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09/02/2020 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad I’ve been in San Juan for 6 days now, and have only another 6 days to get out of Argentina before my status as ‘very naughty boy’ gets escalated to ‘enemy of the state’ and ‘target practise’. Problem is my knee is still causing me some major issues and…
Continue Reading08/01/2020 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…
Continue Reading08/01/2020 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…
Continue Reading07/01/2020 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…
Continue Reading06/01/2020 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,…
Continue Reading05/01/2020 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…
Continue Reading26/11/2019 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad Finally, I got to leave Rosario, for the second time, to set off for Embalse and my next placement at a hostel. After the robbery Lisandro decided that because I had left quite early on a Sunday morning the lack of traffic, both motorised and pedestrian, had meant I…
Continue Reading26/10/2019 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad After being robbed the only thing to do was try to get replacements for all my stuff. First port of call had to be the British Embassy in Buenos Aires which involved a seven-hour overnighter on the train. Fortunately, it was very cheap to the point of totally shaming…
Continue Reading14/10/2019 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad I was so happy to leave Hyacinth and Richard’s place. It had been a huge disappointment, and my next destination, I had decided, would be Rosario, hopefully being accepted for another, far better placement there, or maybe later on in Cordoba. My first day’s ride was going to be…
Continue Reading09/10/2019 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad Some years ago, I had acquired the skill to be able to say ‘hello’ in something like 20 languages. When it came to being able to say ‘two beers please’ I think I was up in the low 30’s. Note my priorities, beer first, conviviality second! I have spent…
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