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Cabo Polonio 02. - 04.12.2012
... die drei vorgelagerten „Torres–Inseln“ ihren Namen, da dessen Karavelle dort 1516 sank. Francisco de Torres war später einer der wenigen Überlebenden dieser Expedition, die ihr Ende am Río de la Plata fand. Die erste Besiedelung der Halbinsel geht ebenfalls auf einen Schiffbruch zurück. Am 31. Januar 1753 strandete an dieser Stelle der Kapitän und Eigner Joseph Polonio mit seiner spanischen Galeone „Nuestra Señora ...
Why see the world when you've got the beach?
... a case worker. He said that the more he works the more he learns how interconnected everything is- education, employment, homelessness, welfare- but that most people who make policy didn't start at the bottom and don't understand how the policies they make can play out or not play out given the connection between so many socio economic factors... I guess this problem exists everywhere. Anyway, we spent most of the night drinking, talking about music, and watching ...
Salvador Los tortugas marinas!
... to sea, (Gus had already nominated himself and Snellers for this task) and getting into our wetsuits. I had been given the role of "Land Boss" which was probably just a way of making me sound a little bit more useful than "the person who writes stuff down". Basically, Crispin and Alan would hold the ends of the net in the shallows while Gus and Snellers swam out to a buoy and hooked it on. The swim was around 250m and looked a tough one, with waves breaking right in the middle. I stood ...
Am Strand mit Sonne, Wind und Regen
... musste ich vom normalen Bus auf einen 4x4-Truck umsteigen und bin dann so mit vielen anderen Touristen ins Dorf gehoppert. Cabo Polonio ist tatsachlich ganz huebsch, vor allem weil´s keinen Strom gibt und darum die in Suedamerika allgegenwaertigen Stromkabel nicht in der Gegend rumhangen. Sonst gibts allerdings nicht viel zu tun, als ein bisschen am Strand zu spazieren (das hatte ich ja aber am Tag zuvor schon ...
A day out with the hippies
... as snacks are starting to get heavier and heavier. Eventually Katya was like but if only we had a tent for shelter, then we could stop...oh wait, I know she says, I have watched Bear Grylls we can make a shelter...one times national geographic tripod dredged into the sand and two sarongs out from either side attached to birkenstocks for weight!!!!! And this actually worked...so if you ever need shelter in the boiling heat, make sure to carry around a national geographic ...