After a day off I joined my G Adventures tour group in Buenos Aires to start our trek to Rio over the next 17 days. A young crew of mostly Aussies with some Brits and Swedes thrown in and el hombre, Tomás at the helm we headed to San Telmo…
South America
how much is that cat outside the window
/ 30/11/2012Views outside my Ushuaia hostel – Freestyle. The bay in front, the painting in the courtyard outside our room and the mountains behind the city complete with a cat on a cold tin roof. The cat doesn’t belong to the hostel…or is it true here as it is at home…the…
good luck charms
/ 30/11/2012My good luck charms for a smooth journey are a pearl (for wisdom), raw beauty (for health), artist’s palette (from Myra, to remind me to be creative when facing issues), a bear (from Canada, for strength…or maybe knowing when to hibernate!) and St. Christopher, from Mel. XOXO
last suppers
/ 30/11/2012Ushuaia Maritime and Prison Museum Spent some time at the Museo Maritimo y del Presidio de Ushuaia – The prison at the end of the world, now an interesting museum of Ushuaian life and maritime history. The first male prisoners started arriving in 1896 and in general most convicts were…
even though Havanna Club is only $18/ltr…
/ 29/11/2012…I couldn’t get through a whole bottle in the two days I have here, drinking alone it just seems a waste. So I’m sipping my way through a hip flask of pisco and making picola instead…pisco and cola! Just tastes like straight coke but goes straight to my head!