Blogs

Check out the very positive mention of Jeff Fuch's "An Oolong Quest" in Gadling.com, one awesome blog-based travel 'zine that targets "engaged travel for adventurers". Sound familiar? It is. e-Marginalia readers will want to bookmark this site and check back often. I'm not quite sure about the re-title of Jeff's story, but otherw

So you know you can book flights at e-Margaux.com, right? Old news? Maybe, but there's an new and exciting update to our flight booking section. We've added to stellar resources to help you find the best airline deals available, and we've published a massive list of contact numbers for all of the major airlines. (And even some pretty minor ones too!) We've already included web links for many of these airlines and will continue to add more as we receive them.

We've recently invited some of the travelers featured in e-Marginalia to submit audio introductions to their travel stories. Then first published belongs to Jeff Fuchs, traveler, writer and photographer extraordinaire. Visit "Twelve Dawns in Trinyi" by Jeff Fuchs to listen to his poignant anecdote about a musical ride in the Himalayas. Enjoy...

The entire e-Margaux.com team mourns the tragic loss of life and destruction wrought by the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on December 26th. We encourage you to support South Asia relief efforts in order to help the survivors and their families during the critical days and weeks ahead. Please visit the e-Margaux.com homepage and scroll down the left side of the page until your see the box with links for how to support the people and organizations providing relief support to those in need.

Now that I have finished my trip to Argentina, I'd like to share some invaluable information with you, so unlike me, you'd not have the misfortune of losing five toenails. In the two months that I was there, I spent time in the south and the north. I went trekking in both regions. The north (desert and high elevation) is totally different from the south (glaciers); my treks differed greatly too. In the south, I was told by a friend to contact Fitzroy Expediciones, to talk to Diego, the contact person, about setting up a trek in the Fitz Roy Range. The information proved to be invaluable. The organization runs smoothly and the contact people speak English with an Argentine flair. You can choose the degree of difficulty of the trek. I didn't. Wanting a surprise, I allowed my friend to sign me up for one without asking too many questions. We went on the Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre Ice Trek. Although it's rated as moderately difficult, I found it very difficult because of my fear of heights. Well, I got over it. The trek had me wearing crampons crunching ice on a glacier. We also used harnesses and ropes to pull ourselves over a river. There was also climbing with two axes up an ice wall with a lot of trust put in the person holding onto the rope. I also enjoyed trekking through the fairytale-like forests. Fitz Roy Expediciones also provides more food than you need and tents.