Destination: Argentina

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 [463]

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 [480] | 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 [389]

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 [733] | 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 [966]

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

Bariloche

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 | By steph_dave | Views [703]

I've got an early start so here come 3 quick stories (probably with lots of spellings mistakes, especially place names). After leaving Puerto Varas we crossed the border back into Argentina and went to a town called Barilcohe.  It has a pretty similar ... Read more >

Tags: bariloche, pudu hostel

Gallery: Argentina

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 | By steph_dave | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Iguazu Falls

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Chocolate and Wine

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By porridge | Views [705] | Comments [1]

A little bit of indulgence is required you know before heading into the cold unpredictable weather that awaits me in Patagonia. First stop after I left Salta was the wine capital of Argentina, Mendoza. The city was flaten by an earthquake many moons ... Read more >

Salta

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By k-lero | Views [2499] | Comments [9]

Ya estoy sólo de nuevo. Pero por muy poco tiempo, ya que en dos días me reuniré en Buenos Aires (al final lo conoceré como la palma de mi mano) con el Regue y comenzaremos nuestra ruta patagónica hacia el norte partiendo desde Ushuaia. Ayer tomé un ... Read more >

Tags: desert, jujuy, salta

4x4 Adventure

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 | By doreen-b | Views [647] | Comments [3]

I was invited to visit a beautiful area about 2 hours outside of Cordoba with mountains, valleys, and sierras called Valle Punilla.  First we went to Cosquin to sit in a park by the river and the three of us visited and had a drink (the Argentine classic ... Read more >

I missed the Bloody bus

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 | By tpara | Views [729] | Comments [5]

The bus saga started well enough, i caught the bus from Quilmes with lots of time to spare sat for a coffee, then went to the bus bay allocated. I sat and waited the time rolled past the departure time. Me being patient sat for half an hour waiting, ... Read more >