Destination: Argentina

Gallery: Patagonia

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 | By lynn | Photo Gallery

Bariloche

Sat, 9 Feb 2008 | By augustwilson | Views [953] | Comments [3]

The last few days have been jam packed with adventure, so today we are relaxing and doing nothing for a change! We started off our adventures with a ´Free Spirit Tour´ advertised as kayaking, bike riding, walking, snorkelling, fishing... we should have ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

A little piece of heaven

Fri, 8 Feb 2008 | By bkhk4fun | Views [780] | Comments [3]

Amy:  We survived our first self-organzied bus trip today. We traveled 6 hrs from Puerta Varas to Bariloche, Argentina.  The border crossings out of Chile and into Argentina were organized by a guy from the bus company so they went very smoothly.  It ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Gallery: Bariloche

Fri, 8 Feb 2008 | By augustwilson | Photo Gallery

Osorno

Fri, 8 Feb 2008 | By katrinamckeever | Views [1170]

After two months of being told just how beautiful the lake district of Chile is, we were happy to find that yes, it is really rather spectacular. All rolling verdant fields, rather like the British pastoral scene, then your eyes drift up to find a ... Read more >

Tags: camping, chile, fish, lake, lake district, osorno, patagnonia, puerto octay, the great outdoors, volcanoe

Los Libertadores border crossing Mendoza to Santiago

Fri, 8 Feb 2008 | By katrinamckeever | Views [2980]

The border crossing from Argentina to Chile  at Los Libertadores sort of summed up Argentina as a whole. It is breathtakingly beautiful, pain stakingly slow and strangely requiring of tips for customs officials! It was probably our own fault for taking ... Read more >

Tags: anacongua, argentina, border, chile, latin america, los libertadores, mendoza, mountains, road trip, santiago de chile

Gallery: Bariloche

Fri, 8 Feb 2008 | By jackiestapp | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Buenos Aires

Thu, 7 Feb 2008 | By bagen | Photo Gallery

El Calafate and beyond

Wed, 6 Feb 2008 | By augustwilson | Views [885] | Comments [1]

Well hope ye are all still reading this and not too bored by our writing skills and story telling qualities!!! From Puetro Madryn we got on a 20 hour bus trip to El Calafate with a stop off in Rio Gallegos for a few hours, it is not advisable to get ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Gallery: El Calafate

Wed, 6 Feb 2008 | By augustwilson | Photo Gallery

El Fin del Mundo

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By alpiner84 | Views [2434] | Comments [9]

I have fallen completely and utterly, head-over-heels, no if's, and's, or but's about it, IN LOVE with Ushuaia. I can seriously envision myself living here. If I lived here, this is how my average day would go: I´d wake up around 9 am, like most Argentines, ... Read more >

Tags: culture

Gallery: End of the World

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By alpiner84 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Argentina

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By jason_kidd | Photo Gallery

3,000 km by the seat of my pants...literally

Sun, 3 Feb 2008 | By alpiner84 | Views [932]

One of the perks of traveling is acquiring the ability to sleep anywhere. In the four days I spent traveling from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, a 3,000 km trip, I slept on a train, in a bus station, on three buses, in one hostel bed, one hostel couch, and ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Puerto Madryn

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 | By augustwilson | Views [651] | Comments [1]

THe remainder of our time in Buenos Aires involved pretty much partying! We had a big night at the hostel for Australia day, and listened to JJJ via the net. Unfortunately, some pommey guy decided he didn´t like it at no. 46 and we had to listen to his ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine