ipadio: Hear Dave and Kath’s daily phlog – 16th phonecast
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Ground to a Halt Again……!
Ugggg, we’ve had to stop running again! After exactly one week of buses and waiting for buses; transiting from Argentina to reach the mountain we could see across the border in Chile, but were not permitted to traverse, we arrived on Thursday into Villa O’Higgins. This 900-odd-person-strong community is at the end of the western …
The Bolivia Logistical Problem – Help Please?!
We have a problem in Bolivia, but it some ways it is a wonderful problem. Through our research to date it seems that we may have difficulty finding a route from Santa Cruz (where we must visit to see our charity Birdlife International’s partner Armonia whom we are seeking to raise money for) to Guajara-Marim …
its going to be hard to leave here . . .
just sat in a deserted gauchos wooden hut where we slept last night. Its howling with wind and rain outside, a stark contrast to yesterdays pure sunshine and blue skies, and we have another 20 miles to cover on the dirt road, albeit it through some of the most majestic and unspoilt territory on earth. …
ipadio: Hear Dave and Kath’s daily phlog – 15th phonecast
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Section 6: Chile, Carretera Austral Pt 1
Google maps doesn’t actually have the start point of our next leg, so we will be legitimately off the map! We resume the running in Villa O’Higgins and head, via point B here, 550km North to Coyhaique – look out for a phonecast tomorrow evening to explain more…
El Primero Mes En Fotos
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First Month in Photos
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Skunking About
Are you familiar with the phrase? “Skunking about”? Or whether, indeed, it is a phrase? Well, during the first weeks of the expedition skunks certainly where about, although in general they were only noted in their passing. That is passing by, rather than passing away (alas, on several occasions we did witness their squished striped …
Why did the Armadillo cross the road . . . . ?
Armadillo. Its got a comical ring to it. It’s also a fitting name for a mammal with armoured plating protecting his little body and a range of other defences he deploys against the world of problems he faces. The fellow scuttles about with alarming pace