After Iguazu, we headed south to Patagonia. In fact, I believe our visit to El Calafate set a new personal record for “southern-most point traveled to.” Look at where we were: Probably wouldn’t have made the trip if the nearby Perito Moreno glacier hadn’t been featured in the 1000 Places to See Before You Die [...]
I won’t be able to look at another waterfall the same way again. The Iguazu Falls are that incredible. Aside from the August freshies at Cerro Catedral, this was the highlight of the trip. The pictures aren’t going to do justice to the awesomeness, you’ll have to go see for yourself. We took two days [...]
Buenos Aires was the first stop on our South American adventure last week. The hostel was in a good central location so we were able to explore a lot just by walking around. The city itself is very modern and much less poor than I was expecting — although we stayed mostly in the center, [...]
Tomorrow I’m off on another South American adventure, meeting up with Chris in Buenos Aires Saturday morning. We’ve got a week to explore the country before rendezvous-ing with dad in Bariloche for some August Patagonian skiing. Time to dust off the old español, avoid the swine flu and tango-ing seductresses, get fat and happy from [...]
I heard an estimate that Americans have 1.5 million pairs of shoes sitting unworn in our closets, while 300 million people on this planet have never owned a pair of shoes. Enter Soles4Souls.org, a non-profit group dedicated to providing shoes for all those bare feet, “changing the world, one pair at a time.” While we’re [...]
