Comments for The Minibus Diaries http://minibusdiaries.wordpress.com The Albino Rhino Rides Again! Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:04:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 Comment on Paddling “The Futa” and The Yelcho by Cara Fletcher http://minibusdiaries.wordpress.com/2007/02/03/paddling-the-futa/#comment-34 Cara Fletcher Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:31:00 +0000 http://minibusdiaries.wordpress.com/2007/02/03/paddling-the-futa/#comment-34 This trip must have been unforgetable.I can't imagine kayaking to the Pacific ocean. This trip must have been unforgetable.I can’t imagine kayaking to the Pacific ocean.

]]> Comment on Paddling “The Futa” and The Yelcho by James Kronefield http://minibusdiaries.wordpress.com/2007/02/03/paddling-the-futa/#comment-11 James Kronefield Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:18:46 +0000 http://minibusdiaries.wordpress.com/2007/02/03/paddling-the-futa/#comment-11 Wow!!! This sounds like an extraordinary trip! I wish I can find the time and strengths to do that some day. Do you think it can be done with inflatable kayak? Wow!!! This sounds like an extraordinary trip! I wish I can find the time and strengths to do that some day. Do you think it can be done with inflatable kayak?

]]> Comment on The Ups n Downs of Driving by Tracey http://minibusdiaries.wordpress.com/2006/12/18/the-ups-n-downs-of-driving/#comment-9 Tracey Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:20:09 +0000 http://minibusdiaries.wordpress.com/2006/12/18/the-ups-n-downs-of-driving/#comment-9 Glad you are both okay and back on the road again. Sounds like The Rhino will pull through again - interesting the police, official stamps and insurance stories - sounds a lot like Indonesia - the more stamps you can get on a document, the more official it is. should've given you a stamp set before you left, I'm sure a few Canadain flags and a Phoenix or two would help stamp your way through a bunch of bureaucratic messes! See ya soon and have fun on the rest of the journey!! Glad you are both okay and back on the road again. Sounds like The Rhino will pull through again - interesting the police, official stamps and insurance stories - sounds a lot like Indonesia - the more stamps you can get on a document, the more official it is. should’ve given you a stamp set before you left, I’m sure a few Canadain flags and a Phoenix or two would help stamp your way through a bunch of bureaucratic messes!

See ya soon and have fun on the rest of the journey!!

]]> Comment on The Ups n Downs of Driving by Lindsay http://minibusdiaries.wordpress.com/2006/12/18/the-ups-n-downs-of-driving/#comment-8 Lindsay Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:36:47 +0000 http://minibusdiaries.wordpress.com/2006/12/18/the-ups-n-downs-of-driving/#comment-8 Thanks Nick. I think youll make a good bread baker. Apart from Bolivias fantastic mountains and culture and my good friends there, PandeNick may well be what brings me back to Bolivia - for a visit. We had the van fixed so that we can continue tomorrow. We will leave The Rhino and have the bodywork done when we are in the mountains for a few days - after xmas. The guy at the body shop (another alegre Argentinean mechanic) hauled out the heavy artillery and pulled the bumper back into shape (almost) with a massive lift and hydraulic pump. ssstttreeetchhhhh went the tail end. Then there was alot of grunting and hammering going on. I had no idea what a bumper looked like under all that plastic moulding - the things ya learn in latin america! happy hols to you and juliette, abrazos... Thanks Nick. I think youll make a good bread baker. Apart from Bolivias fantastic mountains and culture and my good friends there, PandeNick may well be what brings me back to Bolivia - for a visit.

We had the van fixed so that we can continue tomorrow. We will leave The Rhino and have the bodywork done when we are in the mountains for a few days - after xmas. The guy at the body shop (another alegre Argentinean mechanic) hauled out the heavy artillery and pulled the bumper back into shape (almost) with a massive lift and hydraulic pump. ssstttreeetchhhhh went the tail end. Then there was alot of grunting and hammering going on. I had no idea what a bumper looked like under all that plastic moulding - the things ya learn in latin america!

