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April 9th 2007

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Hola all! I know it has been a little while, but I now have more experiences and stories to tell. On Friday, March 30 my friends Alex and Duncan and myself hopped on a bus from Buenos Aires to Mendoza. For those that don't know, Mendoza is on the western border of the country, just a little bit more north than Buenos Aires, and is very close to Chile. It is known mainly as being Argentina's wine... Read Full Entry

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cine

where I saw 300 (trescientos) in Valpo

artwork at hostel

Pi-Cubed

this was the sign on the bathroom at el Yo Yo

jazz club

yeah, I went there.. seriously, I did it.

up in the hills

wandering the next day

weirdo dog that followed me

endless..

cemetary

cementario

the Chilean version of Recoleta

más cementario

Valparaiso

cute old couple

they would eventually help me find my way to the ascensor up Cerro Concepcion

wandering puppy outside of the cemetary

sadly no wine this time

ascensor

found it!

going up

church on Cerro Concepcion

as much as I'm not a churchgoer, they do make for interesting photographs

the cemetary I was just at

I call it... "hill school"

more Cerro

note the cat just hanging out on the roof

mom.. I know you'd be all over this

can someone say, Farmer's market? oh how I remember the days...

clown

this is a clown pointing a gun (fake) at me on a bus, this actually happened. the guy sucked, no one laughed at him, then he asked for money, that's when I laughed.

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10th April 2007

Dad
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Wow
After seeing this, Mom will sign up fro another dose of Arg fro sure...we had a great time with you two weeks ago, maybe another venture is due. just kidding, but what a country, more cows than we see anywhere here,friendly people, some language barrier when not w/you, but we did ok i guess. Nice work on all your pix and on the captions. by the way does any class type activities happen in your future or more travel and pix may be the way to GO... Thanx see you in July....Daddio

10th April 2007

Chris
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Sweet Pics! I love the captions on some of em. When do you head back to the states?

11th April 2007

Mom
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Awesome
What great pics, Drew! I think the dog that followed you was a "sign" of some kind...what a great face!! Let's see...wine and puppies, wine and bikes, wine and Mendoza, wine and hostels....hm.....might be worth a research study for your doctorate!! So glad you're learning your way through South America!! xoxo Mom

15th April 2007

Iowa Aunt
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love the wine pics
Mendoza looks wonderful. Santiago sounded interesting with the arms and all. Visitng with a friend who had been in BsAS several years ago. She did not enjoy it at all, was frightened with all the armed men there. Interesting how you can have a completely different experience in the same country. Hope classes are going well. Chau

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