Category: Countries
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Parallels
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In the early 1900s Argentina was the second richest country in the world. In subsequent decades its middle class enjoyed a very high standard of living. The country was rich in seemingly infinite natural resources, copious crop producing areas whose soils were as rich as any on the planet short of Iowa and vast, wide…
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Bad Roads
“Bad roads bring good people.” – Mama Espinoza. That’s the most famous quote from the most famous woman of Baja California, a land of some pretty bad roads. Ruta 40 (Route 40) in Argentina is a long, and in many places, at least by urban standards, bad road. By one measure it is 4,332…
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Firsts
22 March 2008 This has been a week of firsts. Some were invigorating, others interesting and a few downright spooky. For the rest of the story, click here: Part One: http://www.hackneystravel.com/argentina/docs/firstsp1.pdf Part Two: http://www.hackneystravel.com/argentina/docs/firstsp2.pdf
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How Big is Big?
Thursday, March 13, 2008 Dear Nakeya, We spent the last two days at Perito Mereno Glacier in Argentina. The glacier was very, very big. When I am around things that are big, I always have the question, “How big is big?” When we looked through our camper window at the glacier we could not tell…
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The Duck
8 March 2008 We did our first bit of Ruta Cuarenta (Route 40) today. Surprisingly, a short section was paved, but more than a hundred miles was its normal washboard, dirt, gravel and rock. For the rest of the story click here: http://www.hackneystravel.com/chile/docs/theduck.pdf
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The Road to Ushuaia
Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world, is more than a place on the map, it is a symbolic destination that becomes a Life List goal for many people. Young backpackers flock here to punch their ticket, retirees use it as a jumping off point for their dream trip to Antarctica, sailboat circumnavigators…
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Sure Signs
Many times when you see a highway warning sign you never know if they are worth heeding or not. For instance, down here in Patagonia, if you see a guanaco warning sign, you might, or might not see one. For the rest of this story, click here: http://www.hackneystravel.com/argentina/docs/suresigns.pdf