We're only a few weeks out from departure on our wild Patagonian adventure after a solid six weeks of planning. I've been reading the final pages of Bruce Chatwin's In Patagonia, perhaps the coolest travel tale ever written ... except for Kerouac's On the Road. Annie is brushing up on her Espanol skills as I type, the flights are dialed in, most of our lodging is reserved and our staging area in the basement is overflowing with a rainbow of ripstop and cordura.Our loose itinerary is as follows.
- Fly to Buenos Aires for a few days of the cosmo life in Palermo Viejo. Vino rojo y parilla y asado ... lots of grass fed Argentine beef ....
- Dump the stylish urban comforts, and fly to the end of world, Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego to gorge ourselves on centolla, the southern king crab.
- North to El Calafate to recover from the crab coma with few days of relaxing and fly fishing
- Chase rheas, guanacos, flamingos and penguins hoping to capture just a few great images.
- South to Chile to explore Torres Del Paine national park near Puerto Natales.
- North to El Calafate, then further north to El Chalten to explore the Los Glaciares NP and trek in the shadows of Cerro Torre and Mt. FitzRoy
- Question the meaning of life and consider throwing it all away for a life of guiding tourists in a small South American mountain town ...
- Fish, mountain bike, hike, drink mate ... relax
- Head back to reality in Colorado :)
No comments:
Post a Comment