New Blog

I have moved this blog to a new url with a new template. Eventually I will close this one.

Somehow, I couldn't get the new html to show, very frustrating, so I had to start from scratch.

The new blog is Astray in Latin America 1, click to go there.

AV

In the beginning...

Aerolineas Argentinas 747-100 photo courtesy: Ralph Kunadt

I flew out of Auckland International Airport on 26th August, 1992 bound for Madrid in Spain. Next stop Buenos Aires, Argentina, 9 hours & 50 minutes flying time.



Well, that's what my ticket said. It was the day before my daughter's 17th birthday. I had decided to spread my wings. I was bound for Europe to spend a year traveling.

I was 40 years old, my 41st birthday was the next Saturday. My ticket was a return, 1 year validity, with a stopover in either Buenos Aires or Rio de Janeiro.

I chose the latter. Ten days in Rio....

The story starts.

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Starting from today

This is Chuquicamata Copper Mine in northern Chile, not far from Calama. It is the biggest hole that man has dug into the planet. Measuring 2 x 3kms, it is 810m deep.

Starting from today, I am beginning at the beginning. My South American odyssey.

How I got here...

Why I came here...

Where have I been...

Who have I been with...

Which is my favourite country...

When did I get here...

All this and more will become apparent over the next posts.

Come with me on the journey o f a life time.

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Views from the Chauchillo Cemetery near Nazca

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Corn-on-the-Cob

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Bread on the Altiplano

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Cerviche comes in many styles and varieties