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rise above

backpacking through south america means sometimes staying in places we would rather not be staying. we had one night in perito moreno, argentina – which no one should go to… unless you are trying to get out of patagonia and in which case you are probably going to be forced to go.  the bus companies...

mind over volcanic matter

pucon is a little town in chile with a very big volcano. in town it looks like this: and 5 hours later after climbing up, up, up, it looks like this: honestly, it was a really, really, really hard hike.  we met a guy weeks before in argentina who had done it and saw half...

bariloche, argentina

bariloche was our last stop in patagonia before moving northward and out of the region. the city is very swiss-influenced, and they are lovin´ chocolate… a lot. this chocolate shop was larger than almost any grocery store we´ve seen down here!  the cash registers had conveyor belts.  it was huuuuge. snack time… another, very large,...

the leap …

this time of travel has been full of many busy days with mountains to climb and lake shores to hike and new foods to eat, but in all the in between there is also much more downtime than in our normal lives. long bus rides come with loads of time to think and dream and...

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