Destination: Argentina

Gallery: BA

Mon, 1 Oct 2007 | By henrique | Photo Gallery

Having a Whale of a Time.....Had to be done!

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 | By jamesanddan | Views [827]

Although we´d had a fun filled day at Punta Tombo, we weren´t done with the wildlife just yet (wahooooo, more pictures to take!). Nearer to Puerto Madryn is ANOTHER National Park called Peninsula Valdes, literally a little peninsular off the Patagonian ... Read more >

Tags: Breathtaking

Pinguinos!

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 | By jamesanddan | Views [870]

From BA we caught a 19hr bus ride to Puerto Madryn in Patagonia, its a cute little town (very touristy), right next to the beach. We walked down to the seafront on our first day and there were 10 plus whales swimming about 20mt from the shore - it was ... Read more >

Tags: Breathtaking

Gallery: Patagonia Argentina

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 | By jamesanddan | Photo Gallery

Buenos Aires

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 | By henrique | Views [5042] | Comments [5]

Começo com dicas gerais de Buenos Aires que envie pra Dani Proença, minha roomate em Lake Tahoe. A história vai abaixo. "Gostei de ficar no Centro ( ou microcentro ) pela proximidade com os outros bairros. De qualquer forma tudo lá é perto ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Tips

Buenos Aires

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 | By jamesanddan | Views [679]

Being completely disorganised as usual, we onle decided to take our flight to Buenos Aires the day before we were due to fly and of course had no hostel booked...turns out BA is a busy place and ALL the hostels we tried to book were choka, so we ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Gallery: Mendoza - Argentina

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 | By jamesanddan | Photo Gallery

Beef a La bus

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [1394]

The British transport system is shocking.  If it was a child, the parents would be imprisoned for neglect.  Our trains are dirty, crammed and rarely on time and its been proven that cattle in transit for slaughter have more favourable conditions than ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Grape expectations

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [1544]

Americans would hate red wine tasting.  Swirling a staining liquid around those pristine gnashers would render the, "Hollywood smile," useless. That said, Napa Valley in California could well be next on my wine trail after South Africa, New ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Return from the moon

Sat, 8 Sep 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [1268]

There were no lamps on the road and what seemed like a desert land devoid of all life suddenly awakened by nightfall. We were alone. A meteor storm of moths bombarded the windscreen as I drove, their white wings illuminated by the headlights. Things ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Journey to the moon

Sat, 8 Sep 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [1376]

Blasting off from the ¨vinefamous¨ Mendoza, we followed the mountain range east towards the desert.  Canine corpses formed a regular sight along the dusty roadside as we rocketed over the bumpy surface in our lunar explorer (actually it was a 1.4 litre ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Patagonia

Fri, 7 Sep 2007 | By simon_castles | Photo Gallery

Bariloche

Fri, 7 Sep 2007 | By lizziewebber | Views [428]

From Las Lenas we headed to the `premier`ski town in South America, Bariloche. Bariloche is very similar to Queenstown, except more tourists and smaller. There were so many chocolate shops there I am suprised anyone could fit into their ski pants let ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Mendoza

Fri, 7 Sep 2007 | By lizziewebber | Views [486]

From B.A. we headed to Mendoza by overnight bus (which froze on the inside of the windows).  Mendoza is the capital of the wine making distract in Argentina so we thought it was only right to do a wine tour of the area.  The tastings at the vineyards ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Patagonia

Fri, 7 Sep 2007 | By simon_castles | Views [2050] | Comments [2]

6/9/07 This area needs its own section because it covers 2 counties, Chile and Argentina, but also because it is a very unique area of the world.  We arrived at El Calafate after 30hrs on a bus (bleary eyed and rather scattered).  But woke to a prisine, ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains