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September 28, 2007
Watching Whales Play
One of the biggest reasons that the tourists come to Puerto Madryn in the winter is because our bay is the home to dozens of whales that come to give birth to their young. The whole process of finding a mate and then hanging about together…
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August 18, 2007
Puerto Madryn to Santiago in Chile
After an early start to the day, a cold snap caused snow on the road to delay my bus for an hour and a half. Wandering down to the beach to watch the whales play in the water seemed the best way to pass the time at this hour of the…
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July 31, 2007
Fleeing for My Life
What just happened to my friend Paul and me still has my head reeling. It felt like I was living a movie scene… except they were real people chasing me, with real bullets flying over my head… and I was in some serious danger.
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June 14, 2007
Just like being in a freezer
Inside we have large gas heaters set to their maximum, the doors and windows are tightly shut and foam circles their joints to ensure any stray cold air from outside does not enter. It does not seem to help. The cold still gets in. We are…
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June 9, 2007
House of Prayer
It has been a long time in coming, but finally we have finished building the prayer house . The bathroom area still awaits completion but will be waiting a while. The important thing is that we can now use the house.
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May 28, 2007
Bumpy Ride
Today I caught the bus to town from our YWAM base in the Quintas. There is a long, several kilometre road, between us and the main town with its sealed streets. Our road is moderately used, but degrades quickly, leaving deep corrugations…
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April 28, 2007
Carlos Anacondia in Puerto Madryn
Carlos Anacondia came to Puerto Madryn to run an evangelistic campaign in the city. It was amazing to see the number of people turning up each night at the location which was quite a long way out of the centre.
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April 15, 2007
Oh The Wind
Oh the wind. Today is a very windy day with strong gusts lifting up everything that is not tied down. My big bottle of Coke is wobbling precariously on the table beside me as I stare out at the impenetrable clouds of sand and dust moving…
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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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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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