The Mission

"There are hundreds of thousands of men and women around the world who are in prison because of their race, religion, or political beliefs. Amnesty International works for all of them - the sick, the tortured, the forgotten".
“Son cientos de miles los hombres y mujeres alrededor del mundo, que se encuentran injustamente en prisión por su raza o por sus creencias religiosas y/o políticas. Amnistía Internacional trabaja para todos ellos: los enfermos, los torturados, los olvidados.”


We are on another adventure, this time, to bicycle about 3,000 km. in Argentina. We will take on the heat of the pampas, the gruelling climbs in the Andes and the freezing nights at that elevation.
Nos encontramos embarcados en otra aventura, esta vez, para recorrer en bicicleta 3.000km a través de Argentina. Nuestro viaje nos llevará desde el calor de la extensa pampa argentina hacia las agotadoras elevaciones y noches heladas de la Cordillera de los Andes.


We will do this in memory of the "disappeared", that sad time in recent Argentine history.
La razón que nos moviliza, es la de conmemorar a las decenas de miles de desaparecidos durante los tristes años de la dictadura militar en Argentina (24 de marzo de 1976 – 10 de diciembre de 1983).

Monday, April 4, 2011

Playing Tourist

Alright, admit it. How many people believed our April Fool's prank? Although we did indeed see an apple red Falcon, we decided against purchasing it and continued by bike onto Mendoza. Which quickly moved up to first place in our list of favorite cities, and is so far providing an excellent location to do everything tourist. On our first day off, a National League futbol game complete with riot police and fireworks. (Thankfully the home team won.) Today was just as exciting, we got to ride in a car. Oh, and we spent 2 hours rafting down a rather cold (even by Canadian standards) river. Tomorrow we take a bus to the Chilean border, stopping for lots of photos along the way. And the day after that we tone things down a little bit, and plan to pass the morning with a gentle bike and some wine tasting. I'm exhausted just thinking of it all, fundraising is tough.

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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 4, 2011 at 3:50 PM

    Did you get a chance to see Elena in Mendoza?
    Nice try on the April Fool's joke...
    didn't fool me!

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  2. AnonymousApril 4, 2011 at 5:26 PM

    Red Falcon or bike... April Fools only if you took the ford as you would need the bike as a backup..lol cg

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  3. AnonymousApril 6, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    Sounds beautiful! So proud to see you go through this journey. Hope the Chilean border offers lots of opportunities for photos!

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