Maybe...

So I had a moment where I heard about something I had not heard about before from a couple of different and unrelated sources. So I decided to follow up on it and now we are thinking seriously about trying to make it happen.

We have been looking at airfare for flights to Montevideo or Buenos Aires, which range in price from 600-1300 a piece, one way. Pricey indeed. Also it is unoriginal and boring. So why not travel on a luxurious...



FREIGHT SHIP!!! Apparently freight shipping businesses book passengers in extra cabins and feed passengers in order to offset costs, or perhaps they just like to have strange people who travel in strange ways on board. I am trying to get in touch with someone about figuring out how to book this and how to find out if it is even feasible from southeastern US to South America. We will keep you up to date on how things come along with this fun new idea. In the mean time, check out this site for more information on travelling using freight ships: http://www.geocities.com/freighterman.geo/mainmenu.html

UPDATE: whoa. this is bloody expensive. got info on going from miami to brazil. approximately 14 day trip at almost 200 dollars per person per day. That adds up. Kooshy unoriginal boring airline, here we come!

Uruguay, here we come.

Our plans continue to come together. We contacted our first farm, located in Uruguay. We were very excited to hear back and I wanted to share the response. This place sounds like it will really be quite an experience. Can you go wrong with a country that has a sunshine on their flag?

"We are very glad you contacted us. And it is nice to know you found our place attractive to work on.

"We live in a very old house which we recycled recently, and also works as a bed and breakfast for tourists in the area. We are very close to Montevideo and Buenos Aires ( 120 km each) so it is a very tempting location for tourists looking to have some peace greenlands, and rest from those big citys. In our 30 hectors we have lots of things to do, and we like to think that every volunteer will be willing to help more in one area than the other… from working in the vegetable garden to helping with the tourists, from construction in ecological techniques, to milking our sheep, from collecting fruit, to making wood, from helping in our homemade organic “Limoncello” factory, to helping with our horses, dogs, hens, ducks, turkeys, geese, and the goats… there are plenty of things to do down here…

"WWOOFERS would be living in another hundred years old house which we are now recycling, located 1800 metres away from the bed and breakfast big house. Me and my family live on a third old house 1200 metres away, so Wwoofers have a lot of independent life in our farm. Where you will be staying, is where we have the goats, some sheeps and horses, a small vegetable garden for your own use, the dairy barn, and the cheese making facilities.. And if you are looking for something more natural, we have two tents waiting to be used when someone asks for. In a few words, there are plenty of things to do, and we are opened to hear what your expectations are at each time.

"As every other wwoof farm, we provide you with the food and accommodation during the period of time you will be helping us. Wwoofers work here from Monday to Saturday, six hours per day."