Argentina
and Chile 2003-2004: A Twenty Years' Retrospective
Remembering
my first trip to South America meant going through old photographs,
talking to Silvio about what he remembered, and reliving some
of those vivid experiences. Although I'd been overseas before,
I'd never visited as a guest in a family, and that brought its
own delights and pitfalls.
Join me as
we sit around the family table, run from rabid relatives and friends,
and make enduring friendships out of the rough clay of a more
than two-month visit. As much a record of family drama as it is
a travel narrative, this return to Argentina and Chile is meant
to capture a country still reeling from its 2000 market crash,
a traveller coping with culture clash and bad manners, and the
savage enjoyment which results from the urge to pack a bag and
buy a ticket.
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