Category: Patagonia
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6 Days Crossing the Andes — on Horseback(!)
Song of the Day(s) : Don’t Let the Good Life Pass You By “Did you ever hold a hand to stop its tremblin’, Did you ever watch the sun desert the sky? Did you ever hold a woman while she’s sleepin’…Just don’t let the good life pass you by” Thought a lot about this song…
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Day (and Night) Hiking in El Chalten
Song(s) of the Day: Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright — Bob Dylan; Welcome Home, Son — Radical Face; Who Loves the Sun? — Velvet Underground El Chalten is a small village nestled at the foot of the mountains, founded in 1985 as part of a border dispute between Argentina and Chile. The founders of Patagonia…
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Odds and Ends: Puerto Natales, Border Crossing, and El Calafate
Song of the day(s): Babylon – David Gray “Let go of your heard, let go of your head, feel it now” I’m so horrifically far behind on these updates, this already feels like a lifetime ago. Now that I’m not going day by day anymore, I’m hoping to catch up a bit quicker…as they say…
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Torres del Paine W-Trek: Day 5
Song of the Day: Hey Jude — The Beatles “So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin” Listened to this one throughout the trek, actually, but figured it made sense to save it for the last day. It’s funny how I’ve known this song my whole life, but recently it’s gained traction…
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Torres del Paine W-Trek: Day 4
Song of the Day: My Silver Lining — First Aid Kit “Just gotta keep on keeping on” At 4:30 am, the Chilean guy’s alarm went off, and I awoke to a warm and humid hostel room. In fact, I was the only one to wake up to his alarm, and I listened as he tried…
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Torres del Paine W-Trek: Day 3
Song of the Day: Meet Me in the Woods — Lorn Huron This is serious stomp-and-clap, lumberjack-beard-but-lives-in-Brooklyn outdoor indie music. However, it is very much fit-for-purpose for these sorts of situations, you know? A very painful 4:45 alarm went off this morning, which I snoozed to 5am with a groan. Even so, I was up…
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Torres del Paine W-Trek: Day 2
Song of the Day: When You Awake — The Band “Use your days and save your nights, be careful where you step and watch what you eat, sleep with the light on and you got it beat” first introduced to me by my father when I was walking the VF, I’ve fallen back in love…
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Torres del Paine W-Trek: Day 1
Song of the Day: These Days — Nico “I’ve been out walking, I don’t do too much talking these days…” What else could be more fitting? The day before my departure from Puerto Natales, I spent the afternoon getting last essentials (food, mostly) in town and having lunch and drinks with some of the Navimag…
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Four Days in the Fjords on the Navimag Ferry
Songs of the day(s): A Horse With No Name — America: Lukas’s karaoke song Space Song — Beach House: on one of the few moments I spent alone on the bow, I listened to this as we floated over wide, calm seas and hazy islands, and really felt like we were at the end of…
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South America First Stop: Santiago and Surroundings
Hello again (or welcome, if you’re new — thank you for following along!) I’m reviving this blog to keep friends and family updated as I make my way across Chile & Argentina for the next 6 weeks. And, once I move and start work, also to hopefully document future trails (more to come once many…
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Eva on the Via Francigena (and beyond) 