Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Trale Travels Update

Hello from Uruguay!
My good luck in connecting with Nicolas and Marcos there in Panama has extended here to the home of Nicolas and his family in Montevideo. They have welcomed me (along with Nicolas) just like we are their sons (well I suppose one of us would fit that description).
Spending some time here to get to know the city with a good family base to support me has been very good. I also went with them out to their cabin down near the beach- nothing fancy, by any means, but still a nice place to stay away from the city for a weekend. In general I find the people here further south more agreeable than up north in the tropical areas. Perhaps it is just my being more comfortable with the more temperate surroundings, but all the same I feel more at home here than up there in Peru or Bolivia for example.
Uruguay is a well-kept secret, or a little known destination- there are plenty of tourists here, but they are mostly from Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay itself. It seems that the beaches are the most popular thing to visit in the summer- the beach towns are very busy, packed with all the seasonal visitors. And rightfully so! what nice towns, clean beaches, and refreshing seas there are here at the coast.
I have not lost sight of Aconcagua, but it is taking me longer than I had planned to get close to it. I've scheduled a few weeks in the area of the mountain which will be reserved for last minute high altitude training, and I have been keeping pretty active trying to focus on leg and cardio training the last few weeks down here at sea level.
The coming weeks should prove to be interesting and perhaps different from experiences that I have had in the past. I enjoy the newness of every day on this trip, but I AM beginning to have some fleeting moments here are there of wishing to be back at home.

with Love,

Trale




Piriapolis, with the family of my friend



Cooking out



Bolivia

Bolivia

2 comments:

  1. Hi--
    Keep the posts coming! It is great to hear about your trip, and your friends. I specially liked the pic of your friend's family. Such neat people!

    Love ya, Linda

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  2. Hi Trale! We've been anxiously waiting to hear about your adventures! the pictures and your descriptions of events a re great! Stay safe, love ya, ken and gladys

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