"I design space telescopes." "I engineer lasers for eye surgery." "I am a translator for the UN." "I design wind farms." And today, the beautiful Argentine woman in my hostel said to me, "I am a high altitude archaeologist, I only work above 5000 meters, 17000 feet." Wow! I´ve met some amazing people... On the trail in El Bolson I met two young German women who had hitch-hiked all over Patagonia, "We never have to wait long for a ride." They didn't have any serious trouble, saw Patagonia Rt. 40 with locals and had some great stories. Me, I sat on a hot stuffy bus next to a burly German guy for 30 hours, was not the same experience I´m sure, but we talked, had too... The question I often get before I leave on one
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