The Gorge, Oregon
Hiking with friends.
Base Camp.
Aconcagua, Mendoza, Argentina
22,841 ft to the summit, largest mountain in the Americas, third largest in the world.
This photo holds a lot of memories. I started out in a tropical zone of Argentina, worrying about mosquitoes and stray dogs. I found myself traveling in an old 70′s Renault with 4 other Argentinians traveling toward the Andes Mountains. After an epic battle of car problems, (12 hour car trip that turned into 26 hrs) we reached a small town outside of the national park. We were short on supplies, and had to make an “Argentinian” stop at the the supermarket. It consisted of 6lbs of beef, 2 bottles of wine, an array of vegetables and a bottle of whiskey. Although this seemed like over-kill, I really had no idea what I was getting myself into. The initial hike was amazing, we stopped for lunch, casually took photos. It was mellow and peaceful. After a few more hours of straight-up, uphill hiking, the mountain was starting to demonstrate her true power. As the sun was setting I could feel the effects of elevation taking hold, I was wondering if we would reach the base camp by dark.
It was dark when we arrived at base camp. Three of us struggled to set up our tent with rocks as the wind blew the nylon a giant flag. After eating a quick meal, we poured out some wine for Pacha Mama and I set my camera up for a night shot of the sleeping campers and one of the many peaks.
Bolivan Views.
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- Soo cold, Soo early.
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- Steam Machine.
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- Hotsprings, Boliva.
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- All hot springs.
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- Boliva.
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- Some sort of salt, water combo punch.
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- texture.
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- Lots of mountains in Boliva.
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- Drove across this stream.
Wheatpasting wannabe.
Wheatpasting in Rosario
Iruya, Salta, Argentina
This collection of photos is from the north of Argentina, in the Province Salta.
Mt Hood National Forest.
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- Ramona Falls
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- Moss.
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- Ape Face.
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- Lush.
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- Cameron.
Siempre Listo- a small taste of my adventures at Aconcagua
Los Colores.
30 second bulb shot, F 25. Base Camp.
"I've seen a bird, with claws that can rip your eyes out."
Amazing sunset.
My take on Uruguay
My second time to Uruguay and I have to say I love this country! It is very similar to Argentina as far as the language and culture, but there are subtle differences that make you really appreciate traveling. My whole goal for traveling here was to get to the coast. (that and a new visa). There are many beach towns in Uruguay and by far the most popular is Punta del Este, however, after spending 3 hours roaming around, I’d have to say it is far from what I consider to be the beach experience. It’s a city with a year-round population of 7,300, tourists bump that population up to 150,000. Sitting on the beach and not being able to hear the ocean…the rich, the famous, the fighting to find a place to layout…not my style.
From Punta del Este, take a bus to La Rocha. Here you have to transfer buses to go to La Paloma.
*Before going to Uruguay to experience the beach, I decided to look at the map, I had always heard great things about Punta del Diablo, but decided that it may be another Punta del Este. La Paloma was selected…fate.
La Paloma gives you the small beach town feel, with everything that you could possibly need in town. Surf, hiking, town fair, etc. However, the best experience was traveling to another beach town that is very hard to find on a map. Its called Cabo Polonio, LO MAS (the best). The small town is located in a protected wilderness area. The only way in is with a heavy-duty truck or hiking in. We got dropped off outside of town and hiked the beach.
In Cabo Polonio I saw dolphins swimming off shore, Sea Lions (lobos), lizards, cows on the beach?, variety of birds, and crabs. I think we saw one other human on our adventure hike, lets just say this is the place for me.
The houses in the town are scattered around and very basic, which was humbling and inspiring. When we finally hiked into town, a huge thunderstorm had just rolled in, changing the climate from hot and sweaty, to wet and warm. The place we went to eat was full of people in the town, but it was more of an outdoor cafeteria than a restaurant. Everyone sat pretty close together to escape the rain, everyone was welcoming.
If you want beach, that includes nature, tranquillity and adventure, than I suggest, Cabo Polonio.
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- Punta del Este- Hand coming out of the ground to rob all the rich tourists.
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- Surf
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- La Paloma
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- Fishin.
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- I wonder if he caught anything?
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- Sky
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- La Paloma
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- Beach Lizard.
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- Eat with the locals- Cabo Polonio
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- Sea lions walking around is funny.
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- Sea Lions
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- Cabo Polonio
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- Cabo Polonio, after the storm rolled through
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- La Paloma, near the bus station.
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- La Paloma, La Balconada Beach
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- They do attack…
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- Conchas.
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- Maté- Always.
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- Cabo Polonio
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- Beach- Cabo Polonio
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- Here comes the storm.
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- Sea Lion Rock.
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- Lighthouse in Cabo Polonio.
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- Heavy.
Santa Rosa, Cordoba – ‘Camping Miami’
Santa Rosa is located about 2 hours south of Codoba capital, by bus. It is located in the Sierras of Cordoba.
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- Maté- a traditional drink, uses a metal straw, the maté, (cup), the Yerba, (plant that grows in the north of Argentina) and hot water.
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- River near the pueblo, Santa Rosa
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- 6 meters deep, it was safe.
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- Fernet con Coca.
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- Sunset.
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- vamos
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- Elephant?
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- …and the story continunes from here.
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- Falling.
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- had to look down.
Mayu Sumaj, Cordoba
A tv show was filming.
Reminds me of SPRING BREAK!!
I slipped down this waterfall, haha.
A better place to swim.
The Sierras of Cordoba.
This is were we crossed the river.
Rosario en la noche
The lights change.
I lived in the building on the right, above the construction.
20 second blub shots.
The big apts. are new, if you look hard enough you can see the bridge that goes to Entre Rios.
Sin Branca, no hay Fernet.
New Years 2010
New Years 2010 was in Pergamino, Argentina (see map). It started out with a big lunch and then a even bigger dinner. After celebrating the coming of the new year, we went to a friends party at around 2 am. After drinking Fernet and Cuba Libres (rum, Coke, and lemon) we went to a club called Six, with over 3,000 people. The party was inside, outside and upstairs. We made it home at around 8 am, all around a successful new year.
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- Pig anyone?
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- Takes a whole day to cook a pig.
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- Stuffed chicken, Palm hearts, salami, olives and mini quiches…to start.
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- How about some Pig head, makes you smarter…?
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- Okay we’ll try a bite…
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- poppin’ bottles
Pergamino, Argentina
New post, old Photos.
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- Ruins, in Misiones.
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- Grass.
