From Polar Bears to Penguins – Driving North to South across the Americas
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Underground |
The meaning of a String – Reading Borges – At the library – Ricardo del Ponte – Today’s Borges. (Map this!)
No puedo combinar unos caracteres dhcmrlchtdj que la divina Biblioteca no haya previsto y que en alguna de sus lenguas secretas no encierren un terrible sentido.
– Jorge Luis Borges, “La Biblioteca de Babel”
Posted in Argentina, Picture of the Day on Apr 9th, 2009
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Working Hard at Kaiken |
The Material World – On the shores of Fagnano – Daring the weather (Map this!)
Both Neena and I are big fans of the book Material World, where photographer Peter Menzel photographed people from all over the world with all their possessions. One day, while driving we had the idea to do the same with all our things.
Posted in Argentina on Apr 4th, 2009
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Lovely pastries, Ushuaia. |
A year since Tulum – Aspiring to Change – Change.
A year ago we celebrated Shreesh’s last birthday at Tulum, the Mayan site gorgeously overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. How long ago that seems! We have traveled much since then, both physically and emotionally. We have visited the rainforests of Costa Rica and Panama, snorkeled in Honduras and Belize, paid homage to Darwin at the Galapagos Islands. We learnt Portuguese in Brazil, video editing in Panama and practised macro photography in Guatemala and Peru. We met people and cultures and friends. And as our trip comes to a close, we feel that we have grown a little.
Posted in Argentina on Apr 1st, 2009
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Armadillo |
The Orcas – Peninsula Valdes – Obsession – Orca Watch. (Map this!)
Glued to our binoculars, we focus on a point far away on the beach where sea lions are basking in the sun. Some of the unsupervised pups are frolicking in the sea, oblivious to the Orcas a hair’s breadth away. We see the fins getting closer and closer and suddenly, one no, two, whales are out of the water and on the beach. Although we can barely tell, one has a baby sea lion in its mouth. Yes, definitely, because the gulls and the petrels are starting to circle.
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Ferdinand Magellan |
A Portuguese entrepreneur – A Sindhi industrialist – In Punta Arenas – A Hindu temple – Indian food – Being Indian. (Map this!)
In 1505, a young man from an relatively unknown family undertook a long voyage from Portugal to India, on a route pioneered by Vasco da Gama. The Portuguese were at their height of their maritime prowess and controlled a significant portion of asian trade. Having gained valuable experience the young man proposed a daring expedition to his king; a westerly route to the Spice Islands.