http://www.ephemerica.com Following the travels of Matt and Cindy as we bike from Mexico to Argentina Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:07:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After being separated from our trusty touring bikes for a couple of months, we decided to bring them down to Portland for some surgery. We decided that we wanted to convert our bikes into Xtracycles. Yeah, I know what you're thinking—you already have bikes capable of hauling a bunch of ... http://www.ephemerica.com/2008/08/21/epilogue/ 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 ... http://www.ephemerica.com/2008/06/28/sound-vision/ OK, Seattle isn't exactly the same as when we left. But a lot of things are, including the Summer Solstice Parade at the annual Fremont Fair—as evidenced by the picture above. In any case, we made it home safe, albeit late due to delays on both of our flights. It ... http://www.ephemerica.com/2008/06/22/same-as-it-ever-was/ 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 ... http://www.ephemerica.com/2008/06/16/the-last-tango/ 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 ... http://www.ephemerica.com/2008/05/28/and-what-good-air-it-is/ ...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 ... http://www.ephemerica.com/2008/05/01/official-return-date/ It's been a while, so we put up a bunch of photos here. Enjoy! http://www.ephemerica.com/2008/04/23/more-argentinachile-photos/ 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 ... http://www.ephemerica.com/2008/04/20/el-fin-del-mundo/ 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 ... http://www.ephemerica.com/2008/04/11/through-rain-sleet-snow-and-hail/ Since we recently camped outside one of these salmon farming facilities in Chile, I thought I'd pass on this NY Times article about a virus that is devastating the salmon stocks down here. I know this seems impossible, but they think that the fact that the salmon pens are too ... http://www.ephemerica.com/2008/03/27/chilean-salmon-virus-running-amok/