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The Screaming Sixties

No, this blog is not about rock ’n roll fans screaming their heads off when the Beatles broke into “Oh yeah I’ll, tell you something,

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Torres del Paine Massif

Who has Seen the Wind?

In W. O. Mitchell’s novel about prairie life, wind is a metaphor. But in today’s story about Patagonia’s Frenchman’s Valley, wind is the real force:

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No More Shortcuts!

It was just past noon when we arrived at EcoCamp in Patagonia, too late for a major day hike. “Relax for a bit, then come

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Pisco

Govern Yourself

How can we have been strangers for so long to a pisco sour—now our favourite cocktail? Why didn’t we discover it before we became jubilados,

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Argentina Chile Border map

Neighbours

Upright. Straight.The walls of our long, narrow, countrytunnel north to southwhitened by Pacific wavesand the Snowy Andes—the wall we share with you,our neighbour.Your chest curves,colours

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