We spent election night holed up against the wind in our hostel in Calafate, Patagonia. At 2am I started to drift off and Josh woke me in time for McCain's concession and Obama's victory speech. I was moved to tears. I am truly proud to be an American today. To celebrate we ate a big Argentinean steak and smoked a Cuban cigar :) The day before the election we hiked on Perito Moreno Glacier - so big and so beautiful. We endured a 30-hour bus trip to get down here...

We're in a hippie town called El Bolson in the Argentine Lake District. At first we felt disoriented because we didn't see very many hippies around town, but the artisan fair we went to today more than made up for it. I drank homemade beer, ate a waffle sandwich, listened to my partner explain why he's like a sparrow, and bought a hippie-ish hat. On a Tuesday! We decided that while we aren't quite hippies we're not totally yuppies either, so we thought we'd call ...

Yesterday at Iguazu Falls was probably my most favorite day of the trip so far. We got up and out of the hostel by 10am, which is actually a pretty decent accomplishment for us. We didn't beat the tour groups to the falls but managed to get in some peaceful hiking anyways. It's hard to describe the enormity and beauty of these waterfalls, so I'll just let you look at the photos. Other than the falls there's not too much to do here in Iguazu, on the three border...

I´m slowly learning that some of the best things in life are unplanned and casual, and that this is especially true when it comes to steak and tango. For this tried and true planner this is quite an admission. But consider the evidence: by far the best steak we´ve had in Buenos Aires has been the one we picked up for $1.50 at the local grocery store and cooked ourselves in the hostal kitchen. The pad of butter probably didn´t hurt, but either way, ...

We made it! Our stuff is in storage somewhere in Brooklyn, my thesis is (almost) done, we´re fully innoculated and documented, and we finally arrived in Buenos Aires a few days ago. We´ve been getting all kinds of reactions when we tell people we´re traveling for six months around South America. I don´t think I fully realized it myself until I was standing there, carrying my life on my back, face to face with our "basic" $15/night ho...