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Fly! Fly Away Sweet Apple!
Thursday 18th February 2016 – I’m going to keep this short. Relatively short at least. I mean, let’s face it – they’ve been getting a little long-winded of late, haven’t they? I guess there’s probably more to it than that though. Maybe I haven’t done very much recently. That does…
Bragging Rights – A Summary of Six Months
I’ve decided it’s time. Time for a summarisation, or review, shall we say. I thought about doing it before, but it seemed sort of false – no real significance behind why I would do such a thing. Only now, now that I’ve arrived at the bottom of the world (or…
El Fin del Mundo
I would hereby like to apologise for any possible rants in this forthcoming post. Not that I’m saying there are any, because it seems entirely unlikely and not in my nature to complain about anything whatsoever, but were one to potentially occur, I, in theory, apologise for any possible such…
Three Long Buses and a Couple of Stops Inbetween
Sunday 07th February 2016 – I’d only spoken to him a couple of times before, but it turned out Halabi was leaving for Puerto Madryn on the same day. Trying to not to sound offensive, I’ll say, to my surprise, that there’d been many Israelis at the hostel in Buenos…
You Know When You’ve Been Tango’d!
Wednesday 27th January 2016 – Being in Buenos Aires did not begin well. I arrived early afternoon, and spent the rest of the afternoon searching for an ATM that would actually accept my card. Two i found weere out of service, two said I had exceeded my withdrawal limit (not…
An Awkward Time in a Hot Spring (Other Destinations Included!)
Monday 18th January 2016 – After a rather awkward goodbye process in which I saw everyone another three times after the original goodbye, I set off for Termas del Dayman, a few miles outside of Salto. It’s the site of some hot springs, and it was now that possibly the…
About Doug
Here you will find the (hopefully) up to date adventures of the incredibly handsome pioneering explorer, Doug. As modest as he is wise, as awesome as he is brave, Doug will endeavor to recite the tales of his travels with utmost accuracy. No embellishment whatsoever.