rkanon

Hey all!
This is my first post here!
Soon- as soon as mid Oct and as late as Nov 1st I am headed to Argentine Patagonia. I have my plans to live and work for as long as possible down there- I am set up already with point B in Southern/Central Argentina. My Point A is the mountains of North Carolina, USA. I am fully commited to this trip now, I just want to find an adventurous way down there- my intention is to spend the least money I can with the most expirience without nessessarily going completey hitch-hike style (though that will be an integral part of the expirience). I have no expirience what-so-ever with this kind of freedom- so I need help, not only with ideas but with feasability of the ideas running through my head. Let me give you an idea...

The most seemingly feasible option would involve a mix of hitch, hick and bus/train. On such a road which areas would be best suited for each?? What kind of time frame would I be looking at?
another seemingly good idea would be to find a used mo-ped or small motorcycle for 300 or less and ride the distance- anyone have any idea what that would end up costing in fuel?? I have little knowledge of this aside from the romantic notion of it. Tell me what you think.


My safe bets would be to hitchhike to Miami and fly to either Buenos Aires or Sao Paulo. The ne way ticket price is about 150 cheaper to Sao Paulo- this idea stems from a desire tro spend a bit of time in the Amazon. With nessessary shots and my time frame to get to Patagonia by mid November makes this a bit more difficult. Unless any of you have any good ideas about makeing that trip- I'd be forced to opt for Buenos Aires- which isn't a bad option. If I can avoid flying, I'd rather do so though!!

Please let me know what you think I'm anxious to get my plans.. uh.. planned!

Thanks

Rk