Destination: Argentina

Prison, bombs and much much more

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 | By augustwilson | Views [1078]

Well it has taken a while for this update but since the last one we have been to prison, detonated some dinamite, visited an underground mine, re-entered Argentina, drank a 4.7liter bottle of wine, visited Che Guvara country, eat loads of steak and that ... Read more >

Moving to Recoleta

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 | By gringura | Views [750]

I moved to Recoleta a week ago. I basically ran away from the other house because they kept talking to me like I couln´t understand them and it got really annoying. I didn´t tell anyone I was leaving until I was about to go to the taxi. I love my new ... Read more >

Wines in Mendoza - Pisco in Valle Elqui

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 | By bagen | Views [681]

Bit hard to visit THE wine region of South America - well Argentina at the very least - and not include a wee few comments on said beverage. Of course it must be said that there are three very important points about the wine over here: It´s ... Read more >

The spectacular Iguazu Falls

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 | By mel_mel | Views [1802] | Comments [1]

Wow. Wow. Wow. That about sums up the falls, quite eloquently too I think. They were just spectacular. I don't even know what to say about them! For just $A5, we were transported to and from the Falls and given a small lunch. This is more like the Argentinian ... Read more >

Bwenos Eye-rez

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 | By mel_mel | Views [806]

I quite like Buenos Aires as a city. Much more western than anything in I-have-the-population-of-your-entire-country-in-my-capital Mexico, but still with its own distinct personality and Latin America feel. We only spent a couple of days there (we will ... Read more >

Gallery: Santiago, Valparaiso and Mendoza

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 | By bagen | Photo Gallery

Snow!!

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 | By luchinko | Views [739]

I saw snow! It was raining, then it started snowing, and it was amazing! I got to El Calafate yesterday about 10am. Uneventful flight, managed to find people to share the 50 peso cab ride from the airport into Calafate. Met Kat at the hostel! It was ... Read more >

Gallery: Salta and Cafayate

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 | By augustwilson | Photo Gallery

Fanta or Fanta

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By bagen | Views [1301]

So two and a half months in we feel like maybe we´re making a teeny bit of headway with this whole Español language thang.  Maybe.  Certainly the vocab is slowly increasing... but we´re doing a fine job of butchering any structure or grammar that might ... Read more >

Gallery: Making Dulce de Leche (a kind of fudge caramel) and other things

Sun, 6 Apr 2008 | By luchinko | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Farm, sunrises and sunsets, moon

Sun, 6 Apr 2008 | By luchinko | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Horses!

Sun, 6 Apr 2008 | By luchinko | Photo Gallery

The Gaucho experience

Sun, 6 Apr 2008 | By luchinko | Views [2001]

Wow, and wow. I loved it, but there were many bad bits as well. Firstly, the good. Riding is amazing. I went out with the gauchos 5 times (5!!!), riding the fields, slashing through tall grass, herding cows, making my cow herding noises. You have ... Read more >

Back on the gringo trail...

Fri, 4 Apr 2008 | By courta104 | Views [599] | Comments [4]

After my experience in Viedma, which probably wouldn´t have been so bad if I hadn´t had steady company for a little while, I went to Puerto Madryn to check out the sea lions and penguins!  The day I got to my hostel, I met a german girl who was going ... Read more >

Sad...

Fri, 4 Apr 2008 | By courta104 | Views [463]

Now, don´t get me wrong... I really enjoy going off the beaten track a little and experiencing things that other people don´t, but I was sad after Jeff left.  I was all by myself again and leaving everything somewhat familiar all over again and I didn´t ... Read more >