Has anyone ever been to Patagoina?

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Thinking about going. Did you go alone, with friends, or on a group tour?

― def zep (calstars), Monday, 11 September 2006 22:13 (twenty years ago)

Bruce Chatwin.

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 11 September 2006 22:15 (twenty years ago)

Charles Darwin.

― Aimless (Aimless), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 00:45 (twenty years ago)

patagoina?

― ruddy raleigh and the rickets (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 01:00 (twenty years ago)

Yes. "Patagoina" is cheap knockoff outdoor clothing brand from China.

― Aimless (Aimless), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 01:03 (twenty years ago)

the welsh

― James d (Seuss 2005), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 01:05 (twenty years ago)

a bunch of Australians went down there and strated their utopian paradise, it went arse over tit

― mentalist (mentalist), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 05:53 (twenty years ago)

http://www.cluas.com/images/music/gigs/pixies.jpg

He hasn't, but he wants to live there, apparently (Not the one in South Caleeforneea).

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 05:59 (twenty years ago)

I was there about five years ago, spent about three months in Patagonia. Drop me your email address if you want some specifics.

Highlights: The Welsh villages, the Fossilised forest near Sacramento, the Old Patagonian Express, sealife off the Atlantic coast [whales, sea lions, dolphins, penguins etc], Ushwaia at the end of the world, Puerto Williams on Isla Navarino, Punta Arenas [for Chatwin devotees - Charlie Millward lived here], the Moreno Glacier near Calafate, loads more I've forgotten. Amazing place.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 07:56 (twenty years ago)

Haha Trayce, I almost posted those lyrics a few hours ago.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 07:59 (twenty years ago)

To answer your question, I did it alone, mostly hitching. This was in the days before the Argentine economy collapsed [De la Rua was President, I think] and the peso was pegged to the dollar. Argentina used to be the most expensive of the South American countries. Chile wasn't cheap either. Never waited long for a lift [note, travel with attractive partner] and the drivers would often cook us dinner and put us up for the night.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 08:26 (twenty years ago)

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