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A delicate balance

December 14, 2012 by thirdeyemom

“As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened before, we are generally safe in assuming it is not going to happen in the future, but the exceptions can kill you and climate change is one of those exceptions”. -Al Gore About these ads

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Categories: ADVOCACY, Argentina, BLOGGING, Environment, Perito Moreno Glacier, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: Argentina, CULTURE, Glaciers, global climate change, Nature, Perito Moreno Glacier, Photography, thirdeyemom, Travel

The Surroundings of a Patagonian Outpost

November 11, 2012 by thirdeyemom

“I climbed a path and from the top looked up-stream towards Chile. I could see the river, glinting and sliding through the bone-white cliffs with strips of emerald cultivation either side. Away from the cliffs was the desert. There was no sound but the wind, whirring through thorns and whistling through dead grass, and no other sign of life but a hawk, and a black beetle easing over white stones.” - Bruce Chatwin, “In Patagonia” Getting to the end of […]

Categories: ACTIVE TRAVEL, Argentina, BLOGGING, El Chalten, Inspiration, Other Photo Challenges, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Trekking/Hiking • Tags: CULTURE, El Chalten, Hiking, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Photography, sunday post, thirdeyemom, Travel, trekking

Travel theme: Parks

June 25, 2012 by thirdeyemom

Ailsa over at Where’s my backpack’s weekly travel theme is parks. I couldn’t think of a more perfect theme. If you have been following my blog, you probably know that I am an avid hiker and find myself at peace in parks. I have been to many beautiful parks in my life, however, there are a few that have stayed in my heart and soul forever. Places of such eternal, everlasting beauty that I will never forget them. Here is […]

Categories: ACTIVE TRAVEL, Argentina, BLOGGING, Chile, El Chalten, Iceland, Other Photo Challenges, Perito Moreno Glacier, San Carlos de Bariloche, Torres del Paine NP, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Trekking/Hiking • Tags: Argentina, Chile, CULTURE, Hiking, Iceland, Patagonia, Photography, thirdeyemom, Travel, trekking

On the road again to Villa La Angostura

September 20, 2011 by thirdeyemom

Set against the breathtaking backdrop of Lago Nahuel Huapi, Villa La Angostura or Narrow Village is named after its location on a narrow isthmus. It is a sleepy, quiet town which receives much less traffic and tourism than Bariloche. What a pity! For it is a secret treasure of beauty and serenity and there are few others there to share it. Located about 50 miles/81 km north of Bariloche, this hidden jewel is an amazing place to spend the day or night […]

Categories: ACTIVE TRAVEL, CULTURE, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Trekking/Hiking, Villa La Angostura • Tags: Argentina, CULTURE, Lakes District, thirdeyemom, Travel, trekking, Villa La Angostura

Hike to the top of the Argentine sky

September 18, 2011 by thirdeyemom

After many days of fine dining on heavy, mouth-watering Argentine food and wine, we needed a hike. An escape from eating and drinking as well as some much needed solitude. There is no better way to break a sweat, unwind and burn some calories than to do a nice, long hike. We were in Argentina’s Lakes District. What could be better? Yet, for some reason we were unable to find many challenging day-hikes nearby Bariloche. Most of the hikes were […]

Categories: ACTIVE TRAVEL, Argentina, CULTURE, San Carlos de Bariloche, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Trekking/Hiking • Tags: Argentina, CULTURE, Lakes District, San Carlos de Bariloche, Travel, trekking

A visit to the heart of the Argentine Lakes District

September 15, 2011 by thirdeyemom

The Argentine lakes district is a tourism haven, stretching from Junin de los Andes in the north to the town of Esquel down south bordering Patagonia. It is beautiful territory awash with snow-capped jagged peaks, lush green forests, trout-filled rivers, and lots and lots of brilliantly blue lakes. One could spend a full week or two just in this area checking out the beautiful towns and villages surrounding the Chilean and Argentine Lakes District. It offers something for everyone year-round: […]

Categories: ACTIVE TRAVEL, Argentina, CULTURE, San Carlos de Bariloche, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Trekking/Hiking • Tags: Argentina, CULTURE, Lakes District, Patagonia, San Carlos de Bariloche, thirdeyemom, Travel

Two lovely days in Buenos Aires

September 14, 2011 by thirdeyemom

I took my first trip to Argentina back in November of 2007. I had recently gone to Chile a few years before and fell in love with its South American charm. I was mesmerized by the rugged, untouched, end of the earth beauty of Patagonia and had to see more. But this time it would be in neighboring Argentina, the second largest country in South America which borders Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia and Brazil. It is a land of tango, multiculturalism, […]

Categories: Argentina, Buenos Aires, CULTURE, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: Argentina, Buenos Aires, CULTURE, thirdeyemom, Travel

Why I travel: An insight into why I became the thirdeyemom

August 11, 2011 by thirdeyemom

Ever since I was a small girl, I had always traveled. Of course as a child it was not by choice but by destiny. I just so happened to have two young parents who loved to see the world and had eloped during the tender age of 23 and 25 to Europe to get married in the sixties.

Categories: ACTIVE TRAVEL, Argentina, Australia, Chile, Costa Rica, CULTURE, France, Iceland, Ireland, Minnesota, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, South Africa, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Travel tips, Traveling with kids, Trekking/Hiking, United States • Tags: CULTURE, family, Family Life, PARENTING & FAMILY, Travel

Scotch on the 400-year-old Rocks

April 9, 2011 by thirdeyemom

After leaving El Chalten, we boarded the sole bus headed back down Ruta 40 to El Calafate. This time, I wasn’t shocked by the barrenness of the land, the no man’s land of guachos, guancos, condors and pumas. I was just plain old tired. Tired from all the hiking, and tired of all the travel. It is amazing how truly long it takes to reach this part of the world. Four flights, long, bumpy bus rides and then there you […]

Categories: Argentina, Perito Moreno Glacier, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: Argentina, CULTURE, Nature, Patagonia, Perito Moreno Glacier, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY

Hike to Cerro Torre

April 6, 2011 by thirdeyemom

The small alarm clock beeped incessantly for at least a minute until I turned it off, groggy and cold. It was already past seven o’clock and I was surprised that I slept “in” so long. To my dismay, there was no beam of light shining through the thick woolen curtains. Just darkness. There were no birds singing their beautiful songs, only the sound of the nearby llama grunting and the thunderous footsteps of other trekkers clomping past our room. Despite […]

Categories: ACTIVE TRAVEL, Argentina, El Chalten, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Trekking/Hiking • Tags: Argentina, CULTURE, Hiking, Patagonia, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY

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