Destination: Argentina

I got drunk...

Sun, 7 Dec 2008 | By senor-lance | Views [506]

Wow i hadnt went out drinking since i left and i was not used to it. Soo i was hanging out with the girl i had been walking around with during the day and met some cool guys that and we went over to have some drinks at the other hostel, where its always ... Read more >

The paris of south america

Sun, 7 Dec 2008 | By senor-lance | Views [536]

This city is simply amazing. Probably the most attractive city i have ever been in. With immense wealth in the early 1900s (being one of the top 4 richest countries in the world), extravagent building projects were constructed. Grand avenues, beautiful ... Read more >

Esquel -> El Chalten

Sun, 7 Dec 2008 | By clairejennings | Views [2064] | Comments [1]

  Spent four days in Esquel. Wow. Never thought it was possible to be so bored - and I went there with 3 fresh books! After Bariloche, Esquel is nothing special. Surrounded by mountains but they are dusty rather than the pretty green, snowy ones of ... Read more >

Gallery: Buenos Aires locals

Sat, 6 Dec 2008 | By bagen | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Central Sierras

Sat, 6 Dec 2008 | By tpara | Photo Gallery

Touched down in Buenas Aires

Fri, 5 Dec 2008 | By senor-lance | Views [444]

A couple things i saw on the interstate drive from airport. Cowboy on a horse, cars parked in ditches under trees hanging out, a guy pushing his car, and a hitchhiker things i saw walking around. a protest and a parade... will give longer blog about ... Read more >

El fin del mundo

Thu, 4 Dec 2008 | By k-lero | Views [2046] | Comments [10]

Llevaba una semana sin actualizar, ha sido una semana intensa en la que he pasado del asfixiante calor de Córdoba al frío glaciar de Ushuaia, el Fin del Mundo. Llegó el Regue a Buenos Aires el pasado viernes; él será mi compañero durante estas ... Read more >

Tags: argentina, fin del mundo, tierra del fuego, ushuaia

Gallery: Tierra del Fuego

Wed, 3 Dec 2008 | By k-lero | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Chocolate and Wine

Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By porridge | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Out of Patagonia

Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By tpara | Photo Gallery

Bariloche

Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By clairejennings | Views [484]

San Carlos de Bariloche is a pretty, alpinesque town. It is on a lakeshore - Lago Nahuel Huapi and there are mountains in the background with snow on the top. It´s quite expensive but nice all the same. My first night here I met up with 3 Costa Ricans ... Read more >

Advice for travellers to Buenos Aires / Argentina (Liz, Liz and Paul this is especially for ye)

Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By clairejennings | Views [514] | Comments [1]

Argentina is huge - add at least an extra month onto how long you planned to come for. Buses are very plush which is just as well cos the journeys take literally a day Be careful when mentioning wanting to go watch Boca Juniors - quite a lot of porteños ... Read more >

Uruguay

Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By clairejennings | Views [406]

Acted the total tourist in Uruguay. First went to the thermal springs in Salto. They were nice and warm but the hot water is so far down in the earth that they just pipe it up into swimming pools. Before I went I had expected something like Rotorua in ... Read more >

B.S in B.A

Mon, 1 Dec 2008 | By bagen | Views [860] | Comments [2]

... Which as everyone knows is "Being Stationary in Buenos Aires". B.A (to us Porteños... ask Ben for explanation, I`ve temporarily forgotten) is a way cool city!  We liked it the first time we came through and since we`re flying out of here, ... Read more >

So cool, it's a glacier.

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 | By steph_dave | Views [1018]

From Puerto Madryn we got a bus to Rio Gallegos (18 hours) where we had to wait a couple of hours to get another bus to El Calfate (5 hours).  We were pretty nackered by the time we got there but as we're limited on time we had to rush around sorting ... Read more >

Tags: el calafate, hostel de los manos, moreno glacier