- 19 Dec Get me a cocktail and on the plane 12/19/14 I have a feeling this post will be kinda bitchy until I get a cocktail in my hand.
- 20 Dec Getting closer 12/20 Arrived in Panama today. I'm pretty foggy from the Xanax but we still have a long flight ahead of us to Santiago.
- 21 Dec Last leg 12/21 Up at 2:50 to catch our 5:30 flight to Punta Arenas. The guys at the hostel decided to change our taxi from 3 to 3:30,…
- 26 Dec A gnar day (10 km)12/22 Up at 5:45 to cook some eggs and drink shitty instant coffee for our walk to the bus to TDP at 7.
- 26 Dec Last full day in wonderland (12km today, 55 HTD) 12/25 Up around 4:30, determined to watch the sun rise. I didn't sleep too well again.
- 26 Dec Mother nature is my god (18 km today, 28 HTD)12/23 More about the title in a min. The refugios are for the lameos, or at least that's what I'm saying today after one of…
- 26 Dec The hikes just keep getting better (15km today 43 HTD) 12/24 Andy was up at 430, me 6. Andy said he saw the sun rise 5 times due to the way the sun hit the clouds different times.
- 26 Dec Such an amazing hike, until next time TDP (10km today, 41 miles total hike) 12/26 Up at 3:30 because Stanford had to wake the group up. I can't wait to get rid of them.
- 30 Dec Glacier Grande and Laguna Torre in Los Glaciares Nacional Park (12km) 12/28 Up at 6 because I need to get shit done to feel comfortable about getting home. First thing cash.
- 30 Dec It's at Fitz Roy kinda morning (17km, 36 miles total hike) 12/30 Andy woke me up at 4. I was kinda hoping he would say it was too cloudy or rainy to do the am hike but I knew he…
- 30 Dec Meat finally! 12/27 Up at a casual 6:30 in our private room that the hosts were so nice to arrange for us- they kicked out some German…
- 30 Dec The quest for Piedras Blancas (28km, 40km HTD) 12/29 I'm not sure if it was the quiet from the campground, not having the Stanford crew there, or us just really being tired…
- 31 Dec Feliz Año Nuevo de Patagonia! 12/31 Up at 6:30 to get our 8:30 bus back to Puerto Natales. It rained last night which is enjoyable in the tent.
- 1 Jan New Years in Punta Arenas 1/1/15 Andy woke me up at 7, so much for the sleeping in we were supposed to do.
- 3 Jan Santiago- end of the line 1/2 Panic! Andy woke me up saying "it's 4"! Oh shit, my alarm was supposed to go off at 3:30. Damn thing.
- 14 Dec Sick travel day 12/14 Not sick as in awesome, sick as in I am a big ball of snot right now and people are going to really hate me on the…
- 16 Dec The first plate-o-meat in the Chilean Pacific Northwest 12/15 I was woken up at 6:30am because of breakfast. I slept for a solid 7 of the 10 hour flight. Not bad.
- 17 Dec The search for Chile's Yosemite and Thermal Baths 12/16 I could have slept longer. The wind and the rain last night soothed me to sleep (the bottle of wine didn't hurt).
- 18 Dec No rain today! Happy Birthday to me! 12/17 We can now see the beautiful mountains and lakes! First, we need gas and it's not easy to find out here.
- 19 Dec Our first shower and craft beer in Argentina 12/18 Holy fuck the am was a little bit stressful. We hardly slept. We thought the wedding that was happening in the…
- 21 Dec Hiking up Cathedral Day 1 12km 12/19 I was a bit drunk last night. We had 3 craft beers in the local craft beer area of town.
- 21 Dec Racing the storm Day 2 12/20 I woke up to a gnarly gust of wind rocking our tent early in the morning.
- 22 Dec Down the mountain and beers w Americans 12/21 Up and at em this morning with the sunlight from the window we're sleeping next to shinning light in our eyes.
- 23 Dec Silence of the lamb 12/22 I had a hangover this am, not surprised. Damn beer will do it every time.
- 24 Dec Best steak ever 12/23 Yes that's a strong statement but it's true. We woke up w the bird creating chaos in the trees, they are so damn loud.
- 26 Dec Cartegena, street food, beers during mass Merry Xmas! 12/25 It took us a full 24 hours of moving for us to make it from Bariloche to Cartegena, with three different layovers.
- 27 Dec Relaxing in Santa Marta 12/26 On the road to Santa Marta, pickup at 7, by the time we picked up everyone in their hotels we left by 8.
- 28 Dec Dipping under a waterfall at Playa Blanca 12/27 Up at 6:30 due to going to bed at 9. This hostel was much more quiet, Azul Hotel.
- 29 Dec Late night donkey show 12/28 Up at 7 and we went to bed before 9. That would have been a solid night sleep except I had to spend an hour scratching…
- 30 Dec Chill recovery day before Isla San Andrés 12/29 Woke up in Santa Marta earley, worried that I was going to have a hangover from hell. I could barely open my eyes.
- 31 Dec Comida twilight zone 12/30 Got up kinda early to the airport by 900 after a good breakfast of eggs toast and strawberry juice.
- 1 Jan Scuba and New Years San Andrés style 12/31 Up at 8 AM for breakfast that consisted of coffee milk eggs and a breakfast sandwich plus I blueberry liquado.
- 2 Jan Island exploring with blowholes 1/1 We woke up at nine this morning after the long night. I surprisingly didn't feel like death since we finished the…
- 3 Jan Island time 1/2 Up after 7 since we went to bed hella early due to the hangover.
- 4 Jan The last 8 bed hostel... hopefully ever 1/3 Woke up at 8 this am after a questionable nights sleep. We slept on the top bunks head to head.
- 5 Jan Russ, want to see the largest mound of mud? 1/4 I slept like shit. I'm pretty sure it's impossible to sleep in Cartagena due to the parties everywhere. Bass runs deep.
- 6 Jan Airport sleeping, Medellín, bypassing hundreds at immigration 1/5 One night you enjoy a lovely hotel w a pool, the next you sleep in the airport, literally, on the floor.