BRAZIL | Tuesday, 22 Jan 2008 | Views [246]
Living on the road from town to town, hostel to hostel, bus to bus, we never have truly have access to a big grocery store. Especially in Latin America, we've tended to shop for groceries at local mom & pop tiendas, as large supermarket type grocery ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Monday, 21 Jan 2008 | Views [224]
The wealthy upper class in Buenos Aires resides in Recoleta, both living and deceased. This Barrio is noted for it's beautiful old mansions, French architecture and leafy green parks. We're told that it costs an enormous amount to live in this area, ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Sunday, 20 Jan 2008 | Views [230]
We are living like locals here in Buenos Aires, and comfortably fitting in. Our friend Ana helped us score an apartment in a new complex just outside the city microcenter, near a main subway "Subte" line on Avenida Corrientes. At first we ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Saturday, 19 Jan 2008 | Views [234]
We've had the pleasure of learning about politics, policy and the state of the Union from friends and other local residents that we meet here in Buenos Aires. The jury's still out on Argentina's new female President, Christina Fernandez de Kirchmer, ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Friday, 18 Jan 2008 | Views [582]
We gave ourselves plenty of time in Buenos Aires to organize our Brazilian visas, which notoriously take a long time to process. The Brazilian embassy in Argentina is only open from 10:00 am to 1:00 p.m. for application submission. We arrived at 11:... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Thursday, 17 Jan 2008 | Views [198]
Argentina seems to be land of opportunity for women.... a female President, and female cabbies! There are only three female cabbies who do the Buenos Aires Airport to Downtown City run, specially enlisted with the airport pool of registered vehicles.... Read more >
CHILE | Wednesday, 16 Jan 2008 | Views [303]
Argentina is know for it's restless workforce. Striking employees line the streets with flags, drums and lots of chanting, hoping to bring attention to their cause and resolution of their issues. Most recently it's been the airport employees in Buenos ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 15 Jan 2008 | Views [185]
Ever since the third grade when I did my "animal report" on penguins, I've always had the dream to head to the icebergs and see penguins. Not quite Antarctica, but close enough, Ushuaia does the trick. We take a bus two hours to Harberton ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Monday, 14 Jan 2008 | Views [299]
While Ushuaia may be windy and cold, you can't beat having 18 hours of daylight. We reflect on what it's like back at home now in San Diego - getting dark before 5:00 p.m. I get energy from daylight, and it's funny home at home it's hard to keep my ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Sunday, 13 Jan 2008 | Views [236]
We're getting pretty comfortable with the routine of crossing borders between Chile and Argentina. Just as comfortable as we are now with 12+ hour bus rides. Today's ride is only 12 hours and all during the daylight, so we get to see the terrain all ... Read more >
CHILE | Saturday, 12 Jan 2008 | Views [206]
Up at the sound of our watch alarm, it's now 4:30 a.m., it's still windy, rainy and the Torres are again socked in. We sadly go back to bed, upset that we'll not have a clear day to capture good photos and see this remarkable formation that adorns covers ... Read more >
CHILE | Friday, 11 Jan 2008 | Views [307]
Our trek today will be far easier than yesterday's. Just seven hours total, what a luxury! We even sleep in until 8:00 a.m. and awake to a magnificently sunny day. Our $18 breakfast is very worth the money, oatmeal with almonds and raisins, scrambled ... Read more >
CHILE | Thursday, 10 Jan 2008 | Views [282]
We always have a good laugh at some of the TV commercials in Chile and Argentina. The one for liquid cleaning fluid in particular, cracks us up. Like our Mr. Clean in the states, here they have "Mr. Musculo" (Mr. Muscle), a guy that cruises ... Read more >
CHILE | Wednesday, 9 Jan 2008 | Views [231]
Here we stand, among the clouds, sun, sprinkles of rain and wind, gazing out from our tent at the most amazing blue glacial lake watching icebergs float by. The ground is freezing cold, our rented mats the thickness of a cheap yoga mat, and our sleeping ... Read more >
CHILE | Tuesday, 8 Jan 2008 | Views [368]
We attended an information session with Erratic Rock owner Rustyn, and over a "real" cup of java we learned all the essentials needed to make our trek successful. The tips he shared with us were so good, we thought we'd share them with others, ... Read more >
CHILE | Monday, 7 Jan 2008 | Views [222]
It's smooth sailing for our 7 hour bus ride to Puerto Natales today, and thankfully gaining an extra hour on Chilean time, just in time to snag the last "double" room at Erratic Rock II, a small franchise of hostels (there's actually 4) the ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Sunday, 6 Jan 2008 | Views [348]
El Calafate is the entry point in Argentina for Parque Nacional Los Glaciars, and the massive advancing Glaciar Perito Moreno. Of course, we wouldn't be satisfied just standing here looking at it ... we need to get out on beast and feel it under our ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Saturday, 5 Jan 2008 | Views [308]
Most hostels here in Argentina promote "breakfast" as a feature to your stay with them, included with the room rate. We always look forward to breakfast, it's one of our important meals of the day, especially if it's included with the room ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Friday, 4 Jan 2008 | Views [286]
Over the past year we've met a ton of people and made some really cool friends along the way. Most people we meet are either from Europe, Israel or Australia. From Europe we have met many travelers from Switzerland, Holland, France, Belgium, and a handful ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Thursday, 3 Jan 2008 | Views [213]
The town of El Calafate lies on the banks of icy blue glacial fed Lago Argentino. As we've headed south in Argentina, the conditions get more and ore windy, and the landscape more rugged and desolate. The simmering, brilliant blue/aqua marine rivers ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 1 Jan 2008 | Views [315]
