Rooted Wanderings

Blue sky! After spending the past 3 months under a thick tropical haze, we were struck by the crisp and clear air of San Martín de los Andes, Argentina. We had come to this mountain city to visit Julia’s family friend Fernando in his home, as well as to follow our passion for hiking and camping in the surrounding mountains. But that would come later. The first thing on our agenda was sleeping, a lot. For days, we were completely exhausted from the journey we had taken to get there from Bangkok: 14 hour plane ride to London... 4 hour layover... 14 hour plane ride to Santiago, Chile... 14 hours sitting in a city park... 12 hour overnight bus ride... and finally a 6 hour bus ride over the mountains into Argentina. After 65 hours in transit we vowed: Never again!   Although it was not exactly convenient to get to Argentina from Thailand, the country was on both of our bucket lists and we wanted to fit it in before the end of our big trip. Colby had lived in Argentina wi