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25th November 2014
Today we were supposed to go ice climbing, but unfortunately due to to much wind, we were unable to go , and therefore decided to go hiking to a local waterfall, after getting a breakfast crepe ! after the hike, we took a bus to the city of el calafate ( the city where we […]
24th November 2014
Today we met up early at 8:30 to go on our first hike of our trip to go to Fitzroy mountain , a 22 km round trip, we got really lucky because when we got to the top , the mountain was completely clear, and aparently this only happens every 3 days, so only 30% […]
23rd November 2014
Today we woke up super early and took a bus to the airport at 5 am ready for our flight at 8 to el calafate !, when we got on the plane there was a lot of free places, so i got to sleep on a whole row of 3 seats !, we landed next […]
22nd November 2014
Today was the First day of my tour, so i packed my stuff and headed to the hotel, where i met my group. after an introduction the the trip we would be taking, 5 of us went to a good parilla, before going back to the hotel, ready to wake up at 4am the next […]
28th July 2014
Today was the last day of my tour, and after having said goodbye to everyone i went off to the airport where i boarded my flight to buenos aires, where i moved into my apartement, the one i willl be staying in during the duration of my study abroad session, from august to december
27th July 2014
today we wet for breakfast close to the beach before going to visit the sugar loaf , but unfortunately it was covered in clouds, so we couldnt see much , but it was also the last time we could visit it ! just as we were about to leave it started pourring down with rain, […]
26th July 2014
Today we decided to go on a tour of the favelas , and got to walk down the streets and go onto one of the roofs and oversee the whole favela, we even visited a pinting workshop, where locals sold paintings they made ! since it was raining we decided to stay in until dinner […]
25th July 2014
today we took the boat again , but under the pourring rain and got drenched to go to the mainland and then a bus to go to rio ! once in rio we decided to visit chris the redeamer just before it closed and got to see it in the dark , which was even […]
24th July 2014
today a few of us got up at 3 am and started hiking up to Parrot’s peak ( one of the highest peaks of the island – 980m) through the jungle in the dark until we arived at the top 3 hours later just in time to see the sunrise and get amazing pictures, before […]
23rd July 2014
today we hiked the island for about 2 and a half hour, crossing different beaches to get to one of brazil’s top 10 beaches , which was amazing , once there we just relaxed and swam in the sea but every time we did the currents would be so strong they would push us further […]