Argentina
Travel Blogs from Argentina
On the rocks, with ice.
... fun to you, then go check out the Perito Moreno Glacier (a part of the Continental Icefield) in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina. I have seen beautiful glaciers before, back in Norway, but nothing as big as this. It's just enormous. "The width ...
A holiday within a holiday.
... climb into the Andes. The plan is to cross the Uspallata Pass, one of the main transportation routes between Chile and Argentina, close to where Aconcagua (6959m) is located. The highest mountain outside the Himalaya range. The gorgeous girl sitting next ...
Six months later .....
... Embassy has issued a warning to British visitors to keep a low profile during the summit. I'm more concerned about the Argentina versus England footy match on November 12th. I'm already practising my Scottish accent, and hoarding wine and olives for that ...
Rocking in Mendoza & Puente del Inca's rocks
Rocking in Mendoza..... Mendoza and the busy Hostel Suites on Av Patricias Mendocinas was a real shock after the wilds and space of Patagonia and the warmth of the people there, but after a few days we were able to see beyond the hustle and grime and we ...
Downhill with a following wind
I left Puente de Inca and whizzed down the Argentian side very very quickly, gloriously realsing my considerable gravity investment of the previous day. The scenery on this side was something else - beautiful reds and greens lending everything a warm ...
Nobody on the road...nobody on the beach
... going back to Buenos Aires at the end of our journey around South America, but we figured we'd like to see a bit more of Argentina than just the big city. Our bus ride took us through flat countryside dotted with farms and pastures. Actually, it was a ...
I was TOLD never...
Now and then I follow some travel forums on the Internet, and I often see questions similar to the following (some of the questions posted may even be more specific, and not just ask about the length of a piece of string): "Will I be safe on my own ...
Los Antiguos to Cueva de las Manos
Before we left Los Antiguos we made a quick visit to a couple of the viewpoints around town for views over the lake and of the mountains in Chile. We head back on the road to Ruta 40 and from Perito Merino headed south to Estancia Telken. It's a ...
Not the only one
I dragged myself away from the toilet, having spent quite enough time in the accursed Villa Dolores, to head up what according to my guidebook was "the least developed valley in the Sierras de Cordoba for tourism," which leads me to wonder what the ...
The Lake District
... degrees centigrade: Philsy is hoping that this will not be absolutely necessary . . . Bariloche's also the 'chocolate capital of Argentina', and we're now doing our best to test this Lonely Planet claim - elderly ladies in previously respectable ...
Ice ice baby
The drive from El Chalten to El Calafate starts with me getting a crick in my neck and nearly crashing a few times trying to get the last few looks at the beautiful mountains as we drove away. It's not too far of a drive around and it was also our last ...
Upcoming Photo Show in New York! Yha!!!
Believe it or not, I'm still in Buenos Aires. Not for much longer though. I'll head to Patagonia soon for one last quest into The Wild. Then, officially, my adventure is over. When I finally make it back to Europe for Christmas, I would have verified ...
Meat
... language classes and find some kind of voluntary work, preferably teaching small fat children to impersonate inanimate objects. I really like Argentina so far, it`s so different from the other countries I`ve visited. Most of the roads are paved, for a ...
The return of Class 3
... We really don't know. It will depend on what we find along the way. How many countries have you been through? Only 2 countries: Argentina and Chile. We went into a small part of Chile at the beginning, but it has mainly been Argentina so far. We ...
Puerto Madryn
... the usual walking around various hotels with our backpack until at last we found a hostel with 2 dorm beds left. We are loving Argentina but traveling in peak season is hard work. We need to book hotels in advance but can't because we aren't sure of ...
Welcome to the Big City
... the end of the world in the Patagonia, got slapped in the face by high altitude in Bolivia and befriended and eaten a sheep in Argentina glacier country! What possible adventure could Buenos Aires, the so called "Paris of the South" really bring me? I was ...
Steaks, long treks & face to face with penguins
... off by the wind. A few days later, we would make our way to El Chalten, known as the trekking capital of Argentina. The views and trekking didn’t disappoint. We had a spectacular day’s trekking (about 26km in total) with awesome weather and ...
Big smelly city part 2
... opens and closes wirth the sun just like real ones, and went to the old Colon Theatre, an opera house dating from Argentina's early twentieth-century heyday, built in the grandest style using marble from all over the world and taking about twenty years ...
Scenery and Wine!
Up early again to be collected for our tour southwards to Cafayete. In retrospect could have got a bus but never mind! Had a scenic bus drive through valleys and coloured rocks and some amazing formations. We stopped at a random goat farm on the way ...
Shangri-La
We're now in Mendoza, from where we have the chance to write again. Although we've had one or two enforced breaks along the way, unfortunately there were no facilities at any of these pitstops to update our travelogue. So to avoid disappointment, from ...
Last Tango in Buenos Aires
Despite having already stayed in two cities since our Patagonian adventure it was Buenos Aires that made us really want to escape back to the wilds; a gut reaction to the overwhelming size of the city, the confining streets, imposing buildings, the ...
El Calafate
Alex: El Calafate's major draw is its proximity to the Moreno Glacier, which we were here to see, but it is also a pleasant enough place in itself. We spent our first day in the town just hanging around and chilling out as we don't seem to have stopped ...
Two countries in one Birthday
Get on bus for El Calafate in Argentina which should take about 5 hours to get to. We head off on a virtually empty coach and enjoy the views as we cross over to the border which is a very quick process. I am bemused by the sign at the Argentinian ...
Amazing Glacier
Have a lie in today and Tony goes out to sort a hire car as its cheaper than the tours to the glacier plus means we can leave later. Weather still great and we head off after stocking up for a picnic. Drive is just over an hour away along the lake and ...
Trekking in Torres del Paine
Wake up to howling wind and driving rain outside and I am pretty sure I am not going to go trekking! Still not 100% better and would rather not be frozen and wet for a few days. Still decide to get the bus into the park as have already bought the ...
From what I can remember....the wines were great!
... and Martin (a young American lad) set off on the bus heading for Maipu, in order to visit some of the best wineries that Argentina has to offer! The bus dropped us off outside "Mr Hugo's" bicycle rental shop. After purchasing our bikes (25 pesos each) we ...
A Whale of a Time! (groan)
... head north to the ecological reserve of Peninsula Valdez. It's a huge area that is the place to see sea life in Argentina. They get Right Whales, Killer Whales, Magellanic Penguins, Sealions, …… all within easy viewing around the coast or in ...
"Poor Niagara..."
... gone! Following a few relaxing days in Salta we headed south to the little town of Cafayate, located in one of Argentina's wine producing regions. It could have been in Northern California - beautiful weather, laid-back people, little boutique-y wine ...
It's a dogs life.....
... to bed in our dorm. The hostel is very nice though great views of the Andes from its elevated position, we just wish we could afford to eat the eat as much as you can BBQ and the steaks that some people seem to be able to live on in ...
Beefing it up in Argentina. Literally.
... into my new Brazilian g-string bikini' They were so right. Im so fat. OK, so they told me that the food was amazing in Argentina, but they didn't tell me it was THIS amazing. All you can eat buffets for only US $4, with the most amazing meat you've ...
