon. In the meantime....if you´d like.... you could help ... [Continue reading this entry]

So I passed by a glacier the other day…

Thursday, January 24th, 2008
The 5th of January 2008 was the day I became an environmental nut. No more plane rides or electricity for me! We visited the Perito Moreno Glacier down in El Calafate, very southern Argentina. I had extremely high hopes for ... [Continue reading this entry]

Happy New Year!

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
New year 2007/08 has been a very stressful experience for us. After spending 10 days in Buenos Aires we were eager to move on, but just couldn’t decide where. We wanted to go to Uruguay but it just seemed like ... [Continue reading this entry]

Christmas in Buenos Aires

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Ever since I left Ireland 6 months ago I’ve been planning Christmas. The only problem with my plan was that it kept changing every few days. I wanted to go to a beach, wanted to go home and wanted to ... [Continue reading this entry]

Summer School!

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
"Claire, this kid wants to see my bra." "That's great Sarah" Ah, it's good to be back in Granada. After a week inter-school term break I got back to Nicaragua to start work on an activity camp organised for all the little ... [Continue reading this entry]

November in Nicaragua

Sunday, December 16th, 2007
November 15th - Tijs from Belgium has joined us in Martirio house. He has so far been called Tix, Tess, Thace, Theece, we´re still not quite sure how to say it. It was only when he moved in and was ... [Continue reading this entry]

Life in Granada

Monday, December 10th, 2007
More diary entries. Blog is almost up to date!! November 1st Works going well. Worst part of the day is getting the bus. It’s always full but they never turn anyone away. It’s 15 minutes of “Ow, that’s my toe!” “I need to breathe!” and “Please ... [Continue reading this entry]