Road Trip 2011 – Utah and Back
We watch movies, read books and blogs, and think about getting on the motorcycle and riding the open roads into an adventure. Is this a romanticized sense of adventure, or is there something on our nature that compels us to leave the crowds of the…
A Day at Yellowstone
Yellowstone is Americans first national park, established in 1872, and a place worth visiting any time of year. A version of this image is available at istock A version of this image is available at alamy Looks lovely but would burn your skin off…
The Return from Argentina
The last few days of the trip were mostly spent waiting to leave and return from Argentina to the US. I had lost any interest in interacting with my travel partner, my cough was so bad I spent most nights awake, I could barely speak,…
Colonia Del Sacramento
Colonia Del Sacramento is really a beautiful town. We arrived on a lovely night and were quickly able to find a really nice little boutique hotel to stay called the Hotel Riviera. After checking in the first thing we did was walk down to the…
Castillo de Piria
This opulent house is called Castillo de Piria, the former home of Francisco Piria. A beautiful plantation with its own train leaving from the town to the house. Prints available at Redbubble
La Estacion de Cria de Fauna
North of the city we found this, La Estacion de Cria de Fauna, a little animal farm or zoo of some type. I didn’t take to many pictures as I found it a little depressing, never having been much of fan of taking wild animals and…
Playa de Piriapolis
Due to schedules, we had to plan this trip during the US summer months, which of course means during the winter months in South America. Which was fine as it reduced the number of crowds and tourists, but it also means that my fleece sweater…
Montevideo Mugging Attempt
It was early afternoon as we were walking down one of the main streets in Montevideo, Uruguay. The old shops were either closed or empty, as were the streets. To my right was my travel partner carrying her purse over her right shoulder, and me with…
Mercado del Puerto Montevideo Meat Grilling
This meat market is one of the things that motivated me when looking for a South America vacation, when I saw in on an episode of Anthony Bordain’s show. These barbecue places are all in a former train station. Each one cooks the food right…
Who Was Benito Quinquela Martín?
On my trip to Argentina, I ran across this graveyard with all these famous Argentinians in it. One of them was for a guy named Benito Quinquela Martín. Not knowing who he was, I did a little research. Benito Quinquela Martín was an Argentine painter…
