I made it, in one piece, with a smaller suitcase. I think I will call her Sarie, she has this crazy cover that my daughter gave me for Christmas, which hints at being on safari in the jungle – rather apt, as my mind is a bit of a jungle at the moment. I moved …
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3 Febr 2026 Trepidation
It’s 03h40 and I’m wide awake. In a couple of hours my plane leaves for Buenos Aires via Sao Paulo, for another South American travelling stint. The previous one, 6 years ago, was rudely interrupted by Covid after 7 months, so now I’m hopefully returning for a year to explore Uruguay, Brazil and some of …
El Fin del Mundo
This day has been re-affirming. In Los Antiguos I read a book, There is a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem, and I’ve been practicing the attainment of higher frequencies of energy through a connectedness to my spirituality, which channels all the energies to work toward positive outcomes. This is not as complicated as it sounds. …
Further Chilling in Chile
It was only a 3hr bus ride from Puerto Natales to Punto Arenas, where I had a leisurely stay of 8 days. I had planned my trip there to coincide with the arrival of my cousin Alan, who lives in Canada. He was to be the naturalist on an Australian boat going to the Antarctic. …
Chilling in Chile
I woke up in Chile Chico to a sun filled windless day, very rare. My bus was leaving at 10am, so I walked down the street at 8:30 and happened to find a takeaway coffee at a small restaurant (nothing opens before 9am). I took it down to Lake Buenos Aires, which is called Lago …
Lost in time
Or I should say, Given Time (thanks to Gaylord for the title!). Time to relax, time to reflect and integrate, time to walk and read, and time to unpack Louise for 3 weeks. All this at Carla’s house in Los Antiguos, where I arrived as Workawayer and left as life-long friend. Carla is an energetic …
Glacier wonder
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. …
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 …
Mella Madness 