Hi everybody!  Sorry it’s been such a long time since our last post!  We’re still on the road and doing well.  We are currently in El Calafate, Argentina.  Mango is cruising along as dutifully as ever.  We spent 3 weeks driving from Chaiten, Chile south on the Carretera Austral (Chile’s southern highway) to Villa O’Higgins.  Chaiten was the site of a destructive volcano eruption a year ago.  The town is still struggling to recover, and is in a battle-of-wills between the remaining citizens and the government that wants to relocate them.  Aside from the destruction of Chaiten, the scenery along the mostly unpaved Carretera Austral was absolutely spectacular and we met a ton of great people.

The Carretera Austral is a bit isolated, so we enjoyed the company of several hitchhikers along the way.  A lot of the hitchhikers here are from Israel.  Most of them are in their early twenties and just finished their mandatory three years of military service.  They scatter to all corners of the world for a few months of adventure before heading back to Israel to look for jobs.  We met Max, Kobi, Adan, and Gil from Israel, Stefano from Italy, and Olivia, Thomas, and Mary from Alaska.  Ana was getting worried because previous to our new company, I was apparently getting lonely and starting to talk to Mango like a crazy man!  We also enjoyed a great New Year’s with a wonderful family in Villa O’ Higgins, Chile.  Thanks to Audina and Omar for their hospitality and for including us in their family’s holiday celebrations.  Thanks also to our hitchhiking visitors for the company and good times over the last few weeks. 

Here’s some recent photos.  We’ll try to post more after we visit the Perito Moreno glacier tomorrow.  It’s one of the only glaciers in the world still growing instead of shrinking.  We hope you can make it here to southern Argentina while it’s still around!

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