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- Apr 08, 2019 4:18 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 19 Calafate to Chalten
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Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 19 Calafate to Chalten
Idiots at the End of the World Ep 19 From El Calafate to El Chelten The sheer scale of Parque Nacional Los Glaciares is hard to comprehend. It is almost 3000 square miles... numerous towering peaks... almost 250 glaciars, some huge like Perito Moreno,flowing down from the massive Southern Patagonia...
- Apr 04, 2019 2:34 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 18 Trading names...
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Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 18 Trading names...
Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 18 Trading names... A funny thing happened on the road to El Calafate... one of those little accidental meetings that have all the hallmarks of “meant to be.” The Idiots spent two nights at Hosteria El Pionero - an old estancia... sheep ranch... converted to a gues...
- Apr 03, 2019 2:55 pm
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Back Again!
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Re: Back Again!
Hi, Robin! Welcome back! Sorry about your husband... the sad reality of being our ages is that we typically have to say more goodbyes than hellos.. I lost my brother last summer, so my younger sister and I are all that is left of our family of six. There has been so much wonder in our lives - but al...
- Apr 03, 2019 2:57 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 17 Perito Moreno Glacier
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- Mar 30, 2019 11:17 pm
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 17 Perito Moreno Glacier
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Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 17 Perito Moreno Glacier
Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep. 17 Perito Moreno Glacier A funny thing happened on the way from Torres del Paine to El Calafate... but the Idiots will save that story for the next episode. This episode is about the primary reason people go to El Calafate – Glaciar Peito Moreno. A few facts and f...
- Mar 28, 2019 2:43 pm
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep. 16 Torres del Paine, Pt 2
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Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep. 16 Torres del Paine, Pt 2
Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep. 16 Torres del Paine, part 2 More pictures, fewer words this episode... You know a landscape has a real place of pride in a national heritage when they put it on their money. http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn193/hlghartmann/Idiots%20at%20the%20End%20of%20the%20...
- Mar 23, 2019 7:11 pm
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: idiots at the End of the Earth Ep15 Torres del Paine
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idiots at the End of the Earth Ep15 Torres del Paine
Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 15 Parque Nacional Torres del Paine It's cliché, but true... if you want lots of rainbows in your life you have to be prepared for a lot of rain. Summer in Patagonia is coolish and drizzly days are common. It does make one appreciate the sunny days – and the rainbo...
- Mar 23, 2019 3:43 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 14 On to Puerto Natales
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Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 14 On to Puerto Natales
Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep. 14 On to Puerto Natales Please forgive the tardiness of this episode. A lot of work was lost when Idiot He somehow managed to lose the original into a byte-vortex and it has been hard to find time to redo it. Hopefully future episodes will be released more rapidly...
- Mar 12, 2019 1:38 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 13 Penguins... sort of..
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Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 13 Penguins... sort of..
Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 13 Penguins... sort of... They say “Third time is the charm!” The Idiots were determined to take a boat tour to Magdalena Island to walk among the Magellanic penguins. The trip is a significant investment of time and money. The boat trip through the often-rough wat...
- Mar 09, 2019 4:30 pm
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 12 More hanging out in PA
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Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 12 More hanging out in PA
Idiots at the End of the World Ep 12 More hanging around in Punta Arenas A few words about Idiot Travel. People who have followed the Idiots for a while know that they chose this moniker based on experience. They have always traveled, and for many years they strove to be “smart travelers”. They res...
- Mar 08, 2019 1:46 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 11 Hanging out in PA
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Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 11 Hanging out in PA
Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 11 Hanging around in Punta Arenas It is a sign of how remote Punta Arenas is that one of the top tourist attractions is – the cemetery! Punta Arenas is a small windswept city on the Straits of Magellan. It's the regional capital of Chile' Magallanes province and, a...
- Mar 04, 2019 2:54 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep. 10 On to Punta Arenas
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Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep. 10 On to Punta Arenas
Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep. 10 On to Punta Arenas and Puerto del Hambre Santiago was great – but it was really just a prequel to the main event – three weeks of wandering southern Patagonia in a rental car. In the early stages, the Idiots thought they'd fly into Santiago, then rent a car and...
- Mar 01, 2019 7:14 pm
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep. 9 Museo & Market
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Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep. 9 Museo & Market
Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep. 9 Museo Violeta Parra and Santiago Central Market Serendipity is a lovely word... and an essential part of Idiot travel. If one travels with insufficient planning and insufficient understanding of one's surroundings, it means one will experience the unexpected. If...
- Feb 26, 2019 6:24 pm
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 8 Sunday in the Park
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Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 8 Sunday in the Park
Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep 8 Sunday in the Park Santiago Day 3 What a strange small world it is... a couple North Americans eating eggs and toast in Chile, coffee from Central America... and a cap came from Beijing. (thanks, Brian!). The little things one learns, sometimes the hard way. Info...
- Feb 24, 2019 1:52 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep. 7 Day 2 in Santiago
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Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep. 7 Day 2 in Santiago
Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep. 7 Day 2 in Santiago On their first day in Santiago, the Idiots learned how to walk around their neighborhood and to order a hot dog and a special hamburger... and they adjusted to life in an older urban apartment building, full of the sounds and smells of everyday...
- Feb 19, 2019 6:35 pm
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the World Ep. 6 First Day in Santia
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Idiots at the End of the World Ep. 6 First Day in Santia
Idiots at the End of the World Ep. 6 First Day in Santiago The Idiots are preparing to head back to Arizona from Patagonia in a couple days. The episodes will not be current – they will write and post them as they have time. This one, for example... their first day in Chile... was about 3 weeks ago...
- Feb 18, 2019 7:08 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the World Ep. 5 Valentine's Day 3
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Idiots at the End of the World Ep. 5 Valentine's Day 3
Idiots at the End of the World Ep. 5 Valentine's Day 3 On the third day of Valentine's My true love gave to me... What could be more appropriate for Valentine's Day than lovebirds? But in this case, the birds were penguins. And the tickets were sold out for Feb. 13 and 14, so the Idiots had a third...
- Feb 15, 2019 10:45 pm
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the World Ep. 4 More Valentine's Da
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Idiots at the End of the World Ep. 4 More Valentine's Da
Idiots at the End of the World Ep. 4 More Valentine's Day Travel is not always predictable. The “Valentine's” visit to Fin de Mundo – the End of the Earth – happened on the 13th... and a fabulous adventure planned for the 14th had to be rescheduled for the 15th. So... Valentine's Day got extended o...
- Feb 14, 2019 4:48 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the World Episode 3 Valentine's Day
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Idiots at the End of the World Episode 3 Valentine's Day
Idiots at the End of the World Episode 3 Special Valentine's Day Episode ------------------------------------ Note: The Idiots have been in South America for about 3 weeks and there will be lots of episodes when they have time to write and sort the photos. In the meantime... it is Valentine's Day! ...
- Feb 02, 2019 10:43 pm
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep. 2
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Idiots at the End of the Earth Ep. 2
Idiots at the End of the World Episode 2 ¿Por qué son los Idiotas en la Patagonia? Note: The Idiots have been in Chile over a week, but they are having too much fun to have time to do photos and stories. Lots of episodes will come eventually. For now... this is what the Idiots were doing today! ---...