Esteros de Ibera, Wildlife Haven

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November 12th 2010

Published: November 30th 2010

Esteros de Ibera Marathon days and nights on buses brought me from Curitiba in southern Brazil to Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina, the jumping-off point for the remote Esteros del Ibera. I'd arrived on census day, and the city was deserted--everyone was home, waiting to be counted. I met a young, Swedish chimney sweeper, who'd just gotten off the swankier "cama (bed)" bus, and together, we set ou... Read Full Entry

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Tara Cloud

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I´m a one-way ticket, slow traveler, relishing the freedom of the open road and trusting serendipity to guide my journey. When I was younger, I used to travel for a year at a time. Then a few years ago, I roamed Europe and North Africa for three and a half years and liked that even better. On August 1st, 2010, I left my peaceful Mission Canyon paradise in Santa Barbara's mellow summer and emerged from a couple of planes a day and a world later in the teeming, sub-zero streets of Buenos Aires´winter. Now, with the Andes, Amazon and Galapagos between here and home, will three years be enou... full info

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