08/01/2020 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad San Juan. My fourth visit. This time to pay my fine and be told off. I also need to find out from Migraciones what happens after paying the fine. Will I be deported as a worst-case scenario? Will I be given another 90 day visa and start again with…

08/01/2020 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad One of the things I hate most in life is being lied to so when I arrived back at the border very battered and bruised by my experience of the previous night I was not a happy bunny to be told that my fine for overstaying, and then coming…

07/01/2020 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad My new cycle touring and mountaineering friend Sean gave me lots of invaluable advice regarding my attempt to cross the Andes on Muffin the pushbike. His main reasoning was that it’s important to acclimatise slowly and given the gradient I would be climbing, the weight of my bike and…

06/01/2020 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad It’s now time to leave Embalse after an enjoyable time there and head for Chile. My chosen route is going to take me off the beaten track for some time before getting to Villa de Merlo, about 100 kms away. A small town I’d been told was very beautiful,…

05/01/2020 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything, some of you may be quite pleased, but now I need to catch up on the last 3 months or so. ‘El bungalow del Ministro’ is the name of the hostel where I was undertaking my latest volunteer placement while…