http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/hannah_shanks/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from hannah_shanks en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:32:20 +0000 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:32:20 +0000 The falling snow... drifts by my window...nbspSouth America raquonbspArgentina raquonbspEsquel By hannahshanksMay 28th 2007Yes thats right its still autumn here but its snowing already The sunday before last which would be about the start of this month ish..... there was a tiny bit of snow. and then a few days later we had proper snow on and off for 3 or 4 days. A http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-168860.html The falling leaves...drift by my window...nbspSouth America raquonbspArgentina raquonbspEsquel By hannahshanksMay 22nd 2007Autumn is in full swing so I thought Id just shove up some photos. Nothing much to say...heres me in the Autumn of Esquel. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-168501.html Asado is an argentinian family barbeque. My family doesnt do it but alot do it every sunday as does the family of my exchange friend Jeevon from America. So one day I decided to go along with them. We went about 2 blocks from his house nothing is ever far in this town to where his grandma lives. On the block of her house they have built a special building just for asados which has a long http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-168491.html El Bolson is a little town in the province of Rio Negro the province just up from Chubut with maybe 15 000 people not sure. I went there 2 weekends in a row the first time for an afs party and the second time just with my parents. El Bolson from what I gather is the equivilent to the byron bay of australia. On saturday and sunday mornings there is the ferria which is a craft and food m http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Rio-Negro/El-Bolson/blog-168474.html A few weeks ago we had the niece of my host dad and her friend stay in our house for a week and that weekend we drove them up to bariloche a town a few hours away and on the way we stopped at some lovely places in the national parks. To be honest I went out the night before and was really tired and I dont know what the lakes and places are called or anything but they look pretty so Ill put http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-160121.html So being in a new house is great. Heated floors make life so much easier to get out of bed in the morning And I now get driven to school as the tempuratures are starting to drop So I needed to buy a winterski type jacket right and poor little Hannah from northern queensland wouldnt have a clue what to do for so she enlisted the help of one native friend who speaks english and an exchange http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-160109.html After a 4 day orientation in Buenos Aires a day spent in the Buenos Aires airport after my plane being delayed twice I landed in my lovely little town of Esquel. I was so scared and excited at the same time to meet my family well my little family of only a 29 year old women and was relieved that she brang a friend to the airport with her who spoke english. Atleast now I didnt have a 20 minu http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-153943.html