The Lost New Yorker

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:16:06 +0000

Iguazu Falls, Argentina from jamin shoulet on Vimeo.

readjusting

admin — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:27:49 +0000

hardest part of returning from a trip is readjust to the time zone… even though it’s only a 4 hour difference, I still find myself going to bed at 10 pm and waking up at 5 am

the western frontier is right here… and yet i have to turn around

admin — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:56:20 +0000

Salta, Argentina is one of those wonderful tourist cities. not to big… maybe about 100,000 people and the main city attractions are all conviently within walking distance. the police presense is amazing. nearly 2 cops on every corner. but once to leave the tourist section, there is te element of a loose barrio. indigenous from the countryside flow I to here looking for better oppertunities. Today is Easter and the majority o the peoplewho are working are the street hawkers, trying to make a little extra cash.

Salta rests o the eastern edge of the Andes mountian range.. it’s currently overcast and I can’t see any one of them. even the foothills are obscured by low laying white clouds and the rain comes down every once in a while.
I certainly wish I had more time here. someof the more fantastic places are just to te west of me in the higher elevations… so much more to explore here, but I have played tourist… not traveler. and tomorrow I have to catch a long bus ride back to Buenos Aires.

I’ll have to reestablish my own definition of traveler and which side of the fence I decide to stay on.

why?

admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:31:17 +0000

so why am I here in south America? why am I situating myself in a tiny town in the crotch of Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil? What is the purpose of this trip? Perhaps it’s to take myself out of my usual environment so that I can learn new things about the world and learn new lessons for myself. To see things in a new perspective about myself.

afternoon break

admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:00:18 +0000

window shopping

admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:48:34 +0000

when walking through a nice area of a foreign city, I can’t help but look at property pricing… the apartments of the polemero district are simple amazing. their high cielings, tall shuttered windows and spiriling staircases made of dance iron would cost a fortune in New York or San Francisco. but the pricing is so inexpensive here… it’s tempting

the elite travelers

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:30:47 +0000

perhaps one of the strange paradoxes about traveling to another western country is that regardless of the differences in customs and language, you never truly remove yourself from your comfort zone because there is always something “westen” in your face… a stop sign, a coke advertisement, or even a loaf of bread that looks and tastes the same from the bakery down the street in your home town. maybe it’s these subtle comforts that help travel more easy. perhaps the elite travelers yearn for something more exotic. perhaps these are the people that dissapear for months into China and learn as they go. these are the people that only own what they carry and allow themselves to be swallowed up by the world only to return weeks or months later a different person. these are the elitist of travelers… everyone else are just day tourists who can’t live without a hot shower every day and can’t survive without being entertained by side shows..

I am weak sauce

settling in

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:41:09 +0000

long flight and very little sleep. the hostle has free wifiand I had just finished showering. it’s not even 1 pm yet bug I should hustle soon because some of the shops will be closing and I will need to ge some deoderent and toothpaste.
Has anyone noticed that at all international airports have their own distinct smell? JFK has the horrid smokey smell. a combination of salt and desiel with pigeon crap and foul bathroom cleaner. SFO is more modern. it smells like plastic carpet and drywall. the same smell goes for taipei in Taiwan, but with a more sanitized smell.
Argentina airport has a smell not unlike a plug-in air freshened. not an entirely plesant smell, but more along the lines of trying to cover up something that is barely noticible

next leg

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:36:50 +0000

despite being hours from takeoff. it’s always wonderful to watch the prepping of a large cylender about to be shot through the atmosphere at 500 mph

Just a few more hours…

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:36:38 +0000

It has been nearly 5 years since I have done an adventure. This time I will be traveling alone. Destination: Argentina. This is just a temporary post to get things going. most updates will follow.