Lake Region & Santiago, Chile -to- Mendoza & Wine Country, Argentina

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April 23rd 2010

Published: May 1st 2010

Lake Region & Santiago, Chile to Mendoza & Buenos Aires, Argentina 1. Valdivia: Sea Lions you can touch 2. Pucon: Snow Hiking and Volcano Sledding 3. Santiago: Couchsurfing, karaoke, and sleeping with the police 4. Mendoza: Wine Country Argentina 1.. Valdivia: Sea Lions you can touch First stop off the boat was Valdivia, a small college city with a hip feel. Its borded by 3 rivers, and has a ni... Read Full Entry

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Bus Photo: post Villarica Hike

Ive decided to start a new photo journal expose entitled 'bus photos'. and im going to take a photo of myself on every bus i take. this one from after the hike.

Local Market

local market where we ate comida tipica (typical food).

Shaggy Dog at Local Market

you cant see his eyes because he has too much hair. and he cant see the food we give him because of that hair...but damn he looks good.

Local Market 2

Michellin Man

after the market, before the kareoke bar, we went to an International Mining Expo. we got free tickets from Paulina, my host, because her dad is in the mining industry. so we spent the afternoon looking at all the million dollar equipment (tractors, drills, underwater pods, buildings etc) and drinking the free beer/wine that the companies were giving away!

Kareoke 2

all together now

''what the hell did we get ourselves into?!''

Police Station Santiago, Chile

where we spent 3-4 hours waiting in the car

The Morning After

getting back to the apt, where his roomate was on her way to work, at 830 am.

Lazy Afternoon

hanging out at Paulina´s house

Getting' Fancy

Finding out what i look like with strait hair.

Bein' Fancy

This is what i look like with strait hair

Mendoza Plaza

a plaza in Mendoza

Wine Storage

wine aging after being bottled

along the route

here we switched from wine tastings to a full bottle to enjoy the sunny deck

The Sun/Wine Deck

Olive Garden

at a family run Olive Farm

The Bus Ride Home

after the wine tour bike ride

1st May 2010

Darlene Gurievsky
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Amazing Neal!!!
I love reading your adventures. I print them out and brag to all of my friends that I have an amazing nephew named Neal. We can't wait to see you again. Love, Auntie Doll

1st May 2010

Davin
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finally, i know what couchsurfing is. sounds AWESOME.

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