Awww….Uruguay.
March 6, 2011 § Leave a comment
Finally out of the city! Relaxing in La Paloma, Uruguay
We have a special place in our hearts for Uruguay. It is the small, frequently ignored country wedged in between Argentina and Brazil. People rarely go on vacation just to see Uruguay, unless it’s on a quick day trip from Buenos Aires on the ferry just to get another stamp in the passport. « Read the rest of this entry »
Why surfers wear clothing
February 28, 2011 § Leave a comment
We only stayed in Florianópolis, Brazil for 3 days, and surfed only a portion of that time, but we learned some invaluable lessons in the meantime.
#1 – It’s not easy on your own. « Read the rest of this entry »
The People You Meet.
February 22, 2011 § 2 Comments
1) Where are you from? 2) What is your trip like?
These are almost universally the first two pieces of information traded when meeting other travelers. Since it’s just Joe and me most days, we enjoy the chance to meet people with whom we can share a drink or a conversation. Some random encounters have been with other Stanford people, identified by the gear. Once we chatted with a girl all day, only to find out at dinner she worked for the same company as me. We frequently meet others on similarly long trips, especially in places like Bolivia where people wouldn’t go for a short holiday visit. We’ve noticed some interesting trends in the kinds of people, though the categories highlighted below are by no means exhaustive. « Read the rest of this entry »
Kasey: 5, Joe: 0
February 12, 2011 § 3 Comments
The quest started in San Martín de los Andes, Argentina. We were in the northernmost part of Argentine Patagonia, in the lakes district. Joe decided he wanted to fish. Ideally, we hoped to find a local fisherman to take us out on his boat for a few hours and loan his equipment, for which we would pay, of course.
Kasey, our fisherman, and his trusty canine assistant
The Road Less Traveled
January 31, 2011 § Leave a comment
After getting ourselves off trail, rather than tracking back two miles we forged our way through some tall, thick brush, trying not to think about the park ranger's warnings of poisonous snakes.
The hotel hadn’t had a single visitor in two weeks, and almost all the entries in its guest check-in book were of local Argentines. The last non-Argentine was from six months ago, and the last American… well there had never been any Americans before us, at least not in the three years worth of records in the registration book. « Read the rest of this entry »
A deluge of waterfall pictures
January 25, 2011 § 4 Comments
I can’t say we weren’t warned – passing travelers told us on our way to Iguazu Falls that we would take hundreds of pictures, and that we did. This was a site that was left out of our first trip to Brazil 3 years ago, and we were excited to finally visit this amazing site on the border of Argentina and Brazil. And while Iguazu does not house the tallest or the most voluminous waterfall in the world, the entire “waterfall system” is composed of 275 waterfalls amidst the lush, steamy jungle.
Joe marking off picture #1 of hundreds. Wonder if he'll be smiling like that at the end...
Packing list posted
January 22, 2011 § Leave a comment
All 82 liters of gear
We’ve finally updated the blog with our detailed packing list, with photos and explanations covering key items in our 82 liters of belongings. While the descriptions may be too detailed for most of you, the main intent of these lists is to help others who are planning similar extended trips. Before our trip began, we made use of packing lists posted on countless other travel blogs, and now we want to pay it forward.
Overview
Joe’s Gear
Kasey’s Gear
Shared Gear
Hopefully in a few months we can revisit the lists to provide perspective on which items were the most and least useful.
82 Liters 