Sudamericana

¡Bienvenido!

Blogul de faţă se doreşte o avanpremieră şi o cronică a excursiei pe care o vom face în America de Sud, din noiembrie 2009 până în ianuarie 2010.

Ca şi trailer, aveţi mai jos un filmuleţ cu traseul. Enjoy!

Tires – check
Thule – check
Alarma – check
Claxon – check
Proiectoare – in process
Bara – in process
Ta-dah!

Hello Ciresari,

Asta e un entry educational dedicat celor ce le este neplacut sa zboare. Sau li frica de mor, like me. Anyway, antidotul is as follows: 2 gravol tabs ( dimenhydrinate 50 mg x2), 1 tab Lorazepam ( 1 mg Ativan) and it all should go down with 1 travel size bottle of wine (250 mg or less). N.B. ii preferabli ca concoctia sa fie pt. un zbor lung, dar si mai preferabil sa fie afara din sistem inainte de a ajunge in Quito.

Cheers,

Daria-self appointed medical officer

So…. masina e in dock si maine va fi impachetatizata. Vaporul pleaca pe 3 Noiembrie (1 day late) si ajunge sometime 18 days later. Am o hartie care zice c-am predat masina (in stare buna), restul depinde de cat de tare bate vantul in Guayaquil, cu ce mana se scarpina vamesul in dimineata cu pricina precum si pe ce slagar s-a trezit de dimineata agentul meu. Adica noroc:) Tipa care a facut receptia la masina a zambit tamp cand i-am zis c-o trimit in Ecuador si mi-a zis ca nu mai zice nimica ca oricum ma vede ingrijorat. Sper sa-mi mai vad masina vreodata, macar pentru cat timp am consumat sa-i fac de petrecanie.
Anyways, primele 2 poze arata nivelul de incarcare actual – not really travel light dar se va aranja odata ce punem mana pe ea (Thule-ul e gol), restul e compresibil. Butelia de benzina e goala si cred c-o vom folosi doar in Bolivia (Salar de Uyuni si lagunele roz) asa ca pana atunci poate fi legata cu coarde deasupra, asa ca sa arate mai de expeditie:)

Possibly the only time in my life when Friday meant the beginning of a 3 month vacation…

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P.S. Blogul e frustrant la shareuit poze.
Go says: de aia folosim flickr

Hello everyone, I’ll be the other official language blogger on the site. Quito. Quito, mi querito. I like the city (I wouldn’t really say love it , cos I find it too noisy, stinky, and i got cramps in my legs from walking up and down the streets here). There are several things that I particularly like: first, everyone is short, so damn short I’m at eye level with everyone, even the statues:) Second, the churches, they have the bloodiest crucifixion scenes, martyrdoms, auto da’fes and the like. I even saw the painting of a saint that was killed with a shotgun (ok, musket).
There are no bugs whatsoever, the weather is amazing and since we’re 10 minutes S of the equator I practically have no shadow at noon. The food will take some getting used to, but as far as I know everyone is vaccinated against the runs:). I had a very interesting soup/ stew: fish, corn on the cob, sweet potatoes, curry and shrimp- good stuff and no need for dinner.
The streets are really narrow and for the delicate types, a face mask is recommended otherwise you’ll get some achy and cloggy sinuses.
ok, im off to watch some telenovelas.
Adios! Serban will upload some pics now.