Puerto Montt (1/6/07 – 3/6/07) The closest significant Chilean city to Bariloche was Puerto Montt which I decided would be my launching point to either Coyhaique or Puerto Natales… unfortunately, for my whole time there, the weather was kind of bad… The main industry here is Salmon and Trout and, naturally the seafood here...
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This one one of a series of travel emails I sent to friends and family who wished to follow my travels through Latin America in the first half of 2007 Nothing really prepares you for the Iguazu falls. They’re big. Very big. They are the second most voluminous waterfalls in the world after Victoria...
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Buenos Aires (16/5/07 – 19/5/07) I arrived in Buenos Aires by boat from Montevideo… I immediately took the subway to the centre of town and started knocking on doors of hostels… apparently April is a busy month (I was seriously told this…). I did finally find a hostel on the corner of Ave de...
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Montevideo (14/5/07 – 15/5/07) After Rio, all my “planned” destinations were in much colder locations… so I sent some stuff home. Mostly summer stuff, sandals etc. I pack light… very light. Combined weight – 15kg. Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay. Uruguay is a funny place. The taxis here have meters that start at...
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Asuncion Do you like apples? Well… I’m going to one, a big one! How do you like them apples? Fine print: After a long and nail-biting wait, I have been admitted to the M.A. in Climate and Society at Columbia University in the City of New York. I still can’t quite believe it. Some...
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Foz do Iguaçu (4/5/07 – 5/5/07) The Iguazu falls are South America’s mightiest. Mightiest? You might say… I did. In a land which already boasts such natural wonders as Angel Falls in Venezuela and all those wonderful nearby waterfalls at Canaima, surely waterfalls can’t get even more spectacular… When Anna Eleanor Roosvelt (reputedly) famously...
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This one one of a series of travel emails I sent to friends and family who wished to follow my travels through Latin America in the first half of 2007 Climate change. Those two words seem to be the words-of-the-moment at the moment. But what I’m talking about isn’t the climate change that almost-president...
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I’m seriously thinking about getting myself a digital SLR camera. Why? After seeing all the sights I’ve seen and looking over all the photos I’ve taken of them, I’m realising the shortcomings of my simple point-and-shoot camera. In particular with regard to light-gathering capacity, noise at high ISO settings and the ability to control...
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Asuncion (1/5/07 – 3/5/07) Paraguay was never intended as a long stopover. In fact, there were only two things on my list for Paraguay – the Chaco, the sparsely inhabited wilderness which makes up most of the North-West, and Ciudad del Este, my chosen launching point to see the Iguazu falls. However, as generally...
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