Well, the glacier was awesome. The upload bandwidth at this hostel is practically nonexistent, so most of the pictures will have to wait until I get to an internet cafe in town tomorrow. But here’s one for now:
Entries Tagged as 'Argentina'
Perito Moreno
April 26th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Argentina, Photos, Travel
Sorry for the delay, the internet was down all across El Calafate yesterday. I finally have a lot of photos to share from the glacier hiking trip. I almost didn’t go. I woke up on Thursday morning with a really awful headache; then the medicine I took for my head upset my stomach without fixing […]
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It’s the end of the world as we know it…
May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Argentina, Photo of the Day
After an 18 hour bus ride, I’ve arrived in Ushuaia, Argentina, the Southernmost “City at the End of the World,” which is only sort of true, but that doesn’t stop them from plastering it all over everything as a marketing slogan. Since arriving here, I’ve drunk “coffee at the end of the world,” ate a […]
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Faro del fin del mundo
May 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Argentina, Photo of the Day
This is the Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse which stands watch over the Beagle Channel from a perch on the small Les Eclaireurs islands in the middle of the channel. According to the tour companies here in Ushuaia, it’s the “Lighthouse at the End of the World,” which isn’t really true. It’s not the southernmost lighthouse in […]
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Forum formatting in political posturing
May 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Argentina
I saw this ad a few days ago in Ushuaia. Apparently there was a city council election there back in November (either that, or they’re starting pretty early for next year). Two things about it caught my eye. The first, is if you’re going appear in a photo on your political ads, you should try […]
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