happy hols to you and juliette, abrazos…

]]> Comment on The Ups n Downs of Driving by Nick http://minibusdiaries.wordpress.com/2006/12/18/the-ups-n-downs-of-driving/#comment-7 Nick Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:33:51 +0000 http://minibusdiaries.wordpress.com/2006/12/18/the-ups-n-downs-of-driving/#comment-7 Sorry to hear about the hassles, but glad you are both okay. Hope to see you Lindsay before you head back North but maybe Bolivia is not on your travel plan. I am moving to Cochabamba in March, and planning to bake bread and write more. Good to catch up blogly. un abrazo fuerte, Nick Sorry to hear about the hassles, but glad you are both okay. Hope to see you Lindsay before you head back North but maybe Bolivia is not on your travel plan. I am moving to Cochabamba in March, and planning to bake bread and write more. Good to catch up blogly. un abrazo fuerte, Nick

]]> Comment on Back to Mendoza for a Refill by Lindsay http://minibusdiaries.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/back-to-mendoza-for-a-refill/#comment-5 Lindsay Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:36:01 +0000 http://minibusdiaries.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/back-to-mendoza-for-a-refill/#comment-5 we tried an Alamos malbec, really nice and fruity and lively. Alamos is Zapata´s ¨economic¨ line, available both here and abroad (24 pesos per bottle, or roughly us$8). Generally, the Argentinean reds are the favourites (not including the Torrontes varietal form Cafayate). Also at Cataena Zapata, we bought a Saint Felicien Cabernet-Merlot, as a treat for Christmas, but it probably won´t last until the end of the week! Also deleicous is Ruca Malen´s Sauvignon Blanc, a young citrusy wine, meant to be drunk within a year or two of bottling. At 12 pesos a bottle, we could be drinking it like water. We tried a yummy 2002 Gran Assemblage (Cabernet Sauvignon/Cabernet Franc/Malbec/Merlot) from Carmello Patti (a delightful artesenal wine maker) as well as a cabernet and a malbec 2006 straight from the barrel. We have been revisiting some of the wines we drank last year, or tried in the wineries, with these you can´t go wrong: anything from Luigi Bosca, especially the reserva malbec - especially if you like bold italian-style wines, gorgeous syrah from Carinae (exported in very limited quantities) and Carlos Pulenta Vistalba Corte A (Cabernet/Malbec/Bonarda). For a good resource for argentinean wines, go to: www.vinesofmendoza.com we tried an Alamos malbec, really nice and fruity and lively. Alamos is Zapata´s ¨economic¨ line, available both here and abroad (24 pesos per bottle, or roughly us$8).

Generally, the Argentinean reds are the favourites (not including the Torrontes varietal form Cafayate).

Also at Cataena Zapata, we bought a Saint Felicien Cabernet-Merlot, as a treat for Christmas, but it probably won´t last until the end of the week!

Also deleicous is Ruca Malen´s Sauvignon Blanc, a young citrusy wine, meant to be drunk within a year or two of bottling. At 12 pesos a bottle, we could be drinking it like water.

We tried a yummy 2002 Gran Assemblage (Cabernet Sauvignon/Cabernet Franc/Malbec/Merlot) from Carmello Patti (a delightful artesenal wine maker) as well as a cabernet and a malbec 2006 straight from the barrel.

We have been revisiting some of the wines we drank last year, or tried in the wineries, with these you can´t go wrong: anything from Luigi Bosca, especially the reserva malbec - especially if you like bold italian-style wines, gorgeous syrah from Carinae (exported in very limited quantities) and Carlos Pulenta Vistalba Corte A (Cabernet/Malbec/Bonarda).

For a good resource for argentinean wines, go to: http://www.vinesofmendoza.com

]]> Comment on Back to Mendoza for a Refill by Tracey http://minibusdiaries.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/back-to-mendoza-for-a-refill/#comment-4 Tracey Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:11:36 +0000 http://minibusdiaries.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/back-to-mendoza-for-a-refill/#comment-4 Hey good news - found Catena Zapata listed in the BC Liquor Stores! What do you recommend - Malbec or Chardonnay? Prices fyi are $17.18 for 2003 Chardonnay, $25.10 for a 2001/2002 Malbec and $17.18 for a 2002/2003 Malbec. Hey good news - found Catena Zapata listed in the BC Liquor Stores! What do you recommend - Malbec or Chardonnay?

Prices fyi are $17.18 for 2003 Chardonnay, $25.10 for a 2001/2002 Malbec and $17.18 for a 2002/2003 Malbec.

]]> Comment on Isabel Allende On Chile by Mia http://minibusdiaries.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/on-chile/#comment-3 Mia Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:20:18 +0000 http://minibusdiaries.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/on-chile/#comment-3 Looking good! Looking good!

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