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La Boca and the final day...
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| (Friday, 26 November 2010) Written by Keith Rhoades |
| WEll, this is it...the final hours before I head back home. I am sad to leave and dreading the first week back. THe first week back is so hard emotionally and physically getting back into the regular groove, adjusting to the jet lag, and the emotional withdrawl that I go through...the only thing that helps is time and start planning or at least thinking of where to go next. I called mom last night to wish her a happy thanksgiving....it was nice to talk to her and to know everything is alright back home. Last night I had some drama but it is all ok now. I woke up this morning and decided to walk to La Boca. Now I am not that educated on La Boca..but everyone says there is a river walk Ļ"Caminita" that is really cool and touristy....yet the travel books I have said that La Boca is dow... (3279 more chars) |
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Thanksgiving from Buenos Aires
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| (Thursday, 25 November 2010) Written by Keith Rhoades |
| Well, after yesterdays ordeal...which I have to admit I think I handled it with a pretty good attitude though I was exhausted. I got to bed at 4 am...but was up at 8 am which I was glad...because I wanted to stick to my schedule and didnt want to lose too much time. I really didnt have anything planned last night anway...so nothing was really lost except some sleep. Plus I met some cool people and had a learning experience in aceepting life on lifes terms and being able to manage change and problems in a foreign country and language. I probably would not ahve been so calm if I was in LAX Airport! lol It hardly seems like thanksgiving here...but I am thinking of all of you back home. Plus (now I can officially complain about the weather)...itīs hot and humid...ugghhh...I dont do thi... (2307 more chars) |
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The day from hell..
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| (Wednesday, 24 November 2010) Written by Keith Rhoades |
| Well....I knew this trip was going to smoothly and there always has to be one hellish day on each trip...today was that trip. Though I managed to get through with humor and met some new friends. I was all packed and took the shuttle to the airport...when I arrived at the aiport it was sheer hell....massive hoard of people. My airline LAN went on strike today....and everyone told me to take LAN instead of Aerolineas Argentina because they were the ones that cancelled flights. I wait in a long line...only to be told...they didnt know when I was going to leave. For four hours I waited..finally they called me at 430. My flight was at 1 pm. They told me I could get on an Aerolineas Argentina Flight at 1040 arriving in Buenos Aires at 2 am. I took it... I had to wait 6 more hours...in... (985 more chars) |
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Mi Dia en El Calafate
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| (Tuesday, 23 November 2010) Written by Keith Rhoades |
| Today was my built in "chill" day....I slept a little later and took my time getting ready this morning. I hiked up a mountain outside of town to get a view of the lake and the mountains. the weather was sunny and cold and really windy. If it wasn't for the wind it wouldn't have been too bad. I then walked downhill toward the lake and stumbled accross a little museum which actually was very interesting. It was a small but well put together museum about evolution and the native people of Patagonia, the creation of the various continents, and the migratory paths of early homo sapiens. It was really facsinating. I spent nearly an hour there. they also had a lot about Darwins expedition to this area and Magellan who coined the term Patagonia which meant land of barbarians beca... (5394 more chars) |
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