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Published: April 28th 2009
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Buenas tardes de Buenos Aires!
Reading through my paper-and-pen, good old fashioned travel diary I noticed that one year ago when I set off for Europe my first entry called that my greatest adventure to date. Now, as I am about to spend my first night in South America at the beginning of a four month backpacking trip I am tempted to break out the superlatives once more. This is certainly a great adventure and this journey through some amazing parts of the world will be unforgettable, no doubt.
After leaving Fredericton in a less than satisfactory fashion (Thank you, thank you, thank you for your help!) I had good flights here through Pearson and via Santiago, Chile before reaching Buenos Aires. I was taken care of, given vegetarian meals and my last Molson Canadian beers for a while, I suspect. I didn´t have a neighbour so I did get some sleep and hopefully did not contract swine flu. My luggage even made it with me, which is pretty unusual in my travel record! Soaring high above the Andes mountains was breathtaking and I snapped a couple of photos of the peaks and valleys.
Buenos Aires is wamer
than I thought it would be - 25 degrees this evening - and quite the city. My hostel is excellent and I´ve met some people who seem very welcoming. It´s good to be back in this nomadic lifestyle. I explored a bit earlier and will give more on my impressions of this city another time. Tonight I am heading to bed early and getting up for a jaunt over to the Brazilian consulate to try to obtain a visa. Another little adventure on a trip of many.
I´ll try to keep this blog updated fairly regularly. I miss my friends and family loads and would really love to hear from you so please send me e-mails! Word from my ¨homes¨ makes my day when I´m far away! For now I´m safe and sound and excited to get this adventure underway.
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Brittany
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Emily I'm sooo excited for you!!