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Thursday, 31 Jul 2008 | Views [71]
Before we knew it, the end of our six month trip had arrived and we found ourselves once again in Buenos Aires, the city where it all started. The season had changed from summer to late fall, all of the leaves were gone from the trees, and the ladies ... Read more >
Tags: food & eating, on the road
Tuesday, 15 Apr 2008 | Views [161]
After spending a week in Buenos Aires to regroup after Patagonia, we first headed west to Mendoza to begin our eventual journey north. We boarded our first overnight bus for the 12 hour trip across the flat Argentine pampas. The sleeper bus was comfortable ... Read more >
Tags: culture, the great outdoors, food & eating
Sunday, 6 Apr 2008 | Views [197] | Comments [2]
We're little over two months into our six month trip, and there have been some classic, cringe-worthy moments from our fellow Americans on travel. Americans are stereotyped as loud, brash, annoying, and with good reason. We speak English and think ... Read more >
Tags: culture
Saturday, 5 Apr 2008 | Views [179]
Ushuaia, Ushuaia, al fin del mundo. Ushuaia was the last stop on our Patagonia trip and certainly the most uncomfortable destination to reach. We endured the 10 hour bus ride from Punta Arenas to Ushuaia, ferrying across the channel and travelling through ... Read more >
Tags: the great outdoors
Thursday, 3 Apr 2008 | Views [168]
After Chalten, we traveled back on the bumpy unpaved road for five hours to Calafate. El Calafate is a tourist boomtown and much to our dismay, is expensive and filled with...tourists. Every shop on the main drag sells knick-knacky souvenirs and overpriced ... Read more >
Tags: the great outdoors
Thursday, 3 Apr 2008 | Views [156]
Was our first stop the best? I don't know. You'll have to read about all five places before coming to a final decision. For Trish, it was. For me, it was a very, very close second. For background, El Chalten is a extremely small hiking outpost that ... Read more >
Tags: the great outdoors
Tuesday, 18 Mar 2008 | Views [120]
Hola chicos, we won't be able to update our journal for the next few weeks as we'll be trekking through Southern Patagonia. The itinerary is as follows:
El Chalten, AR
El Calafate, AR
Puerto Natales & Torres del Paine, Chile
Punta Arenas & Strait ... Read more >
Tags: on the road
Saturday, 1 Mar 2008 | Views [229] | Comments [1]
We travelled up to Puerto Iguazu, AR last week for three days; Iguazu Falls is on the "must-see list" for every traveller to South America. The trip was certainly worth it-there are over 250 falls stretching over 17 miles. Niagara is nothing ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Thursday, 21 Feb 2008 | Views [176] | Comments [1]
Unfortunately, Ben´s and my enthusiam for Argentine parrilla went a bit too far last week at the beach. Across the street from our hostel, there was a small mom´n´pop place, Lo de Quito, that we tried our first night in town. It had the promise of ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Monday, 18 Feb 2008 | Views [532] | Comments [1]
If porteños love anything more than Buenos Aires, it´s getting out of Buenos Aires. Last week, Ben and I headed to the Atlantic Coast for the sleepy beach town of Villa Gesell, via our first bus. Travel by bus has its ups and downs, but it´s quite economical ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
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