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  1. January 23, 2014

    Boating the Beagle with Faith

    With some friends in tow we all went for an adventure along the Beagle Channel out from Ushuaia in the big catamaran from Canoero. It was an amazing trip past islands filled with birds and seals and the famous Lighthouse at the End of the…

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  2. March 11, 2010

    Moving South

    My journey here was long and slow. The bus was delayed 8 hours so instead of boarding at 7pm as expected, I boarded at 3am and we left at 3.40am in the morning. Terrible. I got no sleep until 5am in the morning as we were constantly told…

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  3. November 25, 2009

    Flash Visit to Buenos Aires

    For two days I visited Buenos Aires. The reason? To retrieve my permanent residency that I have been waiting almost 6 months for. The result? They told me it was not ready yet and I needed to come back in another two months. So after…

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  4. July 19, 2009

    Swine Flu in Argentina

    It seems that the whole world is buzzing with the phrase, “Swine Flu,” and for good reason. A rather potent flu virus that emerged out of Mexico seems to be reaching to every corner of the world. Here in Argentina the first cases arrived…

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  5. June 4, 2009

    A Train at High Tide

    Weaving my way through the crowded Florida Street Mall, it was hard to think of anything other than getting back to my room. The last few days had seen me flat on my back from a nasty flu and even though I thought my strength had returned,…

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  6. May 1, 2009

    The Least That I Could Do

    Heading into town I start looking around for something to eat but in the process meet a person begging in the street. They needed food, so I did what anyone would normally do… after all, it was the least that I could do.

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  7. April 26, 2009

    Tales of Travel in Argentina

    It was 3.50pm by the time I called the taxi agency again. Where was that taxi that they had promised me for 3.45? My bus was leaving at 4.07pm and with a 10 minute drive from here to the terminal, time was getting tight. It shouldn’t have…

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  8. March 18, 2009

    The Return – Argentina 2009

    Well, it is now several hours since I arrived in Argentina. All items that I packed are still with me, although there were a few (mis-) adventures along the way…

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  9. March 6, 2009

    My Flight Left Without Me

    Ok, well, it’s like this… I’m still in Australia even though my flight left (without me) over 9 hours ago.

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  10. September 13, 2008

    Three Days in Miami

    “They were three intense days in Miami,” I thought to myself as my plane taxied to the runway at Miami airport. Recapping over the events I realise that in retrospect it would have been wiser to have arranged more days here in the United…

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