Evening of May 2nd
Hotel Tribeca,
Buenos Aires, Argentina

In order to celebrate just a little bit, the boys and I went out tonight to try to find a fancy restaurant.  What we got would rank among the best meals that I've ever had, for an unbelievable price.  Rob, Justin &amp; Sean each got a magnificent piece of prime rib perfectly cooked in gravy and stuff, while Ryan got some chicken &amp; cheese (also excellent).

I was going over my earlier posts, and i realized that I haven't really given any descriptions about what we're actually seeing here.  Well.  Landing in Santiago we came in over these mountains that appeared to give the Rocky Mountains a run for their money.  At 25,000 feet (we checked on our GPSs) it looked as though we were flying between the mountains.  I guess this would be the famous Andes mountain range.  We were a bit confused when the pilot mentioned a sunny day, 'cause from what we could tell, it was 100% overcast.  The confusion was sorted out when we actually left Santiago and realized that the 'overcast' layer was actually a thick blanket of smog.

Paraguay and Peru were both kinda desolate-lookin' places.  Miles &amp; miles of desert, with saskatchewan-like roads.  Then we lost the entire continent behind many white cloud-like things.  They were probably clouds.

BA is a different place.  Narrow roads that would have one lane assigned in Alberta have three lanes of vehicles jockeying for position in a space that has room for perhaps 2.5 lanes.  The air is humid and thick with the scent of diesel exhaust and women's perfume.  Seriously.  It's everywhere.

In other news, we just received an email informing us that some money has been donated in our name (NobleQuest) to a charity called Kids Alive, based out of Lima, Peru.  Which is pretty cool.  We'd like to give a thanks out to that anonymous donor, and wish all the best to the people involved in Kids Alive.

Think that's about it.  Rob's frantically trying to locate the charging system for our GPS systems, which he thinks was in carry-on, but has been misplaced due to the frantic shuffling that occurred when we had to get our bags underweight for check-in.

Anyways, we've got to get up in like five hours.
Good night,
Ryan Noble
Buenos Aires, Argentina