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La Trochita…the end of the line
This slideshow requires JavaScript. “Follow me, quick, hurry up. I’m so sorry those people are awful.” I was confused, a street cleaner was ushering me towards the bus station in Buenos Aires at a rap… more →
The Old Patagonian Express - Revisited
Jumping Off Cliffs and Other Risky Business
wrote 4 months ago: I was eavesdropping last night on a couple sitting at the next table. This behavior happens when Irv … more →
The Old Patagonian Express by Paul Theroux
wrote 6 months ago: It was winter 1978 when Paul Theroux boarded the commuter rail in Massachusetts, his first of many t … more →
Journeys through Time and Space with Gunter Grass and Paul Theroux
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wrote 1 year ago: A few months ago, I read Gunter Grass’ Peeling the Onion and Paul Theroux’s The Old Patagonian Expre … more →
Possessing a Book
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wrote 1 year ago: Once it has been read, it never looks the same again, and people leave their individual imprint on a … more →
The Old Patagonian Express - a fascinating trip with a curmudgeon
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wrote 1 year ago: The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas by Paul Theroux Yes, he is a curmudgeo … more →
Reading English, Hearing Spanish 5
wrote 1 year ago: Chapter 5: El Bolson Javier Palma, El Bolson Hostel El Pueblito Reko, near El Bolson View from Reko … more →
La Trochita…the end of the line
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wrote 2 years ago: This slideshow requires JavaScript. “Follow me, quick, hurry up. I’m so sorry those people are awful … more →
Dear Paul...The Old Patagonian Express
wrote 2 years ago: As I near the end of my journey I’ve been wondering about the name you gave to the train from Jacoba … more →
Argentinian soap operas
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wrote 2 years ago: This slideshow requires JavaScript. I had trouble striking up conversation with the portenos (locals … more →
The Expresso Sur to Villazon (Stolen bags and bumpy roads)
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wrote 2 years ago: The Expresso Sur to Villazon How I longed to be able to board the train in La Paz and three days lat … more →
Cakes and wrestling in La Paz
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wrote 2 years ago: This slideshow requires JavaScript. I waited a long time to cross the road in La Paz, then all the p … more →
Dear Paul... the llama
wrote 2 years ago: You once wrote: The llama was a special reproach to me. ‘The llama is a woolly sort of fleecy hairy … more →
The Andean Explorer
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wrote 2 years ago: This slideshow requires JavaScript. I ran huffing and puffing towards the train station, leaving my … more →
The Vistadome to Machu Picchu
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wrote 2 years ago: This slideshow requires JavaScript. It was the second time I’d seen the armadillo, but this time it … more →
“Travel is not a vacation, and it is often the opposite of a rest”
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wrote 2 years ago: This slideshow requires JavaScript. These words, from The Old Patagonian Express, rang in my ears as … more →
The 6am Huancayo to Huancavelica
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wrote 2 years ago: This slideshow requires JavaScript. Huancayo is a buzzing little Andean town, full of colour, people … more →
“The journey, not the arrival, matters.”
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wrote 2 years ago: This slideshow requires JavaScript. Lima did not feel as downtrodden as I had expected. Most people … more →
Altitude sickness and a tortoise
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wrote 2 years ago: This slideshow requires JavaScript. Laying fully clothed shivering in my hotel room bed I was remind … more →
A bus race and some praying
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wrote 2 years ago: Paul Theroux did not see much of the coastline on his trip, but I felt as though I had been in the m … more →
