Hotel Catsby Pas de la Casa

Today was my last full day in Andorra. There wasn't a huge amount to do. It wasn't snowing, but the wind was so fierce that it seemed like a sand storm made out of snow. I had a great time watching a group of cows grazing in snow up to their stomachs. Other than that I had a walk around town and spent about an hour at a ...

... top of the first mountain, he took a little nap while the bus waited for whoever might want to get on before the departure time. As we praddled along towards Canillo I mused about our heroic bus driver, and what he might be like. I supposed his salsa music puts him in the zone in the same was as listening to “Highway to the Danger Zone” made the guys from Top Gun fly well. Maybe when he got done with his route there were women in bikinis with ...

Le plan original était d'aller à Cahors visiter un vignoble, mais puisque l'on n'a pas de voiture (considérant que les vignes sont dans des champs et non au centre ville) on n'a pas pu y aller. J'ai trouvé sur internet qu'il y avait plusieurs grotte dans le sud donc on en a choisi une pas trop trop loin et on a acheté nos billet de train.

Tarascon sur Ariege est à environ 1h15 de toulouse donc ca se fait quand meme bien. C'est un ...

... person above is literally in your hands.

All in all it was a fabulous day! Did 4 climbs in total ranging through the 5a, 5b, and 5c levels of difficulty. I wanted to try a 5, but the day went by too quickly. There was one climb that Brain was sweating out for quite awhile, but in the end his determination conquered it. Rock climbing is the perfect blend of challenge and rest in beautiful mountain settings. I may be hooked…

... and roads scattered everywhere - if you can find them. Driving is a very different than walking. In great contrast to the towns below, the wind howled and ice formed on the road. On foot the walk was extremely harsh and I could see why there were shephards and hikers huts dotted all around for shelter. You can see why farmers train their animals instead of caring for them themselves ...

... is exploring the caves which lie within. Amazing to look at these huge hulks of stone - you would think that they are solid inside as roads and towns dot the tops, but it’s far from the truth.

This cave's claim to fame is the prehistoric art paintings on the walls. They estimate that they are between 13 000 and 14 000 years old! The paintings also span approximately 1000 years as well. These caves were used by Nomadic tribes ...

... and beyond. The higher mountains are considered communal land and each commune in the area had different areas in which they can graze their animals. I think it’s wonderful to have open-use land like this.

Ridge walking was a surreal experience as the landscape around continually changed with the valley mist filling the air and causing whole hillsides to disappear and re-appear just as quickly. But all too soon ...

... he had to get up early and there is no sign of him either, i ring his phone and tell him its twenty past five, and he says, grand, ring me back at twenty past five then. so we bang his door down too, and eventyally we get going. drive to the airport, check in, and get some maccy d's. gavs ma rings me and asks did we make it ok, and tells me that he has left his jacket on the kitchen table. we laugh at him for a while and get on the plane. me gav and franny sit together ...

... sing into their beer-taps like microphones; give you drinks for free if you work in town and they know you; and who "shag" a lot of visiting British females.

It was from this venue where my memories of the night begin to get very blurry. I remember dancing with Klara for four hours between The Underground and a club called "Kyu." I remember the drinks kept coming. I remember a salsa song came on, and little Klara danced good for a beginner. I remember ...

... in Argentina. He tells me it´s a hopeless cause to fight governments, however. He says my country´s government financed every military coup d´etat in Latin America in the mid-to-late 20th century, and there are signed documents (meant to be hidden) which essentially prove that. Marcelo´s going to loan me a book, "Argentinos," (Argentinians) and let me hear his favorite Argentinian protest rock band, "La Renga." Cool. One cool thing about my ...