Leaving Buenos Aires

I have mixed feelings about leaving Buenos Aires, and I feel like I have a lot of unfinished business here. I'll certainly be returning here before traveling to a few other places, but I'm not sure how long that stay will last. I can't believe how many people I've met here, how much I've done, how much I could have done, and how strangely homelike such a foreign and heavily populated city could be.

I have a few more loose ends to tie up tomorrow, but after that, I'm gone. I'll be on a bus to smaller places. Places with more natural beauty, with adventure, with solitude. I have been craving these things, but I'm positive I'll be missing this city quite a bit. I've left a lot of unfinished business, and I'd like to have a chance to deal with it in the future.

For now, beautiful lakes, towering mountains, and the incredible glaciers of Patagonia are calling. I'm excited to go and, as always, very nervous about exactly what the future holds. Either way, it'll be an experience that I doubt I'll soon forget. The freedom, the uncertainty, all of it feeds my adventurous spirit. Other than that, all I have to say is Mom, Dad, DON'T WORRY! It'll be fine, it'll be fun, it'll be constructive, and it'll be healthy. I'm very happy to be here but I still love you all and I'll be incredibly excited to see you when this journey reaches its end.