Blogs from South America - page 3645

Well apologies to those who don´t like football as there is a lot of it this time... but your consolation is that its been pissing rain everywhere I´ve been recently. Who says I am a technophobe? Well everyone actually. Although it has taken forever to upload these videos here they are! Best with sound. So, after the glacier traffic jam in Patagonia came back to Buenos Aires to catch some sun and football. Took in River Plate v. San Martin, with a Dutch lad met on me travels. A decent game and good atmosphere made all the more memorable by the torrential rain which meant match abandoned with 9 mins left ... what the feck?? I come to South America so see a match abandoned due to rain.. are you having a laugh???? And no, Argentina ... read more

Brasilien Von Iguazu ging es mit dem Bus über Sao Paolo und Sao Jose weiter nach Rio de Janeiro. Eine recht unbequeme 24 Stunden Busfahrt! mit einem interessanten Erlebnis: Kurz nach Beginn der Busfahrt hat im hinteren Bereich des Busses eine Gruppe von Personen eine Abdeckplatte abgeschraubt und mehrere kleine weisse Säcke! hineingestopft. Ich und sicher auch andere im Bus haben es mitbekommen. Ich sass quasi direkt daneben. Sie sprechen mich an und fragen, ob ich portugisisch spreche. "Ich spreche keine portugisisch". Schon komisch. Es waren nette Typen und wir sind im Verlauf der Busfahrt gut miteinander ausgekommen. Auf der Strecke sind viele Polizeikontrollen!! und auch wir wurden kontrolliert. Die Polizei ist in den Bus hineingekommen. Den Einzigen, den sie wirklich unter die Lupe genommen haben, war ich. Ausweis, Taschen, usw. Ich war sauber!! Die Jungs ... read more

Hola que tal! In zuidelijk Patagonia liggen de grootste aaneengesloten continentale ijskappen buiten de polen: Campo de Hielo Norte (noordelijk ijsveld, 4200 km2, het kleinere ijsveld van de 2, gelegen aan de westkant van de Carretera Austral en volledig in Chili gelegen, zie vorige blog) en de Campo de Hielo Sur (zuidelijk ijsveld, 14200 km2, de grootste van de 2 en voor 80 % gelegen in Chile). Deze ijskappen, waarvan zo´n 200 gletsjers afstromen in de Pacifische oceaan en in de grote meren in Argentinie, hebben een landschap van fjorden en indrukwekkende bergketens gesmeed, die zo typisch zijn voor dit zuidelijk stuk Patagonia. We zijn verslaafd geraakt aan dit gebied dat we de laatste 2 weken niet weg geraakt zijn uit het noordelijk stukje van Nationaal Park Los Glaciares (Argentina). Begin maart kruisten we het door ... read more

Thursday 6th March As we drive into Torres del Paine national park we see the magnificent granite towers that the park is famous for. They really are amazing and I feel so honoured to be here! Our campsite is next to a lake with a view of the towers and the first sunset is the best we see. Friday 7th March Almost the whole group of us do the Torres walk which leads up to the granite towers. The walk is quite steep at first then flattens out through woodland and then there is a really steep clamber up boulders at the end to get to the top and see the fantastic view of the towers and water running down a steep drop to a turquoise lake. The walk took about 3 and a half hours ... read more

Day 10 - Lesmahagow to Peru. We said goodbye to Iquitos and headed back to Lima for the final leg of this part of the journey. No extreme turbulence on this flight! Thankfully. Today was the last day with the Vine Trust and Scripture Union Peru, and it was finished in style. We visited the boys centre in Lima and, and we were introduced to all the boys there. These were boys who had only recently come in from the streets, and so their trust levels were still very low. The centre in Lima is very different from all the other homes that we have visited during this trip, but it needs to be. The boys have spent years on the streets with no guidelines, no boundaries, no restrictions, and so it will take time and ... read more