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Remember That Time…We Visited The Dead?
Now that we’ve returned home and have settled back into our routine lives again we find it funny how our travel stories keep coming up. Invariably one of us will look at the other and say ‘Remember That Time…’ I thought it would make a good series; a way to tell these small stories that [...]
Continue reading...The Amazing Power Of Nature
25. August 2009
We arrived in Iguazu Falls in the middle of a rainstorm, not knowing that the worst of it was yet to come. That night I saw biggest thunderstorm I have ever seen. The storm cells circled the town for hours on end, flashing lightning, crashing thunder loud enough to shake the house, and dropping rain [...]
Continue reading...I Heart Buenos Aires
19. August 2009
At first, I was a little scared of Buenos Aires. I mean it’s a city of 13 million people! I worried that we would get lost, that we would get mugged, that we would be overwhelmed. I needn’t have worried – we spent 10 days and could have stayed longer we loved it so much. [...]
Continue reading...Like A Rhinestone Cowboy
13. August 2009
Riding out on a horse, in a star-spangled rodeo. Much of central and northern Argentina is pampas…long stretches of flat, flat grassland punctuated by estancias and small towns. In the late 1800’s these fertile grasslands were ruled by gauchos. These South American cowboys are held in folklore much like their North American counterparts. Quiet, stoic, [...]
Continue reading...Meh In Mendoza
9. August 2009
Although the drive through the Andes from Santiago to Mendoza was breathtaking, taking us straight up one side of a mountain and then slowly easing back down the other side, we found Mendoza itself a bit lacking. It seems that, in the summer, there would be plenty to do. But, in the winter, the city [...]
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Wanna-be expat. Giant Stepper. 
Welcome to OneGiantStep.
I'm Gillian. In 2009 my partner, Jason, and I set out to travel the world for a year.
Now we're looking for something more long term; a place outside of our 'home and native land' to hang our hat; another Giant Step along the path.
Come along as we figure out where to go and how to get there.
25. January 2011
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