THE REPORT CARD
Dave is taking too long to review it so I am just posting without him.
- Canadian friends (Mary & Peter) who watched our house while we were gone, THANKS so much. A+++++++++++++++++++
- Coming home to an immaculate house with little surprise gifts everywhere. A+++++++++++
(I love Sam's new dog bowls and mat) THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHILE
- Missing our connection in Santiago on the way down and being stuck there for a 6 hour tour with our cab driver. C+
- 3 hour boat ride to and from Punta Arenas to the penguin island where we couldn't actually dock because of heavy seas. D
- Finally figuring out the maze of busses to take to get to Torres Del Paine Park (TDP). B-
- TDP National Park. A++++
- Summer weather at TDP National Park. (Amie says C-, Dave says B+ because we never actually got rained on while hiking)
- Having Christmas dinner at the nice hotel in the park while it was raining outside where we were supposed to be camping but didn't because Amie was sick. A
- 16 mile hike the day after Christmas to catch up after sleeping in the hotel. B
- Taking the boat back to the bus station rather than hiking 4 hours in the rain to get there. B+
- Eating overpriced, food and beers with people from all over the world inside the lodge while watching poor campers outside cooking dehydrated noodles in the freezing cold rain. B
- Snooring Germans and French-Tahitias at the lodge. C-
ARGENTINA
- Bueos Aires food (meat, meat, and more meat for dessert) and shopping (gotta love a peso crisis). A+
- Fig season twice this year for Amie! B+
- Buquebus Boat to Colonia, Uruguay (Five different lines with long waits just to get on the damn boat over there, sooooo not worth it). F-
- Linda cutting in line with other Americans in the boat terminal to get us on the boat faster. A
- 5-meat-treat lunch in Colonia (including blood sausage and grilled tripe). B
- John and Linda taking one of our camping packs home for us so we could travel light for the rest of the trip. A
- Afternoon espresso in Buenos Aires everyday, just like Paris. B+
- New Years Dinner: Company = A, Food = C
- Iguassu Falls. A
- Linda laughing lounder than anyone on the entire boat when we passed under the falls and got soaked. B+
- Hotel in Sao Paulo. C-
- City of Sao Paulo. D (only because we ate well there)
BRAZIL
- Hotel in Ilhabela (http://www.pousadapereque.com.br/). B+
- Amie's first Caipirina! A
- Mosquitoes on Ilhabela, Amie looked like she had scabies. D-
- Hotel/Hostel in Paraty with the loud music, yelling family members, no AC, but hey it was cheap...... C-
- Double kiss goodbye from super hot Spanish volleyball player on the beach (I LOVE the double kiss)/ A+
- Amie remebering enough french to ask for bus directions from some Parisians while semi-lost on he way to Paraty. B+
- Hotel Marian in Rio. B (Amie is still bitter about the overall cost and the no free breakfast - there is free breakfast at every hotel on the entire continent)
- Amie and Dave having a mid-trip altercation at a cafe in Rio then using the cafe as a reference point for the rest of the trip, "you know, that store by the cafe where we had the fight". C
- The weak dollar & exchange rates. C
- Brazilians who ALL leave their trash on the beach or throw it overboard while on a boat (and I mean EVERYTHING: cigarette buts, coconuts, plastic, cans, diapers....) F
- Clean up crews from the favelas that are paid to come in and clean the beach at night. B+
- NO ONE speaking english outside of Rio. B/D, cool but sometimes not cool
- Cheap and convenient busses in Rio. A
- Getting off the bus in Downtown Rio (Lapa), taking a photo, stepping over a few people laying on the sidewalk, then realizing we should get right back on the next bus....... C-
- Watchinbg Samba practice with Maggie, Josh, and Dave (all from NYC). B+
- Hotel in Buzios, Luis and Debbie were the best. A+
- Hiking to a beach on our map and getting here only to realize it was a nude beach with a bunch of naked, overweight, really white guys there. C
- Cabo Frio beaches. A
- One of the owners of the hotel in Buzios getting "kidnapped", and then finding out after an hour that it was all a hoax. F
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