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Plato del Día | Pisco Sour
January 5, 2011, 5:00 am
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Today’s cocktail has a summer vibe yet it’s approaching winter in the Midwest.  However, summer is arriving in South America, the place of origin of the Pisco Sour. Pisco is a brandy distilled from grapes and also the name of a Peruvian port town. The genesis of the liquor resulted from a ban on wine by the king of Spain in the 17th Century. Industrious and thirsty South American locals devised a way around the ban by distilling the grape in the form of pisco.

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seth from puella, chile in video
April 22, 2008, 5:48 pm
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video taken april 3, 2008.

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seth from cruce del lagos in video
April 22, 2008, 5:45 pm
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video taken april 3, 2008.

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seth from the lakes district
April 6, 2008, 3:02 pm
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seth from cruce del lagos

seth from cruce del lagos

seth from cruce del lagos

seth from cruce del lagos

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seth from santiago, chile
April 6, 2008, 2:59 pm
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seth in transit

seth from santiago

seth from santiago

seth from santiago

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seth from valparaiso, chile
April 6, 2008, 2:56 pm
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seth from valparaiso

seth from valparaiso

seth from valparaiso

seth from valpariso

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seth from an update
April 5, 2008, 4:07 pm
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it is raining in bariloche, where i arrived yesterday after a wonderful crossing from chile that took me over three lakes and over the andes mountains.  the weather was amazing for the lake crossing so i guess i can stomach a rainy day in bariloche; gives me a reason to spend the day hitting the famed chocolate shops in town.

below are some photos to enjoy from punta del diablo, uruguay and mendoza, argentina.  i will post pictures from chile and bariloche within the next few days.  hopefully i will also be able to upload video.  cross your fingers.

here is an interesting article about bariloche and its heritage that still hangs over the town.  there are some pretty repulsive quotes in the article.  here is a story from the new york times on the subject.

i prefer this blog to be apolitical but i do have to link this story about my former boss traveling to the same continent i am on at the moment.

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seth from halfway
March 27, 2008, 6:26 pm
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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

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seth from where?
February 9, 2008, 4:36 am
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I will arrive in Buenos Aires at 10:25 am Argentine time on Sunday, February 10th (Argentina is 4 hours ahead of US Central Time).  I will be staying with a host family for two weeks in Buenos Aires while I attend a Spanish class.

My return flight leaves from Quito, Ecuador on May 6th and I will arrive in the USA on May 7th.

Where will I be between February 10th and May 7th?  Honestly, I’m not sure but below is a list of things that I hope to experience.  Obviously I won’t be able to do everything on the list due to time constraints.

- Learn Spanish and tango in Buenos Aires
- Watch a Boca Juniors match in Buenos Aires
- Drink wine at the National Wine Harvest Festival in Mendoza, Argentina
- Tour an Argentine winery
- Eat an enormous steak at an Argentine asado
- Stay at a guacho ranch
- Ride a funicular in Valparaiso, Chile
- Trek Patagonia
- See Easter Island
- Drink mate in a sleepy Uruguayan coastal fishing village
- Be the only American on a Paraguayan bus
- Celebrate Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Ayacucho, Peru
- Hitch to Cachora, Peru. Hire a local guide and mules for a 10-day trek to Choquequirao and Machu Picchu
- Learn how to surf on the northern coast of Peru
- Swim with the sea lions at the Galapagos Islands

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