I arrived in Buenos Aires last November a few days before the start of a 3 week tour through Patagonia with GAP Adventures. My flight arrived around 8:00am, and I signed up for a ride with a local bus company to drop me off at the hotel for 1/5 the price of a taxi. ...Read the rest of this post...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Buenos Aires
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Labels: Argentina, Patagonia_2009, South America, Travel
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Thursday, September 09, 2010
Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
Last November, I had been staying in Buenos Aires for a few days before joining a tour through Patagonia. After reading this New York Times article, I had originally considered an overnight trip to Uruguay’s capital of Montevideo to coincide with the Saturday art markets. However, due to some last minute changes in itinerary, my time in
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Labels: Patagonia_2009, South America, Travel, Uruguay
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Friday, September 03, 2010
Running Saved My Life
I haven’t been posting recently, with good reason. Over the last couple of months I have been in and out of the hospital or else recovering at home following illness that affected my respiratory system.
The short summary is I went into the hospital with advanced respiratory distress (ARDS) a few months ago due to an uncommon condition known as
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