south america, who knew??? :)
so here we are. struggling with español and in ecuador, the elevation. finding enough to eat has been challenging everywhere. there are fantastic vegetarian restaurants but then where is the yummy meat?! we have to choose at each meal time. we have eaten many many protein bars and hemp-whey protein shakes.
patagonia has been awesome, incredible blue lakes and glaciers all over. the penguins were certainly one of the highlights as well.
i did, in fact, refuse to go out on the glacier on cotopaxi. ¨glacier¨ should really read ¨verticle wall of ice¨ with pushy, totally comfortable mountain guides who can´t believe that you are afraid of heights, etc. and just gave up on me almost immediately. anyhow...i knew i wouldn´t get to the top but i did think that i would at least learn to use the crampons. maybe next time. i have been impressed with the trail maintenance and signage in both national parks. hurray for maintained trails!
we´ve met some cool other traveling folks. one couple who arrived in argentina and bought a used car and have been car camping all over. brilliant idea!!
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