On Apr 9, 10:02*am, "Larry L" wrote:
"Dave LaCourse" wrote



With a proper anchor, you could float part of the rivers I have seen.
No trouble getting back to your vehicle; the guides hitch-hiked and
immediately got a ride back to the truck. *The rivers where not too
fast or the rapids that severe, making it possible for a Watermaster.
Ymmv, of course.

I've done short Class III sections in it ... and I'm a chicken ****
aquaphobic

There are a couple Chile/Argentina ex-pat forums I check now and then and
several people have posted to the effect that hitch-hiking is safe and
efficient ... but, then many things that seemed plenty safe when I was
20something seem insanely death-defying now G



Can't help ya there, but I am told you are safer in Chile.

Currently, Argentina seems to be, maybe, headed back into serious internal
problems and it could get less safe, I hear. * * The world economy ( and
thus my own ) will effect whether my plans can be acted upon ... value of
the $$ etc

Shouldn't be any trouble staying that long. *Showers/laundry/hygiene
could present a problem.

Oh, I have every intention of regular stays at hotels ... a couple days in
town, then several camped on the shore .. then repeat.

* Bring lots of capilene (sp). *It keeps

down the smell and dries quickly. *d;o)

recycled Coke bottles, really good stuff *... long live the Earth !!

*Sounds like a plan. *Getting my wife away from her garden here in

Taxachusetts would be impossible, so I will die here,

I hope she is healing well ? * *My two friends that recently broke bones are
both doing better than some of us feared.

Argentina seems to get mixed reviews safety wise. My son was sking on
the Chile border last summer and came back via Buenas Aires. In BA for
a day or 2, he was exploring the city (he's a planner) anyway he was
jumped in an industrial district by 2 druggy robbers, he fought back,
and was slashed bad with a broken bottle across the face and neck.
With some help from some locals he managed to get away from the MFs
who wanted to finish him off. The Argentines sewed him up real good
for free (said that the US insurance systems were too much of a pain
in the ass to deal with for reimbursement) and he came home. He said
that without his Spanish he would have been in deeper ****. I think
I'd be careful.

Dave.