Ok, so I know it has been a while. But look! Pictures! And more will come later. After leaving La Paz, we headed to Lake Titicaca where we spent a night in Copacabana and then took a boat to Isla del Sol, a small island on this huge lake. We found a hostel for five dollars (I think) with the best view of the trip. Spent a really relaxing day walking around the island and doing not much of anything...a very welcome change in pace after La Paz. The next day we chartered our own boat along with a couple we [View Full Entry]

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...but other than having to use the baño every half hour and having burps that smell like rotten hard boiled eggs (yeah, really gross), the travels have been looking up. We made our way to the big, crazy city of La Paz, Bolivia. The city is situated in a giant ravine-ish sort of thing so the streets are either uphill or downhill and the don´t seem to make a lick of sense to me. But then again, I am directionally challenged to begin with! The entry from Argentina to Bolivia was not as smooth as expected. Apparently at the border crossings [View Full Entry]

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...even though I know they will. So I was hoping that the next blog entry would be a little more uplifting than the last one. But I have to tell you what really went on here. We were staying in a hostel in Mendoza and I was getting ready for bed. Matt had gone downstairs to get some water and check his e-mail when someone grabbed his neck. He thought it was someone just messing around but when he turned around there were three young guys standing behind him warning him to be quiet. Out of natural reaction he used some [View Full Entry]

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...I got robbed! We were 10 minutes from getting on the bus to Argentina where life is a bit more affordable and some professional thief stole my backpack, the important one, from right under Matt´s nose. I had run to the internet to try and find a hostel in Mendoza, our next stop, and left Matt with all the packs. It just happened so quickly. In the beginning of my travels I had been so careful and took all the correct precautions. But I let my guard down and started to carry my important stuff in my purse. Credit and debit [View Full Entry]

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We are in Pt. Varas, Chile right now. Just visited the most beautiful river-waterfalls I have ever seen. Saltos de Petrohue...jet boat was closed because it has been raining, A LOT, and the river was raging. That means snow up high and so we are heading to Santiago on the night bus (11 hrs) to try and catch the storm in Valle de Nevado. There is so much in Chile that we haven´t been able to see. That means that I will have to return, eh? Yesterday we took the boat across Lago Todos los Santos to a home where we [View Full Entry]

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Just skied at Nevados de Chillan. After sitting in the hostel all day yesterday while it poured rain, it was nice to know that the ski hill opened up today. We met up with a friend from Bozeman who owns a ski tour company in Chile and he showed us some awesome terrain. Matt and I agreed that it was our best day of skiing a resort ever. It was like skiing backcountry with out having to hike!!! Visibility wasn´t the best but the full moon is out tonight and hopefully tomorrow we will have a bluebird powder day. Pretty sweet [View Full Entry]

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Well now Matt and I are in the big city of Santiago. The time apart was good for me to level my head. of course I still don't know where I am headed in life but a bit of breathing room was good for both of us. We spent his birthday in the beautiful city on Valparaiso. Spent the day drinking win, eating great pasta and basically just walking around the city which has the best graffiti and it so artistic and colorful. We are now back in Santiago and today's mission is to get geared up for skiing. We will [View Full Entry]

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Alright, so I have no good reason for this being my first entry. I could tell you everytime I went to Canoa (a 30 minute walk down the beach) either the power went out or the internet shut down. I could tell you it is because I have been such an attentive Spanish student, busy filling my brain with important information. I could say it is because I have been so busy learing to surf while working on my tan. I could say it is because drinking big cold beers while watching the sun set over the ocean is a much [View Full Entry]

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So here goes...thought I should try this blogging thing while I am still at a computer I am familiar with. I am starting to realize that I am actually going on this adventure...and soon! I have about seven different lists started but not finished right now. I'm sure that number will just keep growing in the next few weeks. Leaving Bozeman on the 14th. Arrive on the O.P. to visit friends for a few days and then I am off! Will arrive in Quito, Ecuador on the 19th of May. Till then!!! [View Full Entry]

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