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Argentina

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Buenos Aires

Friday, 13 Nov 2009 | Views [10]

Cost pp: bus to Buenos Aires semi-cama 4 hours 51p We arrived in Buenos Aires around 3pm on Friday 13th and in celebration the skies opened and all the water that ever was stored in any cloud anywhere descended on the city. We caught a bus outside ... Read more >


Rosario

Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009 | Views [9]

Costs pp: bus from San Luis overnight 9 hrs 90p, staying at the Hostal Rosario on the corner of San Luis and Laprida streets dorm bed 35 is new inside an old building and has free WI-FI internet & a kitchen. Rosario is on a huge river and has ... Read more >


San Luis for the day

Tuesday, 10 Nov 2009 | Views [29]

Costs pp: bus from San Juan 39p 5 hrs We got woken at 5am by another couple leaving so Carol got up then and Kent an hour later and we got to the San Juan terminal with only 10 minutes to spare to catch our 7am bus and still had yet to buy the tickets.... Read more >


San Juan, Argentina

Friday, 6 Nov 2009 | Views [34]

Costs pp: bus from La Serena to Santiago 7000 chil pesos, bus across the border to Mendoza, Argentina 10,000 chil pesos. Bus to San Juan 20 arg pesos. Dorm bed at San Juan Hostal in Avenida Cordoba 30p includes free internet and breakfast. www.sanjuanhostel.... Read more >


Perito Moreno - the town not the glacier

Thursday, 8 Oct 2009 | Views [44]

Costs pp: Flight El Calafate to Perito Moreno 254p, costs we didn't think about when flying = bus to the airport 24p, airport tax 6p, remis (taxi) from airport to Perito Moreno town 30p (we shared with another guy so it cost us 10p ea). Camping at Raul's ... Read more >


El Calafate, the Perito Moreno Glacier & El Chalten

Saturday, 3 Oct 2009 | Views [95]

Costs pp: Bus to El Calafate 11,000 Chilean pesos, return bus to the Perito Moreno Glacier combined with a return bus to El Chalten 180 Argentinian pesos. Usually the bus to PM Glacier is 80p and the return bus to El Chalten 130p. Entry to PM Glacier ... Read more >


Ushuaia

Monday, 28 Sep 2009 | Views [56]

Cost pp: semicama bus Comodoro Rivadavia to Rio Gallegos 136p, Rio Gallegos to Ushuaia 180p. Dorm bed at the friendly Hostel Patagonia Pais 35p (includes free internet and breakfast of coffee and toast). We travelled all night on the bus arriving at ... Read more >


Rada Tilly near Comodoro Rivadavia

Saturday, 26 Sep 2009 | Views [72] | Comments [1]

Costs pp: overnight semicama bus El Bolson to Comodoro Rivadavia 112p. Slept most of the way on the bus, we got the very front seats so had legroom. The driver wasn't the best and threw the bus about a bit and Kent woke in the night and found the front ... Read more >


El Bolson

Thursday, 24 Sep 2009 | Views [64]

Costs pp: bus Bariloche to El Bolson 23p. We went to El Bolson just for a day, it has been recommended to us by many travelers we have met and it didn't disappoint. Nestled between craggy peaks it is a verdant valley with a warmer climate than Bariloche ... Read more >


Mendoza

Saturday, 12 Sep 2009 | Views [66]

Costs pp: semicama bus Cordoba to Mendoza 105p, Hospedaje El Portal del Huesped www.portaldelhuesped.com.ar matrimonial room for two for 50p after bargaining. Camping costs upwards of 40p for 2 people when the campgrounds are open. We sat in the ... Read more >


Cordoba

Friday, 11 Sep 2009 | Views [39]

Costs pp: cama bus Salta to Cordoba 160p. We took the overnight bus to Cordoba because then we could sleep and not need to have accommodation for the night but of course we missed viewing the countryside. The bus was a cama or sleeping bus, they ... Read more >


Salta

Tuesday, 8 Sep 2009 | Views [55]

Costs pp: bus Tilcara to Pumamarca 3p, bus to Jujuy 9p, bus to Salta 23p. Dorm bed at Salta Hostel www.saltahostel.com (not Hostel Salta which is another place) 25p includes free internet. Other travellers had told us that Pumamarca was a lovely ... Read more >


Tilcara, Argentina

Sunday, 6 Sep 2009 | Views [44]

Costs pp: bus La Quiaca to Tilcara 24p(there is a cheaper one for 20p also), stayed at a Hospedaje opposite the hospital in Tilcara - the street #439 but we forget the name of the family - cost 40p/night for us both. 6/Sept. We had no problems at ... Read more >

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