Well, So I finished up my time in Argentina at Winca's hostel, spending my evenings enjoying meeting backpackers and Mendoza's nightlife, I headed back to the US on Oct. 25th. Of course, while waiting for my flight to Miami in Buenos Aires, Wilma hit Florida. So, my 24 h trip home ended up being a 60h trip, of which a major part was spent in Canuelas, at a hotel in a ghetto, where there was absolutely no reason to leave the hotel. On top of it, I was without my luggage and change of clothes so I was a stinky Daniel [View Full Entry]

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So, it's been a while since my last blog and lots have happened. The "practicalities" didn't work out as planned in Argentina so I decided to head back to the US earlier than planned. However, not before flying to Buenos Aires to visit my friend Mariana and her boyfriend Martin. I got to know Mariana in Hawaii about 5.5 years ago when she was there with some friends of hers for vacation. We had a great time and they were excellent hosts all weekend long! They drove me all over town so in just a few days we covered, Tigre, La [View Full Entry]

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So, since last I´ve explored more of the city of Mendoza! The people here are awesome! They are all so friendly and open. Except for the one guy last night who tried forcing me to buy blow from him in the middle of a busy restaurant... I´ve also been hanging out with 4 guys from Argentina who came out for the weekend who wouldn't stop asking me about the Swedish blonds, yeah what can I say... Last weekend I went to Uspallata, a town up in the Andes where Seven Years In Tibet was filmed. I hiked out in the desert [View Full Entry]

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Before leaving we had a good bye part for Dave and Heather, who ar moving to Missoula, but not before heading to New Zeeland for a month of mountain biking. It was also Chris´s, who just had returned from Italy with his wife Susan, birthday and I was off to Argentina! [View Full Entry]

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After 2 days of traveling we finally made it to Argentina! With "We" I mean myself and, the boarding school I just went back to work for! We´ll be traveling through Argentina until mid-December when we return to the U.S. The first few weeks we´ll spend in Mendoza, which is located in the foot hills of the Andes, 1.5 h flight straight west of Buenos Aires. Here the students are taking Spanish classes and study Argentinian culture daytime while I.... do whatever I guess... Yeah, I´m not complaining! Evenings are spent with our Argentine guide and friend Julio. At the end [View Full Entry]

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