In retrospect, we should have flown from Bariloche to El Calafate in Patagonia, however, finding an "open" airline office for LADE (the local Argentinean airline with the best fares and available schedules) wasn't going to happen between Christmas ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Monday, 31 Dec 2007 | Views [258]
Hard to believe it's nearly 2008, and almost a complete year that we've been on the road. Even harder to believe we're in this very touristy town, and many restaurants closing early on New Years Eve - I guess there's that "US capitalistic mindset"... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Sunday, 30 Dec 2007 | Views [223]
We've never seen such frenzied consumerism around chocolate. Here in Bariloche I think chocolate buying is considered a sport, or competition. It could easily be a main export for Argentina. Chocolate shops literally line the streets, and there are ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Saturday, 29 Dec 2007 | Views [206]
Bariloche is a hot spot ski destination for Argentineans and Chileans, and an city to be seen in, strutting your stuff in the summer. we figured it would be a happening spot to spend New Years Eve. What we didn't realize is that it's an equally strong ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Friday, 28 Dec 2007 | Views [228]
It's an uneventful four hour bus ride from San Martin to Bariloche today, and it was a beautiful ride through the countryside. Se stopped off along the way in the tiny town of Villa la Angostura, an even more quaint lakeside town. We've decided next ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Thursday, 27 Dec 2007 | Views [257]
San Martin is imbedded in the beautiful region which people here fondly term the region of seven lakes. It's like a tiny lakeside mountain town in the US, a bit smaller and more charming than Mammoth, CA. There's just one main street with off-shooting ... Read more >
CHILE | Wednesday, 26 Dec 2007 | Views [287]
We have crossed so many land borders over the past year, it's tough to remember each one. Laos to Cambodia stands out due to the very remote nature of the actual crossing and the number of boats, mini vans and busses required to complete the passage.... Read more >
CHILE | Tuesday, 25 Dec 2007 | Views [265]
We so luck out today, it's 6:00 a.m., and the blasting winds have turned to a light breeze. The morning clouds engulfing the volcano are beginning to scatter and give way to blue sky. We grab our take-away breakfast sandwiches (yep, every breakfast ... Read more >
CHILE | Monday, 24 Dec 2007 | Views [220]
We had to abort our mission this morning to climb up and snowboard down Volcán Villarica. We woke up to 80km winds and raging hot temperatures well over 35 degrees. It's like a giant Santa Ana, with hot desert winds sweeping in from Argentina. And ... Read more >
CHILE | Sunday, 23 Dec 2007 | Views [259]
The sun slowly sets, igniting the clouds into flames of red, orange and pink, illuminating the snow covered perfect "cone" of Volcán Villarica. As the sky turns dark, a red glow replaces the plume of smoke once visible from the active, yet ... Read more >
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CHILE | Friday, 21 Dec 2007 | Views [415]
The wine region of Chile produces some amazing wines, both reds and whites. Talca, just a six hour bus ride for us from Valparaíso, has become known for it's Maule Valley, especially the reds produced from this region. They also tout their "Ruta ... Read more >
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CHILE | Wednesday, 19 Dec 2007 | Views [270]
Valparaíso is connected to Viña del Mar, it's glitzy smaller neighbor,
by train, bus and colectivo. Despite the thick marine layer, we make
the quick hop over to check out the much raved about beaches lining the
very short shore line, high rise hotels ... Read more >
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CHILE | Tuesday, 18 Dec 2007 | Views [212]
The woman running our B&B, Garivalpo, is one of a kind. She's
dedicated the downstairs portion of her restored home in the hills to
students, to promote their local artistic capabilities. During our
stay here, she's actually running a special ... Read more >
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CHILE | Monday, 17 Dec 2007 | Views [220]
Tiny
multicolored houses dot the hillsides of this seaside town of
Valparaíso, west of Santiago. The city feels a bit like a tiny San
Francisco to us, a marine layer hangs over the coast, and steep hills
give way to busy commercial streets below, ... Read more >
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CHILE | Friday, 14 Dec 2007 | Views [542]
The lights suddenly turn off, and the shadow of the devil appears on
the far wall of the most prized section of the cellars of Casillero del
Diablo. It's cool and damp, and we peer into the long chamber where
the aging red wine is kept to age and ... Read more >
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CHILE | Thursday, 13 Dec 2007 | Views [223]
Santiago
is a hip, happenin' city with lots of barrios to be explored. Of
course every barrio has it's own "Plaza de Armas" (leafy shady park
area). Parks are popular spots to socialize, especially among couples
in love. We walk through ... Read more >
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CHILE | Wednesday, 12 Dec 2007 | Views [254]
Floating
through the air, we see speckled iridescent blue lakes nestled between
towering mountains, and then from out of nowhere, we see the sprawling
metropolis below us, surrounded by huge snow capped Andean peaks.
Touch down, we're now in Santiago, ... Read more >
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CHILE | Tuesday, 11 Dec 2007 | Views [224]
Just past the 11th-month mark on our trip, and there are things we're now really missing on the road. We're down to our last homemade roll of toilet paper, dug out from the bowels of my backpack. I was thrilled to find we even had a little left. There's ... Read more >
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CHILE | Tuesday, 11 Dec 2007 | Views [239]
I had to put this one in... all our bus rides in each country have
brought forth great memories and stories. Just to describe how
enthralled even the locals are with the unique and picturesque
landscape, we’ve caught this one on film. Here’s our ... Read more >
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CHILE | Monday, 10 Dec 2007 | Views [226]
We
did break down to take a tour of the Valle de la Muerte (Valley of
Death), and Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon). We drive less than
30 minutes outside the pueblo of San Pedro to find the most eerie
landscape. Around us, wind eroded rocks ... Read more >
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