Well, it certainly didn't take me long to fall behind with these blogs. Our last tour was only 12 days long and I think I am now about 12 days behind. We start a new tour tomorrow so I may never get this last part caught up.

Today is my birthday and I spent it in Buenos Aires on a free day between tours. So what did I do on a rainy day in BA? Well, I did laundry and paid bills and tried to finalize travel arrangements beyond the end of the next tour, and I attended the orientation meeting and dinner with the new group. Hopefully I'll be a bit better at reporting on that tour than I was on the last one.

I will say that Patagonia was great. We had fabulous weather. It was definitely cold at times but on most occasions the sun was shining and the wind was not too bad - although there was one trail where I was literally on my hands and knees from being blown over by the strength of the wind. I will get into more details on that when I complete my blogs, which I have every intention of doing at some point in time. I have them started for Puerto Natales, Torres del Paine National Park, Punta Arenas and Ushuaia. I just need another week off to get them completed.

Anyway, everything is going well here. We leave Buenos Aires tomorrow and head into Uruguay on our way to Iguassu Falls and then on to Sao Paulo and Rio in Brazil. And please note that I haven't been to the falls yet so I am safe and not among those dead or injured in the tourist boat that overturned there this week. The accident was tragic and may affect what we do when we get there but I'm totally in favour of being safe so I'll gladly skip whatever they deem not be safe.

That's all for now as it's almost midnight. Hopefully I'll find time (and internet access) to write again soon.