I Fell 10,000 Feet Today !!!

Yep, so here we are in Mendoza, Argentina and it has been great. We have been rafting, had a crazy St. Patricks day, toured around the city, but today was the best .... we went Skydiving. Holy Crap... I cant even begin to explain how much of a rush it was. The free fall lasted about 15 seconds and it was intense. I went tandom .. obviously, otherwise I would have died. Anyways, I was basically hanging out the side of the plane until the guy jumped and then just enjoyed the ride. After falling 15 seconds at a really fast speed, like 200km per hour, he pulled the shute and I just hung there enjoying the view for about 10 mins or more until we landed. The landing was smooth, and the experience was incredible. I have a DVD which I will have to show to pèople when I get home. Check matts blog for some pics, but really the dvd will show the most. If you get a chance, DO IT, skydiving is the ultimate thrill..... not as scary as you would imagine.

A Busy 2 weeks ....

Alright ..... so rather than boring you with lots of text, I figure the pictures will tell a good story. I will just provide the background as to where we have been and what we were doing.

Potosi, Bolivia ..... this is where we had the pleasure of playing with dynamite in a remote silver mine town, that is the highest city in the world. Playing with dynamite was a lot of fun, and then we climbed into the mines travelling 4 stories deep. It was hard to breath and see, but was a cool unique experiance.

Uyuni, Bolvia ..... This was a pretty crappy town, but there was an amazing pizza and beer pub. Oh yeah, side note, our trip has turned into the the south american pizza tour. We have managed to eat pizza in every place we have been to .... most have been really good. Anyways, we took a 3 day jeep trek into Chile going through the salt flats, which included staying in a hotel made purely from salt. got to see some incredible landscape that seemed very surreal.

San Pedro de Atacama, Chile ..... this is where our jeep tour ended. This town was fantastic.... one of the coolest places I have been to. Every restaurant and bar had bonfires and lots of candles, very cool atmosphere. We also found out that it was the most expensive city in all of Chile. Needless to say, I had to bust out the visa after spending a day at one restaurant for drinks lunch and dinner. It was a blast, and then we got invited to a moon party in the desert ... also a good time. Lastly, we did the valley of the moon tour..... check the pics it was cool, and we even decided to create our own valley of the moons sight for the other tourists ...haha.

We are now in Santiago, Chile .... a very nice city with a cool european feel to it.... pics to come later.