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The end of the Antarctic summer
Posted: 2015-08-03 00:41:00, Categories: Travel, Argentina, Antarctica, Sailing, 673 words (permalink)It was almost mid March and the short and busy summer season in Antarctica was coming to its end. Most of the animals had already raised their offspring and left towards warmer regions. During our last two days near the Antarctic Peninsula we could feel… more »
An Argentinian village on the Antarctic Peninsula
Posted: 2015-07-24 23:36:00, Categories: Travel, Argentina, Antarctica, Sailing, 638 words (permalink)From Deception Island our trip continued first slightly north to Livingston Island and then south towards the Antarctic mainland. There we visited the Argentinian base Esperanza, which was a small village of red houses including a school for children.… more »
First time on open sea
Posted: 2015-07-09 22:34:00, Categories: Travel, Chile, Argentina, Antarctica, Sailing, 875 words (permalink)We sailed out from Ushuaia in the morning of February 28th in
beautiful, sunny weather. It was surprisingly windstill, especially in
the morning. more »
Good bye bicycles, we'll go sailing!
Posted: 2015-02-27 19:31:00, Categories: Travel, Hospitality exchange, Hitchhiking, Chile, Argentina, 715 words (permalink)In El Chalten, Argentina we stayed at a kind of cyclist's house.
It was a small house at the edge of the town belonging to Florencia, a
local woman who welcomed all touring cyclists to camp in the garden
against a voluntary donation to cover electric… more »
Road through the wilderness
Posted: 2015-02-27 19:15:00, Categories: Travel, Cycling, Chile, Argentina, 1258 words (permalink)After our hiking trip in National Reserve Cerro Castillo we continued
cycling south on the Carretera Austral. There were no cities or major
towns any more and even villages were further and further apart from
each other. Especially the last 200 km st… more »

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