San Juan, Argentina Travel Blogs

Running dry in the desert
Apr 26, 2006 (5 photos)

After an uneventful morning, I stopped for lunch in a cafe in a little town called Costa de Araujo (where's the Costa?). I was telling the owners about my trip: the wife's jaw dropped to the floor while the husband made the (obviously universal) finger-to ...

Carelessness costs kilometres
Apr 27, 2006

Usefully, Argentinian roads have milestones at every kilometre along their length. I was feeling energetic this morning and the milestones seemed to be passing very quickly indeed, when I suddenly looked down at my handlebar bag to see that my map wasn't ...

Argentina rocks!
Nov 4, 2005 (15 photos)

... the petrol tank, with 3 Irish people and a slightly insane Argentinian. Seeing the national park near ("near" as in 5 hours away) from San Juan was more difficult than I had thought. When I turned up after a couple of hours in the bus from Mendoza, I ...

The long hard road to Barreal
Nov 22, 2006 (7 photos)

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Living the high life in San Juan
Nov 22, 2006 (6 photos)

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Day 69: October 22, 2007 In San Juan
Oct 22, 2007 (2 photos)

... hospital for an X-ray tomorrow. We picked up the pills at a farmacia and Silvia dropped us off. The woman at the desk offered to turn on our air-conditioning-a luxury I had never experienced in San Juan before. It was heavenly. We both fell asleep quickly.

Day 73: October 26, 2007 Teaching in San Juan
Oct 26, 2007

... Incredibly, she isn't due until February! She looks ready to go tomorrow. I don't envy her being pregnant during the ferociously hot San Juan summer. I took a cab back to the hotel. Elena was down at the internet café so I went across the street and had ...

Agulletes a tot el cos!!!
Aug 21, 2008

Abans d'ahir vaig començar a correr una mica, perque aquesta vida de menjar i descansar no pot ser. No vaig estar molta estona perque feia temps que no feia res. Ahir vaig tornar-hi, al mati, i ja a tope. El resultat va ser acabar mort i amb agulletes ja a ...

San Agustin del Valle Fertil
Mar 21, 2007 (5 photos)

From San Rafael we went to San Juan (8hrs by bus) where we stopped the night, we had dinner at a nice vegetarian place, it felt so good to eat something other than beef. We had a good chat with some Argentines and drank some vino and headed the ...

Seeing in 2006 in San Juan
Jan 18, 2006 (18 photos)

San Juan, Argentina - New Year 2006 (by Ray) Having spent Christmas in the tiny village of Huacalera in the north west of Argentina, we decided to head off to the even tinier village of Iruya for New Year. Not that we wanted a quiet New Year, but we had ...

Eating Steak at Daniel Lopez'
Jan 29, 2005

... weapons), we are best friends and I was honored to be his best man a few years back on Decatur Head out in the San Juan Islands of Puget Sound. His long strawberry blonde hair, chin scruff, and wild smile complete with scrunching crows' feet at the ...

Day 71: October 24, 2007 Teaching in San Juan
Oct 24, 2007

... I knew prior to this trip. Another student, Stella, is a young Ph.D. who is at a research institute in Mendoza but if from San Juan. Poala, is an undergraduate at UNSJ, and Wilco, a German-born Argentine UNSJ professor, is the fourth. All four ask good ...

More wine tasting, and more dinosaur bones
Dec 7, 2008 (35 photos)

Another spot of wine tasting and a visit to Parque Provincial Ischigualsto to see some odd rocks and old bones. 

Day 70: October 23, 2007 Teaching in San Juan
Oct 23, 2007

Day 70: October 23, 2007 Teaching in San Juan I got up at 7:00 and went down for breakfast alone, letting Elena sleep in. When I returned to the room, she was awake and complained that her toe hurt. It was almost all black and blue. I told her to lay ...

Where have the Dinosaurs gone??
Feb 18, 2008 (23 photos)

... {t had a shower for 3 days - I think hes letting himself go!!! So in 1 hour our bus leaves for the 4 hour journey to San Juan, where we are hoping that a little miracle happens and there will be a night bus heading north with available seats on it... ...

