Oh yeah...

I'm home...by the way.

And I have discovered the joys of Facebook...the ease of discussion and photo posting...therefore posts and pictures have made a switch

I suppose I'll still use this for higher res pic posting....

Kevin and Columbo

Well, Gavin and I have managed to stumble our way into Colombia. Rubbin´ elbows with drug lords and black market animal traders...well no, not at all. The country has been great and the people are fantastic

Just arrived to the Carribean coast (Santa Marta....well, Taganga to be exact) from Bogota. Its incredibly hot here and Im loving it after being in the mountains in Bogota and rainy, cold Quito.

Starting a lovely 6 day jaunt through the scorching hot jungle tomorrow...which is apparently in guerilla territory...(lovely, huh?). well be going to the Lost City, which...is obviously not terribly lost.

Then were up to Cartegena to meet up with some Swedish friends who are starting a school there.

Thats a quick update...pictures soon, hopefully.

Its been a while, I suppose...

Hm...turns out I havent posted in a while...hes a summary of what ive done since Barriloche...

Planned on spending about a week in Buenos Aires, ended up staying for almost 3...met up with friends from London and New York....

Dropped our plans to go to Uruguay because of lack of time...

Went to Iguazu falls, which were incredible and the hostel had a fantastic giant pool...

Went up to Barra da Lagoa in Brazil to chill on the beach and had a fantastic time trying to surf...I emphasize trying...

Now im in Rio...been spending all my time on Ipanema and Copacabana Beach...and when to go see the Giant J.C.

Heading to Lima to bus to Quito, Ecuador in a couple days to meet a special guest...haha

Ill post pics soon, hopefully

Freezing in a car...

After Mendoza we decided to make an attempt at heading down into Patagonia. Once we got there we realized it was pretty much useless to try to go further South and see some of the things we wanted to based on our time constraints (which is a new idea for us).

As an alternative we decided to rent a car and drive for 24 hours into the middle of nowhere, Patagonia. We managed to find it by rockin our VW Gol (without the f) over some of the worst dirt roads I have ever seen.

Somehow we figured sleeping in the car would be a good idea...turns out 3 guys sleeping in a two door compact car in the middle of nowhere, Patagonia results in absolutely no sleep and nearly freezing to death. Long story short I couldnt feel my feet for about 12 hours after starting the car to drive home.

In Buenoes Aires now. Have been here for about 5 days now, its a fantastic and massive city. Turns out we will be here a little longer then planned, seeing how our visa to get into Brazil has caught a few snags...

Here are some pics...the ones that look like Europe are from Bariloche, the least South American city we have been too, though ironically its the most South weve been. The rest are from our little road trip....

I fell out of a plane...

Andrew and I went skydiving today...

I really cant try to explain how incredible skydiving was...so I wont. I´ll just say it one more time...it was incredible. I´ll definately do it again someday.

Here are a few pics, sorry they are sideways...public computers really dont let you do much. Oh, and surprisingly they didnt let me hold the camera while i fell, GEEZ!! So all the pics are of us standing around like idiots in our suits.

The end of an era....

For those who have ever met me....

M.I.A: My hat.

´Tis true...my hat has been lost.
Last seen.....somewhere outside Mendoza, Argentina...before white water rafting.
Its had a good life. Introduced to my existance as a gift by Jeff Addison and Lisa Hager on New Years of 2004-05 it has travelled four continents - North and South America, Europe, and techincally Africa - atop my head. Every day I adorned the attire and now....I cannot.

The hat will be missed.

Now I must get a hair cut......My hat has left behind one lasting sourvivor....My satchel. It shall stay by my side....

Finally...

Okay, I havent posted in a while because we´ve been rather busy. In short...and in order, after Cusco we went to...

Copacabana, Bolivia. Nice little town on Lake Titicaca. Karl and I went kayaking and I went to the third mass of my life in Bolivias holiest church.

La Paz, Bolivia. Met up with some friends and celebrated Carnaval by having a giant water and foam fight in the Witches Market (complete with llama fetus`, teeth and jaguar skins) with locals and fellow gringos. Biked down the apparent `worlds most dangerous road`...it was a lovely bike ride on the edge of a 300 foot drop. I managed the exact opposite of falling off a cliff - I hit a wall. Went to a Cholito wrestling match where a stunt went horribly wrong and a father wrestled with a giant gash in his forehead from a florescent bulb to the head, and the family sat hystarical in front of us. Despite this it was a fantastic time.

Postosi, Bolivia. Highest city in the world. Played with dynamite and climbed down 4 stories into a working mine. The city is the foot of the world...hard working, kind of ugly and worn...except it should be on the head.

Uyuni, Bolivia. Did a 3 day jeep trek onto the worlds largest salt flats. possibly the most surreal place on the planet. Went very very high up into the mountains and saw geysers, got stuck in the mud for a couple hours, etc. The flats were the highlight, oh - and climbing onto the roof of the jeep while going about 70 km/h. The town of Uyuni sucks, but has good pizza.

San Pedro, Chile. Coolest town I have ever been to in my life. Seems like everyone is younger then 30 and an old hippie. Went to a full moon party in someones backyard on the outskirts of town - lots of fires, live music, drums and people. Every restaurant there is my favourite restaurant in the world.

Santiago, Chile....I got here yesterday. I dont know yet...check out some pics. There are more on andrews blog too...soon...

Soon...

I know i havent posted in a while..ive been rather busy and in out of the way places. I will post soon with lots of pics, because I know thats what everyone cares about anyways!

Soon....soon...