Destination: Argentina

Mate

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 | By zapatosrojos | Views [686]

Mate? A tea which EVERONE drinks here. It is drunk from a gourd shaped cup, mimmicking the gourds in which it was originally served, and drunk with a pipe-come-straw.  First, pop your pipe into the gourd. The end of the pipe which sits in the cup has ... Read more >

Patagonia - El Chalten & El Calafates Treasures

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 | By cwalker1218 | Views [4216]

The 4 of us, and 2 of the Americans we had met on our trek, boarded the Chalten Travel - Route 40 - bus at the early hour of 6.45am. Route 40 is meant to be Argentina’s version of America’s Route 66. The first few hours gave us some views of mountains, ... Read more >

Photos: Patagonia - El Chalten & El Calafates Treasures

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 | By cwalker1218 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Glaciers and El Chalten

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 | By lucyandtim | Photo Gallery

Glaciers and big scary mountains with snow on them

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 | By lucyandtim | Views [1685] | Comments [4]

Wow! What a busy last week we've had. Before leaving El Calafate to head to El Chalten for some trekking, we thought we would be typically touristy and decided to partake in a little glacier trekking. So, we headed out to Perito Moreno (the biggest ... Read more >

Argetina - Mendoza & Bariloche

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 | By cwalker1218 | Views [3684] | Comments [1]

Andrew and I got a 7.5 hour bus to Mendoza, Argentina. On the bus we met Anna and Alex, a British couple. We talked for hours which kept us entertained, especially during the 2 hour wait at border control. The Chile and Argentina custom officials ... Read more >

Photos: Argentina - Mendoza & Bariloche

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 | By cwalker1218 | Photo Gallery

Argentina

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 | By spacemanafrica | Views [614]

So getting back to my trip in Argentina, I left the rain of Salta and caught the overnight bus to the sunshine of Córdoba - in a first-class suite, no less. Not that I've ever flown in first calss, but from what I've seen, this experience was ... Read more >

La Primera Semana!

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 | By holagatita | Views [572] | Comments [3]

Here I am, one week into my stay in Buenos Aires, and finally writing in my blog. Its hard to believe that I've only been here for a week, it feels more like a month already. Its been nonstop from the first day I got here. Already I have been to the ... Read more >

Photos: Buenos Aires

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 | By lucyandtim | Photo Gallery

Welsh Argentina!

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 | By zapatosrojos | Views [1720] | Comments [1]

It was by total chance that I spotted a picture of a welsh church on the video loop at the Esquel tourist information office as I stood forlornly in the queue and thus I ended up meeting Mr L of north Wales who moved to Patagonia some 10 years ago, ... Read more >

Return to Patagonia; or The Ballad of Sam, Claire, Lena, Jacob, Bron and Elis

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 | By elis82 | Views [2233]

From our trip to the deepest of souths in the Americas, we made our way back up. Beginning in Puerto Natales to see the world famous Torres del Paine National Park, we continued up to El Calafate, El Chalten and then west into Puerto Varas. Torres ... Read more >

Photos: Patagonia Part 2

Sun, 1 Jan 2012 | By elis82 | Photo Gallery

Homage to Patagonia

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 | By elis82 | Views [2410]

Since we arrived in Argentina, a lot of Argentinians have been asking us if we were planning to visit Patagonia. I guess that Patagonia is for Argentinians what the Outback is for Australians – a large, sparsely inhabited area, where life can be tough ... Read more >

Tags: argentina, chile, fauna, hiking, patagonia

Photos: Patagonia Part 1

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 | By elis82 | Photo Gallery