Valley of the Moon(shine)
May 27, 2008

San Agustin de Fertil   From Mendoza we headed north, slowly making our way out of the South of Argentina and Patagonia, which had been such familiar territory... The changes in the environment becoming evident... from the harsh cold to semi arid ...

Visita a la historica bodega Graffiña
Aug 22, 2008

Avui em visitat la bodega Graffiña, que és la més antiga de San Juan i va ser un dels motors economics de la regio. La visita es basa en la historia de la bodega i de la familia Graffiña, que ara ja no n'és la propietaria. L'única persona que queda de la familia ...

a walk in a well manicured park
Mar 27, 2006 (7 photos)

... am bcktracking all the way to Mecedes, its 3 bus rides away, it better be worth it. Also it was my last exploration of Argentina before i headed back north. I was tired of all the bus trips so far, i wanted to relax and I wanted to leave Argentina on a ...

Viatge a coneixer "LA FAMILIA"
Aug 14, 2008

Bona rebuda i bona impresio. A veure com em cuiden... hehe De moment tot molt bé.

San Juan
Jun 28, 2006 (17 photos)

My New Goal: to get on top of Aconcagua
Mar 20, 2006 (17 photos)

... , the stars twinkling, my spirits lifted immediately and I knew it was going to be special time in puente del inca. My trip to argentina so far had not been personally fulfilling, i seemed to be moving through space with a hole in my heart. But on this ...

Fossiles sous la pluie
Apr 3, 2006

... la liste du Patrimoine Naturel de l´Unesco. Question horaires, c´est assez vague, on n´arrive pas à obtenir des informations vraiment concrètes. Arrivés a San Juan vers 14h15, on apprend qu´un bus vient de partir à 14h, et le prochain part à 19h15. Le bled est si ...

Aniversari del sogre
Aug 23, 2008

Avui era l'aniversari del pare de la Monica i a la nit hem fet asado amb alguns amics i familiars, la veritat, no em cansare de menjar carn aqui!!! espectacular, feta a la brasa, poc a poc i anat posant suc de llimona. Abans de posar-la al foc també la ...

Primer "Assadito" familiar, bonissim!!!!
Aug 18, 2008

Quan pugui posare fotos. El diumenge vam fer el primer "assado" familiar. vam menjar una part de la vaca  que li diuen punta de espalda, estava bonissim!!! i el gust de la vedella d'aqui res a veure amb la que mengem naltros!! Que bo que estava... ...

Provincia de Catamarca
Apr 14, 2007 (15 photos)

Entramos a la provincia de Catamarca por Fuerte Quemado sobre la ruta 40 donde había una población muy pequeña.  Nuestro recorrido continuó al sur.  A la altura de Las Mojarras la ruta va hacia Santa María donde encontramos pavimento sobre la ruta 40 ...

Day 68: October 21, 2007 Catamarca to San Juan
Oct 21, 2007 (1 photos)

... . The last time I did it was a round trip on a field trip during the 1991 Congreso of the Asociación Geológica Argentina that was held in San Juan. The final half hour of the ride was uneventful. We entered the city and drove to the terminal. I am always ...

San Agustín del Valle Fertil
Apr 24, 2009 (21 photos)

San Agustín del Valle Fertil is a really quiet, rural town in Valle Fertil which is famous for having the oldest know dinousaur remains. We spent a total of 3 nights away from Mendoza here getting to know the town and spending time in Talampaya national ...

Comença la pretemporada!!
Aug 19, 2008

Com que fa bon temps avui començare la meva pretemporada particular, peque sinó entre assado, dulce de leche i mates tornare amb 10 quilos de més. I més si el pare de la monica continua donantme tant de menjar, cada vegada que ell vol lgo, com a escusa em ...

San Jose de Jachal
Mar 12, 2009 (5 photos)

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I know it´s been a while
Jan 30, 2006

Hey yall, I know it´s been a while and I´m sure a lot of you are worried or just wondering how I´m doing. So, I have a few minutes and thought that I´d at least give you a few quick updatges! My health camp went better than expected! Really, I couldn´t ...