Aisling Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 anyone ever been ? argentina, chile ? experiences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailertrash Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 Have you tried a search? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman0177 Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 I have not made it to Sth America yet, but I have a good mate who has been all through there (lived in Lima for almost a year I think). In fact, you'd like him. Good looking, single, good professional job, currently living in your (general) part of the planet, etc, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Patagonia is on my hit list. I have to get back from Nepal in November yet. The photos I've seen from Patagonia are sensational. Green and hilly and brooding and wonderful. This is the trip I'll probably go on : http://www.gapadventures.com/tour/SAMA. It looks wonderful in the wintertime as well. I watched an episode of Ride Guide a week or so back, where they went boarding in Bariloche, and the resort was gigantic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AccidentalChef Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Allee, Have gone on any trips through that company before? There are some that look absolutely amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Yep, I've done three - through Italy, Peru and Costa Rica. They've all been either Original or Roam trips - pared down in the interests of cost - but I've been well fed and well entertained on all of them. Sometimes the acommodations are - um - interesting, and riding the local bus with chickens and stuff is different, but that all adds to the ambience as far as I'm concerned.:) They're a wonderful company to deal with, and the thing I love is that they get you somewhere, tell you what you should look at, tell you when you're leaving, and then turn you loose to do your own thing. Which beats the hell out of these overorganised stuffy bus tour trips where the tour guide insists that the whole group has to go here and only here, and for precisely 16 minutes. That stuff drives me nuts. I'd highly recommend them for Canadians - if you're in the US their sister company is Intrepid, and they codeshare most of the trips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aisling Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 I have not made it to Sth America yet, but I have a good mate who has been all through there (lived in Lima for almost a year I think).In fact, you'd like him. Good looking, single, good professional job, currently living in your (general) part of the planet, etc, etc... Dan are you trying to play matchmaker?? LOL i wasn't particularly thinking of boarding in Chile but just vacationing... i want somewhere affordable on a student budget and all. though... bringing my board might not be outa the question... hmmmmmmmmmmmmm course i just sprained my damned ankle. meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aisling Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 I'd highly recommend them for Canadians - if you're in the US their sister company is Intrepid, and they codeshare most of the trips. Allee thanks for rec!!! I will look up intrepid :) a friend of mine is moving to costa rica for work this summer, so getting to visit her and having a vaca would rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aisling Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 ok Allee, now i am hooked to that intrepid site. i'm trying to figure out scheduling to book a few trips. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywhit Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 or you could just take the Green line to Mass Ave/Newbury St http://www.patagonia.com/usa/patagonia.go?assetid=1939 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Ais, I know how you feel. Every time I play on GAP I have eyes like saucers. I watched a video of a GAP trek in Nepal last night. Poor buggers sweating in 39C (110F) walking straight up hill with backpacks on for three or four hours, and that was before people started to get sick and puke. I'd better swim an extra couple of lengths in the pool tonight, and rustle up some kick-butt drugs before I go ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aisling Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 yeah i can't really do any trekking with this stupid sprain... but i am lusting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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