Fun to Travel With Noel, we traveled a little bit together within the city of Buenos Aires. You proved to be an eventful guy and a master of backgammon. I hope you lived the rest of your trip to the fullest extent possible. I can tell you that, I've been traveling in Africa for almost 2 months and I sure do miss the steak at Des Nival. Hope all it well.
2nd time commentor, long time reader Thanks for taking us with you Noel!!! haha. Your trip sounded amazing... makes me wish that I were either finished at mcgill... or taking some time off... but I'm too close now... I can taste that BSc. haha. Hope we get to see you in Montreal this year.
Bisous,
Bernier
travel bug Your trip was so fun to follow Noel! You have some really great photos and a lot of crazy stories. Such a pleasure to get the travelblog email to distract me from work hehe. You have definately made me put travel as a higher prioty.
Hope to see you soon!
Karin.
Journal Your journal was inspirational...............and most of all eye opening. It opened my eyes to how crappy I feel sitting in this office as you were in south america living it up.
Maybe one day I shall travel, and be free, until then............sigh........I'll just live through your entries.
So glad you are home! We have read every single entry since you left, thank you for letting us experience South America with you, we only hope that one day we can see all of the amazing things that you have seen. Adam and I missed you very much!
(We still have some wine left, so come on over!)
Welcome back to Canada! Your blogs were a gift to all of us back here who were keeping all crossable body parts crossed for your safety. The protectiveness that seeped into my bones as your Mom put your new born body into my arms 21+ years ago raced to the surface as I read your first few blogs with my eyes half shut in hopes that it would help my racing heart. Then later I had to squeeze them shut again to stop tears as they witnessed our Noel growing into the Philosopher he aspires to be. I also felt the envy of reading a young man saying “yes” to new experiences while all the time wishing it were me. Glad to have you back in Canada.
thank god you are home safely I have been a faithful reader, and know that your 7-month adventure has been good for your mind, your heart and your soul -- what a wonderful launch to your adulthood.
Welcome home!!
well said I've enjoyed; I've worried; I've envied but most of all I have been happy for you throughout this wonderful adventure. Now, make like a yogi and cleanse your body inside and out. While those smells are not important in the greater scheme of life, I'm sure they are unpleasant to you parents sensibilities. :)
Homecoming? Noel... sounds like an amazing trip. Your journal's been keeping me entertained at work... so thank you! :P
You still thinking about UBC for the fall or are we gonna see you in MTRL???
~Bernier
sounds like a blast, the whole trip not just the dancing.
school has left me too poor to do much other than the 9-5, good call doing this instead.
nuc eng has only stressed me out, taken my hair, my money, and my dignity.
toss me a message when you get back to the world and we can do lunch.
party!! Holaaaa, my name is jesica, I live in buenos aires and yeees, we love dancing all night and it's a pretty usual activity to do on Saturday or Friday night!!!
Hope you enjoy being here!!
Byee
actually... "puto" is a lot more like "fag" so be careful with that one. how've you been?
estoy todavia de luto por el partido de aquel viernes.
--jena
Funny Funny I woke up all disoriented this weekend too, outside.....I was on a farm???? Weird...I went to a bush party and decicded to walk home, My girlfriend was up all night looking for me.
Hmmmm, Guess drinking is a sport in both countries.
PS: I just want to point out that comment was for the guy from Germany (Martin Hoffer), and not refering to your previous blog Noel - it was well-written and pretty acurate, I´d say - I was just a little concerned about Martin´s "definatively NOT southamerican" comment, in contrast to your "Definately South American" perspective .
- Joseph N Sieben
Martin aus Alemania I love how you can describe how Argentina is more european than europe and yet "defenitively Not southamerican" - as if it were suddenly scratched off the map. It would be like saying that Vancouver and surrounding districts were more Asian that Asia but definitively NOT Canada, simply because there is a greater Asian populous (and influence, in many many areas) than there is caucation "North American" influence. Or that Albania is any less European because it´s culture and ecnomic situation is very much different than the United Kingdom or surrounding thriving economies. Comparitively speaking, it is not like the poorer less developed nations in South America, but rather a perfect example of a thriving successful Latino country and a proud example of South America - it does indeed have great outside influence, but so does Canada - and yet, since when did we start defining this continent solely by the poorer and less developed nations?.. My opinion is that Argentina is no less "definatively South American" than is Brazil, with it´s portugese (and thus inherently different) language, economy and cultural influence.
It is a common mistake that people make when critisizing or analyzing - we often compare one thing with something entirely different, or judge the unique by the commonalities of the majority.
- Joseph N Sieben
PS: Noel: How are you making out with your dilemma?
HOLLY SHIT Man, Argentina is like the hot spot of hotties, you can girls of all shapes, shades and sizes............Aside from that, um.............
I had a witty comment to your post, but then I just starting thinking of Argentinian girls.........a mix of italian, german, and southern american = GODS GIFT TO MEN.........
THats all peace
better the north of arg. Hi. I am German, and just wanna tell you that i agree with yours perspectiva on argentina being more european than europe. In fact, Salta could be the more "southamarican" part of Argentina. If you go south, it would be whiter than nowadays Europe. As my friend used to say, like France without arab immigration. The northern type is more latin american...it is an odd place. In Bariloche, i had this strange feeling of travelling very long to be home again. I guess if your are looking for same local flavour, the north is better. South is more european than Europe, and defenitively NOT southamerican. Buenos Aires included. Martin
Socialism Hey there GRINGO
Man, its truly amazing the insight your gaining in south America, all the contrasts to western....specifically Canadian ideals.
I truly wish i had both the resources and the free time (commitment to g/f) that you have. What happened to the Yukon adventure though?
Sim
So freakin jealous... Oh my God... Dirtbiking around to Incan locations. Finding your own place at Machu Picchu to enjoy it away from the hordes. It looks awesome. Sounds like a wicked experience! Can't wait till I do it myself. Practically drooling over the dirtbiking explanations. hehehe. Awesome.
Inspiring What a blog - i have been reading blogs for a long time now but that is the best one by far! So inspiring that i really want to do this trek now. Thank you!
Living vicariously... Hey man! Your travel blog is awesome!! I get to live vicariously through you. But it'll be many years before I do my southern hemi tour... Can't wait to see your Machu Picchu pics!! Adios!
A twenty-something who has done very little other than travel around the globe for the last six years. I work as a computer programmer for a company in Canada through the internet which allows me to work from wherever I happen to be.
My next trip will be to Eastern Europe, likely, although I'm leaning towards Asia more and more.... full info
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Fun to Travel With
Noel, we traveled a little bit together within the city of Buenos Aires. You proved to be an eventful guy and a master of backgammon. I hope you lived the rest of your trip to the fullest extent possible. I can tell you that, I've been traveling in Africa for almost 2 months and I sure do miss the steak at Des Nival. Hope all it well.