Flights booked for Peru and Chile

At this point, all of the major flights are booked. I'm officially flying into Quito, Ecuador on November 1st. Sadly, there won't be the time/money to visit the Galapagos Islands on this leg of the trip, but I can deal without the uber-touristy experience especially when I've only just started my travels.

I'm in Ecuador until the 10th, when I fly through Lima to Cuzco in Peru to do Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail, until November 15th. Really looking forward to sucking wind for a few days to acclimate to the altitude, while seeing the heart of the Incan empire. Definitely a highlight of the early travels:


After playing around there for a few days and recovering from the altitude sickness I'm off to Santiago, Chile. I'll be in Chile for 2-3 weeks, traveling around the south of Chile and seeing some beaches before I head to Argentina for the first extended stay of the trip, living in Buenos Aires.

I'll be there for at least a couple months, and am expecting to move after my classes at the University of Buenos Aires wrap up in late February, early March to Barcelona, Spain.

For the Doubters

Put in my notice at work about my intentions to be gone for an extended period of time, no backing out now. The feeling is still pretty surreal though, and the real implications of being gone for so long definitely haven't settled in yet.

As it turns out I've also been given the week off, so I'll probably have a lot of the initial travel plans finalized by the end of the week. In another few weeks I'll start looking for someone to take the lease here over (know anyone who needs a spot from Nov. to next August?) and start looking for a place in Argentina, and possible a job too. Though since I don't have the bilingual thing down just yet that might be tough.

As usual, any advice you can give for places to go and stay, things to do, etc. would be most appreciated.