seth from halfway
March 27, 2008monday was the halfway point in my trip. i have been in south america for six weeks and i have six weeks left.
i was in buenos aires on sunday and took the whole day to debate on where i was going next. i don´t like to plan a rigid itinerary but i needed some form of plan because i want to be in ecuador by april 21 to go to the galapagos islands.
the main internal debate revolved around peru. i visited peru in january 2006. i enjoyed the country and planned to go back this trip on my way to ecuador. however, time is now closing in and, because i have extended my stays in places like uruguay, (planned one week; turned into two because i loved it) traveling through peru by bus would take up too much time.
i decided that i could live with missing peru. in its place i have decided to spend more time in chile and argentina. i am in mendoza right now and plan to bus to valparaiso, chile tomorrow. after a few days there i will go to santiago and hopefully take in another soccer match. my last stop in chile is slated to be puerto montt. from there i will cross several lakes by bus and boat and re-enter argentina, with the destination being bariloche.
that´s the plan for now. it doesn´t take me to april 21 (my planned travel day to ecuador) but i will make up the gap as it gets closer. salta, argentina is a possibility because of the tren a las nubes.
seth from halfway
