Blogs from South America - page 5244

Lindsay has gone to meet up with Mariu to attend a Justice and Penalty class at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, (UBA); I admire her academic perseverance on such a lovely sunny afternoon. This morning we had our Political Science class, we discussed the transformations from military dictatorships to democracy in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. After, we had Literature as a Mirror of Social Change; we continued our discussion of Roberto Arlt's The Seven Madmen, a revolutionary existentialist masterpiece by an Argentina author. Following our morning classes we had a much needed cafe con leche (latte) and some medialunas (croissants). We took the #42 bus to the train station and then walked a few blocks to the GreenPeace office. We are going to do some volunteering there with some of their current campaigns. The building is ... read more

My last hours in Cuzco before I head out to the highland hills of the Andes. Tomorrow - the Inca Trail! Yes, I start my next adventure here tomorrow at the crack of dawn - I am getting picked up at the school at about 4:30 AM by the tour operators. Yikes! I´m sure walking the paths in the Andes will wake me up though. We will have two difficult days of hiking up to 13,000 feet, and then two days of knee breaking downhill on the way to Macchu Picchu. I am feeling much much better, although walking up the stairs still leaves me out of breath. I caved in and got a porter to carry my things because all the others in my group chose this option, it helps provide work to local porters, ... read more

Yes I have finally found a place where I was able to upload some of my photos. Enjoy! ... read more

well after 3 very enjoyable but highly jet lagged days, I have left Buenos Aires to travel around. As it turns out, I have been so impressed with BA that I have decided to return a little earlier to spend 4 days or so there at the end of my trip. I am now in Mendoza which so far I must admit looks pretty ordinary, and apparently is not very exciting. Tomorrow however, I depart in the morning by bus to Santiago via a rather spoectacular trip over the Andes. Bring it on! ... read more

I arrived in Sucre, Bolivian capital, hoping to spend about ten days trying to improve my Spanish. 3 and a half weeks later - the last two of which has been spent living with a Bolivian family - I am finally packing up my bags and moving on. My time here has been fantastic. The language school has helped improve my Spanish immensely, and living with "mi familia Boliviana" has been a new and fascinating experience, as its allowed me to view a side of Bolivian life not normally accessible to tourists. I started off my time in Sucre in a backpackers, where I met a good bunch of Brits, Aussies and Kiwis who were all studying Spanish. We had a one cool night out when we went to see a Bolivian Nirvana tribute band. They ... read more