All the Leaves are Brown...

...and the sky is grey, but as autumn finally catches up with me (after several years), it's not California that I'm dreaming of but South America. Ah yes, you've all heard me talk about it, and I'm sure many of you thought it was just a pipe dream and never to be...

So I bought a flight. Into Chile. I also bought a flight out of Argentina. There are 5 1/2 months between these flights. I have limited money, limited Spanish and a continent to cross... It's going to be fun!

So for now I will be working hard in Christchurch, for another few weeks at least, and then I will make my way up through New Zealand before waving the English-speaking world "adios". And yes, I have given just enough notice of my plans for my mother to panic, but not enough notice for her to try to talk me out of it!

Any suggestions for how to cross a continent with limited funds but plenty of time just let me know!