Five hours of staring. At what has been described as the 8th wonder of the world. The Perito Moreno Glacier in the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, the Southern Ice Field in the Andes mountains. This ice field is the 3rd largest reserve of fresh water on the planet, after the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. …
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Waiting
For buses…always waiting. They all seem to travel at night, here on the east coast of Patagonia. Which means you arrive at your destination at an uncomfortable hour. A few days ago I realised that there comes an hour when very late at night becomes very early in the morning. I would put it between …
Impact
They call themselves Boer’s. I’ve known about them since I was a young girl, and always thought I would visit them if I went to Argentina. I found it very intriguing that people could just ‘up and go’ – whole families, to an unknown, vast, dry and isolated place. To start a 2500ha (625ha free, …
Breakaway
It’s Sunday evening, 20h30, and the sun is still shining. It has been a sunny and windless day in Bariloche after a week of rain, wind and freezing cold. On Saturday morning there was a layer of fresh snow on the mountains, and today we were swimming in the lagoon. This is how it works …
Entering Patagonia
Happy New Year to all of you! May 2020 be one of those remarkable years for all, may the joys be many and the sorrows few, and may you all be blessed with an abundance of love. I reluctantly came back from Peru, a dramatic country with contrasting landscapes and lively people, to a hot …
Adiós Peru
So, after that horrific road trip, I had a relaxing few days in Atalaya. Jennifer’s response to my blog was perfect and much appreciated: Hi Meryl, I read your post is very interesting. When I’m read I smile because I remenber when I said you that this road is dangerous and you said me very …
Un viaje extremo
It’s a dangerous route. That’s what Jennifer said, but I assuredly replied ‘no problema’. Which was wrong anyway, it is ‘no hay problema’. Had I but known what was to come… I left Quillabamba at 10am on Monday morning in a Toyota 4×4 twin cab, the only vehicle able to travel on those roads. This …
QuillArt
The place that has been me casa for the past month. A place that is always filled with music, people and creative noise, being a centre for art related activities such as ballet, piano and guitar lessons, painting and crafting, and cooking lessons. The classes are mostly for children, but include some adults too. Anyone …
On top of the world
Machu Picchu or not? A question that had not even crossed my mind until I arrived in Lima a month ago. Out of the blue, as I was walking through a park, it occurred to me that nót going to Machu Picchu was actually an option. Various reasons led to this, the main one being …
Quillabamba
I’m blessed, that’s for sure. By the moon this time, again!! I don’t plan these things, they just work out this way. There are many planned viewings of the full moon rising, but the unexpected ones are the blessings. Times that I can remember: Unexpected full moon rising over Karoo koppies on our way to …
Mella Madness 