Por Kath Lowrie, publicado el 27 de agosto de 2012 en “Big Toe Blog” (Para los niños entre 5 y 12 años), Patitas en la Patagonia Key words: Camuflaje, Pampas, Chile, Argentina, Agachera, Perdicita Patagónica Ayer corríamos por un paisaje chato, pintado de amarillos, marrones y verdes. Matas de pastos pinchudos y matorrales espinosos se …
Por Katharine Lowrie: Notebook, Opinión: Miércoles 29 de agosto de 2012 a las 9:55 hs. ¿Qué imágenes evoca la Patagonia? ¿Una estepa helada? Sí, también eso, pero mientras navegábamos por los fiordos de Chile descubrimos que también hay selvas exuberantes y aguas de color turquesa. Ahora, mientras corremos empujando nuestro carrito reciclado atravesando el invierno …
So weeks of indecision have finally been decided – we will not be allowed to pass through to Chile on our route, and because of the gamble we took to run 90km up to the border, the journey will now have to be broken. At least it’s a decision, up to now we’ve had all …
We’re over three weeks into our 5000 mile odyssey to run the length of South America for its threatened wild areas. Our feet are gradually becoming used to the daily routine, if not yet responding with true athletic gusto! We awoke this morning in out tent… Please click here for the blog: http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/04/5000-project-running-into-patagonias-fantastically-oblivious-mr-fox/ Please do …
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Very excited! Today we saw a bird we have both been hoping to catch a glimpse of for ages…..a torrent duck! Or pato cortacorrientes here in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina This little fellow has the stout tail of a cormorant and the finesse of the ‘bobbing waiter’; the European dipper. He has a striking …
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Now then… just what you’ve been twitching for… here is the first month’s wildlife list! It includes all the species of weird and wonderful wildlife we have seen whilst running. After all, these are the true celebrates of the 5000mileproject and for whom we started this expedition for in the first place! The list begins …
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What images do you see when you think of Patagonia? An icy steppe? Well, there is that – but as we sailed through Chile’s fjords we also found lush rainforests and turquoise waters. Now, as we travel in our recycled trailer through a Patagonian winter, we are discovering another unexpected sight; the Lenga forest…. Follow …
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quick update from the satphone – we are at the junction between two roads, one leads directly on our chosen route, a neat road that leads to a path through a velley into chile and a boat awaits us to cross lago o’higens on the 8th September. The other involves a 800km workaround through Argentina …