Kyle Around The World: Moving Across South America

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Moving Across South America

We are about to get a bus to Santiago, Chile. It is an over night bus. It will take us 16 hours to get there from Cordoba, Argentina. We have been hanging out in Cordoba for 5 days. It is a very cool place. We are sad to be leaving Argentina, but are very excited about visiting Chile. In just 4 days we will be on a plane headed to Easter Island. I am very excited.

Since my last blog post we went from Colonia to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. It was a very cool town and we hung out a couple of days. Next we went up the coast to the resort town of Punte de Este. We ocean was very cold, like at home. It was nice to be back at the beach. We also had the best pancakes of our trip there at a little restaurant. Pancakes were not even on the menu, they just made them special for us. It was great. We then went back to Montevideo before heading into Argentina.

Crossing the border into Argentina was a bit hectic. We ended up getting stuck due to a dispute between Uruguay and Argentina over a lumber mill in Uruguay that was polluting the river that both countries share. The bridge in the town we arrived at was closed to all buses. We ended up taking a taxi part of the way and then hitch-hiking the rest of the way. That night we stayed in some dump hotel by the bus station in a town that I cannot even remember the name of. We got up early and caught another bus to Sante Fe. We enjoyed Sante Fe and explored all the sights before heading onto Cordoba.

Cordoba is my favorite city in Argentina. Although over 3 million people live here, it does not seem like it. The city is cool. It is a very old city and looks similar to a city in Europe. We have explored many interesting buildings, plazas, churches, crypts, and other cool stuff. We have also seen two movies at the theater with Spanish subtitles. We just ate a delicious pizza and bought snacks for our 16 hour bus ride. I will keep you updated as we start to make our way north toward home after our quick trip to Easter Island. Please email me at Kylearoundtheworld@gmail.com if you get a chance.

Where I'm going on my around the world adventure!

General Itinerary: We will be visiting 30-35 countries during our journey. The trip will be broken up into four major portions(South East Asia, India, Europe, South America)

-South East Asia: The first leg of the trip will start by us flying into Bangkok, Thailand, with a couple of day layover in Hong Kong, China. From Bangkok we will head south and hang out on Krabi Coast and the island of Phuket. We will head in for a brief visit of Myanmar(formerly Burma).Next we will head over to the Gulf of Thailand and hang out of the islands of Ko Samui and Ko Pha Ngan. We will then travel to northern Thailand and head overland to Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.

-India: From South East Asia we will fly to India and travel overland to Nepal and trek through the Himalayas and all over India. After spending approximately four months in India we will make our way to Delhi where to catch a flight to London

-Europe: We will start off in London and then make a quick trip up to Iceland for a few days before flying to Turkey and making our way overland through Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, Albania, Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Italy, France, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain. We will fly out of Barcelona, Spain to South America.

-South America: We will fly into Buenos Aires, Argentina and travel overland from Argentina to Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil and then into Chile. We will make our way to Santiago, Chile where we will catch a plane and fly 2,000 miles to Easter Island. After hanging out for a few days on Easter Island we will fly back to Chile and head up to Bolivia. We will hang out on Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and then travel into Peru where we will spend a month exploring Incan ruins and other sights. We will head overland to Ecuador and then fly from Quito, Ecuador to Caracas, Venezuela with a layover in Lima, Peru. From the capital of Venezuela we will travel along the coast for a few weeks.

-Caribbean: We will take a vacation from our worldwide road trip and kick back in the Caribbean for approx 3 weeks and travel to the islands of Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, and Puerto Rico.