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The
Team would like not to have to write this
Journal, the ultimate South American page of
this first Interactive Round the World Tour!
Yesterday,
we celebrated our last day in Uruguay, having
a dinner in a good restaurant in Montevideo.
There, we realized your vote - Explore - of
Voting Form n°16. Read the Anecdotes and
watch the first Video.
This
morning, we have a nice breakfast (except
Aleko who ate too much yesterday night)
waiting for the long trip towards Europe.
Thinking about your decision to send us in
Uruguay, the Team admits that it has been a
great and big surprise. Uruguay is a little
BIG country you don't hear much about, keep
the secret !
Consulting
our mailbox, we discover an important message:
ABC, the famous American network, invites us
in their studios for an interview ! ABC has
been following us since Australia and they'd
like to have us in Los Angeles for next
Saturday, on April 7th ! The Team is very
happy, and we're now evaluating the
proposition: all expenses on their account
(food, transport included). For the Car@van,
it would really be great... But on the other
hand, we should have to change all the Virtual
People's plans, and above all, cancel our
meeting in Rome. What should we do ?
For
the moment, we head off to Buenos Aires. We're
on the waiting list in Montevideo to embark on
the next Buquebus. In Argentina, it's a day
off and the ferries are full. After one hour
of waiting, the luck's with us and we navigate
on the Rio de la Plata ! On the ferry, we open
our technological luggage and each one of us
starts to work. Behind, Theo writes the
Journal, as Aleko and Vale do the
translations; in front, Marco and Nicole edit
the videos. The Team becomes quickly the main
attraction for children and businessmen.
The
sun goes down on South America and we try to
absorb its last rays !
If
everything's alright, we will have touched 4
countries between today and tomorrow: Uruguay,
Argentina, United Kingdom and Italy.
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Yesterday night, the Team ate
with Magda and Felipe. With an
exquisite Uruguayan meat, we switch
on the Car@van's eye to testify
about the Virtual People's
choice: help in the creation of the
first Uruguayan Center for children
with cerebral palsy. We wrote a
letter for Magda from the Car@van on
a beautiful paper. After she has
read it, Magda, with humid eyes,
thanks us with a little voice - you
and us, Virtual People !
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We give
her an envelope with enough money to
buy a computer or didactical software
for handicapped children. The first
step towards the creation of the
Center.
We'll keep you informed
about its evolution. Now, click on
the picture and watch the Video. Mission
16 - Explore - Accomplished !
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"This
week was fantastic !
You
took a piece of my heart and I'll
always keep you with me. I've
learned over the years and the
movement from one country to
another that although distance can
be measured in km, when you love
someone, he will always be near.
In
our hearts, there are no frontiers
or km that count. I will always
smile and feel you near, when I
remember you.
Thank
you for all the joy !!
Thank
you for your sensibility !!
Thank
you too Virtuals !!
May
your eyes always have that sparkle
of life so bright that it
distinguishes you all.
The
last real traveler in South
America m_marduk@hotmail.com
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SOUTH
AMERICA
40
days and more than 10.000
kilometers across 3 countries:
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay.
On
the American Continent, the
Car@van lived many experiences:
Our
first Tango in Buenos Aires, the
biggest colony of Penguins in
Punta Tumbo, the arrival in the
most southern city in the World, a
swim in Ushuaia's freezing water,
the huskies center, the Beagle
Channel's lighthouse, sea lions
and seals, the Perito Moreno
glacier, trekking in National
Parks,
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Punta Arenas and our
encounter with Julio, Chiloé
island, parties in the schools,
the team's intoxication, a
difficult crossing on the
Chilean/Argentinean border, the
arrival in Uruguay, the estancia
Don Esteban, the birth of a veal,
a crazy night for the boys, a show
in St Catherine's school...
...
many people we met: an
anthropologist, rangers, an herbalist,
peasants, gauchos, soldiers,
Roberto, Magda, Ithaca, new nomads
and so many people who spent a
little time with the Car@van !
...
many places : the
Argentinean and Chilean Patagonia,
the sites declared World Patrimony
by Unesco: Peninsula Valdes, Parco
National Torres del Paine, Chiloé
island's churches...
South
America is too wide and different
to be defined here. These 3
countries are only the beginning
of a long trip of the Car@van
across South America.
For
the moment, watch the video with
some of the best images... you can
also read the Journal of the days
passed.
Hasta
pronto!
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We'll
fly to another Continent: Europe.
We'll
follow your indications.
In
'Continue', 27,46% of the Virtual
People decided to send us in Italy,
in Rome.
We
have bought a ticket and we'll leave
tomorrow: flight BA 2266 at 1.05 pm
from Buenos Aires to London, then BA
2536 at 9.00 am from London to Rome.
We'll
land in Rome Fiumicino airoport on
the 4th at 12.30 pm. You'll
be there?
PS:
because of the long trip, the next
journal will be put on line in a few
days.
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