Our hostel was a cool little place, but rather noisy, so neither of us slept very well. The good thing was that we were both ready to move early, so we packed up all our stuff, put it into lockers (they couldnīt guarantee us another night until later in the day), and headed out to the hire car. Katie already hates driving here, which I can under...

From Mendoza south on Highway 40 is the usual route to go. South of Mendoza you reach San Rafael (nice town) from where i continued south via "Valle Grande" canyon. The beautiful valley goes along a river and climbs up to a dam. From here its dirt road for another 30km . HW 40 then heads south and is of mixed condition. parts of gravel and aspha...

RUTA 40 - El Calafate, El Chalten, Perito Moreno, Bariloche. Jhee, een internetcafe! Wat een verademing, we kregen al afkickverschijnselen! Na ons avontuur in het national park Torres del Paine (Puerto Natales) zijn we aan de Ruta Quarenta begonnen richting Bariloche. In El Calafate hadden we onze weblog nog wel ge-update (zie vorig blog) maar n...

Ok, now weīre up to speed! Welcome to Bariloche, the skiing and chocolate capital of Argentina. This location, although not specifically planned, is the best place to be the week before Easter. I have never seen so many things made from chocolate! Bunnies, chicks, monkeys, koala bears, kangaroos, mobile phones, soccer balls....you name it, they ...

Well business class flight for me (Lynsey) at least!! After being disappointed that we couldnīt get onto the Navimag boat cruise (apparently one was cancelled) which would have taken us from Puerto Natales through Chiles fjords to Puerto Montt on a three night cruise, we decided to book a flight to Puerto Montt area. Due to the flocks of South A...