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
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