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Argentina

  1. March 25, 2007

    Hours Waiting for a Visa

    The 3rd of March was three months since I last entered Argentina. According to the visa laws here I needed to leave the country today, or pay a fee of $100 pesos for another three month extension. Here in Puerto Madryn we are 18 hours by…

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  2. March 25, 2007

    Further House Progress… Walls

    It took me four months to get the foundations of the house poured, and up to the floor. It has taken only two weeks for the two men working on my house to get it to the roof stage.

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  3. March 25, 2007

    Raising a Tank

    There was a problem in the building. A water problem. A hot water problem actually. So I fixed it.

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  4. March 4, 2007

    The house is finally taking shape

    The foundation walls completed, waiting to be filled with dirt and then covered with concrete.

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  5. February 3, 2007

    Three Months Engaged

    NOTE: Carolina and I are no longer engaged. We broke up in April. Carol has moved on to another YWAM base where she is studying. I will remain here and continue to work in Puerto Madryn.

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  6. February 3, 2007

    Watch Out – Or Crunch

    I had just paid for the repairs on the truck and updated the insurance (for third parties only) in town. Now I was on my way back to the base where I lived. I know the road well now, having both walked and driven it many times during the…

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  7. February 2, 2007

    Finally Mobile

    It did not happen as expected, with yet another day of delays after expecting to pick it up yesterday, but finally today, at the last hour of the day – 9pm – I was able to pick up the finished truck. Tomorrow I pay for it.

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  8. February 1, 2007

    We Have A Truck Again – Almost

    Finally the truck is fixed. A job that was going to take a little more than one week has turned into three. Three weeks is not that long I guess, and it could have been worse. However, after being told that it would be just over one week,…

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  9. January 10, 2007

    The Day the Truck Broke

    It was amazing really. After travelling around the country for two weeks with Brodie (see his blog: Jellycan ), the truck broke only once I got back home. By one day. Oh, and it is not my truck either – sorry Mike.

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  10. December 27, 2006

    Vacation Time

    At 2pm we loaded the truck and climbed in. Final goodbyes and we were off, the adventures had begun. The long straight roads through the Patagonian desert with views of unending plains of tiny thorn bushes provided little to break the…

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