Travelling Without a Guidebook
It's often occurred to me that an interesting premise for a travel article would be to visit a place and explore it without the help of a Lonely Planet Guide…
Making Progress
We've been out on the trail for over two weeks and we are finally very near, if not exactly in, Cholila. As we expected, we've developed a rhythm. We ride…
Manuel and Much-Needed Medicine
After the big crash (See January 31 post.), we miraculously rode on, apparently no worse for the wear. But we decided to take the shorter, though hotter and less picturesque,…
Pilcheras and Painful Injuries
Alex on the left with Judy in tow.Roberto on the left on the road to El Maiten. Paul Theroux once said, "Travelling is only romantic in retrospect." I, on…
Freedom and a Ford Falcon – and Far Less Stuff
When I first thought about freedom and our efforts to get ready to leave on our possibly crazy horseback adventure, I had two versions of freedom in mind. But after…
Trust and Horse Traders
At 6am, on January 22, 2013, Alex and I will take off on a six-to-eight-week-long trip on horseback through Argentina's Patagonian Andes. There will be lots of dust. This blog…