Destination: Argentina

Photos: El Chalten

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 | By sobrea | Photo Gallery

Iguazu, I love you

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 | By kalamina | Views [593]

    It seems that every place we get to is a place that I fall in love with! Puerto Iguazu is one of those places; I've only been here for 2 days, but I love it already. It is so relaxed and chilled and the people are really friendly. There is always ... Read more >

Loving life!!!

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 | By kalamina | Views [641]

    I love this city!!!! Buenos Aires is the most amazing place and definitely the best city I have ever been to in my life! It is so cosmopolitan and trendy and the people are very different. I love people watching from a restaurant because the things ... Read more >

Photos: Bariloche

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 | By sobrea | Photo Gallery

Photos: Mendoza

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 | By sobrea | Photo Gallery

Photos: Argentina

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 | By kalamina | Photo Gallery

Argentina's Accessible Backcountry

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 | By responsible-travel | Views [5166]

Patagonia is amazing.  Simply stunning.  For years, I have heard stories of majestic mountain landscapes, wicked peaks, and creamy blue glacial lakes.  And a few weeks ago, I got my first taste of Patagonia's wonders near Argentina's Lake District ... Read more >

Photos: Buenos Aires

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 | By chris_and_dusk | Photo Gallery

Grandma Gwendoline would have loved, some of it.....

Wed, 1 Dec 2010 | By richardlee | Views [425]

From leavng the cold and wintry south of Argentina, I was heading north towards the metropolis of Buenos Aires, where I had been promised leafy streets and hot weather.  But I had a 24hr stopover in a costal town called Puerto Madryn.  I flew in Trelew ... Read more >

F**k me its FREEZING!

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 | By richardlee | Views [470]

Another flight, this time to the near the end of Argentina to El Calafate. Walking out of the airport and 50m to the minibus in howling wind and spitting rain didn’t endear me to this place at all. Arriving at the hostel, in a small and appearingly ... Read more >

Excuse me, is this Switzerland??

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 | By richardlee | Views [396]

Well, I have never been on a saga holiday, until now.   My advertised multi-trek to the glaciar on Tronador Mountain was more a Judith Chalmers bus trip with a variety of Spaniards who smelt of sugared almonds.   During the 10 hour trip, we ... Read more >

Photos: Buenos Aires

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 | By jamesbrooke | Photo Gallery

Vino Vino Vino..............

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 | By richardlee | Views [424]

Hello Argentina.  Any country that considers 600grams (well over half a kilo) to be the recommended portion size for a steak and serves it alongside a 900ml bottle of beer is ok in my book.  For those that have previously queried my preferred portion ... Read more >

Fire and Ice: Tierra del Fuego and Argentine glaciers

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 | By chris_and_dusk | Views [603]

After Torres del Paine we headed south to Punta Arenas.   Being a Sunday there wasn’t much going on, most shops, museums...basically everything was closed.   With the next day being a public holiday (we were prepared this ... Read more >

Photos: El Chalten and El Calafate

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 | By chris_and_dusk | Photo Gallery