Recently, we completed our final leg of our trip: Antarctica! We stepped out of our hotel, and drove down to the airport where we would meet the other 104 people on our boat. The computer systems went down during...
History of Argentina
History of Argentina Area 2,780,400 sq km (1,073,518 sq miles). Population 43,024,374 (estimate 2014). Population Density 15.5 per sq km (2014). Capital: Buenos Aires. Population: 15,024,000 (estimate 2014). Currency: Peso (P) Geography Argentina is situated in South America, east of the...
Fishing and Viewing Condors in Argentina
Today, we went fishing and we viewed the Condors. We drove through Bariloche for around an hour, until we came to a small area where we parked. We got out and saw the boats that we would be fishing...
Touring the Chilean Capital City of Santiago, Chile
Today, we went to the Chilean capital of Santiago. We began our day by visiting the church of Iglesia San Francisco, which is the oldest church in Santiago. In 1622, the church was declared holy. During an...
A Fun Day of Milking Goats, Meditation, Yoga, Pottery and Breaking a Horse
Today, we did many activities around Fundacion Origen, which is a school and working farm where we stayed for four incredible days. Fundacion Origen is this amazing place that the owner, Mary Ann, started and still runs since 1991, after...
Iguazu Falls on Foot and From Above
Today, we ventured to the Argentina side of Iguazu Falls. We drove for a while until we came close to the Brazil/Argentina border. Where the borders meet, there is a bridge, on one half of the bridge was green and...
Tracking the Big Five in South Africa
Recently, we stayed at the Singita Ebony Lodge in Kruger National Park. Our plane’s wheels made contact with the ground, shooting clouds of dust as we rolled along. We stepped out onto the dirt runway, and viewed our surroundings....
Two Special Visits – Baphumelele Children’s Home and Grandparents
Today, we went to a very special place called The Baphumelele School, which is a school, children’s home and HIV care center and we finally got to see our grandparents. We began our day by driving out to Khayelitsha,...
A meaningful day in Johannesburg (aka Joburg)
Today, we visited the Apartheid Museum, Nelson Mandela’s home and the town of Soweto. We drove to the Apartheid Museum and headed in. Apartheid was when there was racial discrimination between the whites and the blacks in South Africa....
History of South Africa
Facts About South Africa: Area 1,219,090 sq. km (470,693 sq. miles) Population – Population Density 52,981,991 (estimate 2013) – 43.5 per sq. km. Capita; – Pretoria (administrative): Population: 1,991,000 (2014) Cape Town (legislative): Population: 3,624,000 (2014) Bloemfontein (judicial): Population: 496,000 (2014) Geography The...