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Buenos Aires – Wide Boulevards, Stores, Cats and Ice Cream

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

I don’t know if I really liked Buenos Aires. It’s not that I disliked it. I just wasn’t grabbed by the place. Just another big city. It has no geophysical character like a mountain or pretty waterway to speak of and my favorite cities always have something non-city about them that attracts me. It has a good number of parks, but they are small and you never really get removed from the city. It has a waterway, but aside from Havana’s harbor, it was the most disgusting water I have ever seen especially in the La Boca section.

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Fin del Mundo

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

End of the World… Tierra del Fuego, Argentina and Chile.  I am in Urushaia, Argentina one of the most southerly places on earth.  It is the end of the world because this is the furthest migration from Africa.  It feels like it, too.  Urushuaia reminds me of Juneau, Alaska.  My first day here was spent on an outing to see penguins near Estancia Haberton.  We took a bus and then a boat to an island in Beagle Channel (named after the boat Darwin sailed on).  There were two kinds of penguins to entertain us – Magellanic and Gentoo.  The surrounding mountains with galciers and snow, waterways and forests are beautiful.  The leaves are starting to change.  Fitting considering it is the first day of autumn.  Sunset was after 8:00 PM – first time I have seen that since last June in Vermont.  The weather exists here.  One minute it is raining the next it is sunny.  The temperatures are cool… maybe cold for someone who has been in warm weather for months.  My alpaca sweater from Peru is holding up well to it.  Hiking and kayaking in Tierra del Fuego National Park tomorrow.  More paddling the next day at a lake.  Lots of activities here and it feels really good to be out of the city and back to nature.  The end of the planet is really nice…

Tale of Two Concerts

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
I went to two concerts this week in Buenos Aires both of which were acts from England rather than Latin America.  Also, both are has-beens, but I thought they would entertain me while I am in this large city.  I ... [Continue reading this entry]

I Hate Reverse Culture Shock!

Friday, March 16th, 2007
You're suppose to get culture shock when you visit cultures unlike your own.  Well, my experience over the past nine months has been just the opposite.  I get fairly crushed when I go to the areas where the culture is ... [Continue reading this entry]