Sound + Vision

We finally posted another round of photos and videos from our time in Buenos Aires and the surrounding areas, including San Antonio de Areco, Iguazu Falls, Corrientes, Resistencia, Cordoba and Alta Gracia.
Photos are in the photo gallery.
The most recent videos are:

A short clip from the tango show we went to at El Querandi in Buenos [...]

The last tango

We’re wrapping up our time in Argentina, and getting ready to come home this week. It’s been a long time coming, and we’re filled with feelings of both excitement to return and dread of the 15 hrs of flying we have ahead of us. But after our recent bus adventures, we are at least comforted by [...]

And what good air it is!

One of first priorities when we arrived in Buenos Aires was to buy jeans. We had been wearing quick-dry travel pants exclusively for over a year and were excited to feel a bit less like travelers. Once we were happily wearing jeans, we set out to explore the city.
The Boca Juniors soccer match that Matt [...]

Official Return Date

…is June 18. That is, assuming we make our connecting flight in D.C., since we have < 2 hr layover. And we’re flying into Seattle. Since I finally was able to unload sell my mildew-ridden, mouse-infested (but highly fuel economical) car to my friend Bob, we are going to pick up Cindy’s car in Seattle [...]

More Argentina/Chile photos

It’s been a while, so we put up a bunch of photos here. Enjoy!

El Fin Del Mundo

First of all, we finally arrived in Ushuaia yesterday! Woohoo!!! Now for how we got here…
We spent a couple of days in Punta Arenas resting and waiting for Cindy’s bike to be repaired. Punta Arenas has a nice downtown area, with a couple of museums, the best of which was the former mansion of a [...]

Through rain, sleet, snow and hail

The road from El Calafate, Argentina to Torres del Paine National Park in Chile was mostly kind to us. We had a nice tailwind for the first 100 km eastward out of town, then the winds died down to almost nothing as we started to head westward. We were quite happy not to fight the [...]

Cracks, of both the frozen and circular variety

With a little help from the local authorities in Cochrane, we were able to get connected with a truck driver named Miguel who makes weekly runs delivering goods and livestock between Coyhaique, Cochrane, and Villa O’Higgins. When we talked to him at the beginning of the week, he thought he would have space, and he [...]

The Carretera Austral, Destroyer of Bicycles

Sorry to have been out of touch so long…we are getting into more and more remote areas of Patagonia, and thus internet access has been extremely limited. Anyway, on with the saga!
We arrived in El Bolson after a long day’s ride, found a hostel, and then we prepared ourselves for a rest day the following [...]

First photos from Argentina and Chile

We figured it was about time to post some photos, so here they are. Enjoy!