seth from somewhere

monday was the halfway point in my trip.  i have been in south america for six weeks and i have six weeks left.

i was in buenos aires on sunday and took the whole day to debate on where i was going next.  i don´t like to plan a rigid itinerary but i needed some form of plan because i want to be in ecuador by april 21 to go to the galapagos islands.

the main internal debate revolved around peru.  i visited peru in january 2006.  i enjoyed the country and planned to go back this trip on my way to ecuador.  however, time is now closing in and, because i have extended my stays in places like uruguay, (planned one week; turned into two because i loved it) traveling through peru by bus would take up too much time.

i decided that i could live with missing peru.  in its place i have decided to spend more time in chile and argentina. i am in mendoza right now and plan to bus to valparaiso, chile tomorrow.  after a few days there i will go to santiago and hopefully take in another soccer match.  my last stop in chile is slated to be puerto montt.  from there i will cross several lakes by bus and boat and re-enter argentina, with the destination being bariloche.

that´s the plan for now.  it doesn´t take me to april 21 (my planned travel day to ecuador) but i will make up the gap as it gets closer. salta, argentina is a possibility because of the tren a las nubes.

 seth from halfway