Travel diaries

Photos: Buenos Aires

ARGENTINA | Friday, 19 Feb 2010 | Photo Gallery

Last weekend in Argentina

ARGENTINA | Friday, 19 Feb 2010 | Views [569]

I have a couple days in Buenos Aires before I go back to the States. It rains pretty much the whole time that I’m there, so badly one evening that the streets are all flooded. It has me in a bad mood, but I try to stay positive. I’m excited to be in a ... Read more >

Photos: Colonia del Sacramento

URUGUAY | Friday, 19 Feb 2010 | Photo Gallery

Photos: La Plata

ARGENTINA | Friday, 19 Feb 2010 | Photo Gallery

Day tripping

URUGUAY | Friday, 19 Feb 2010 | Views [562]

I arrive in Buenos Aires via the overnight bus at 9:30am, ditch my backpack in a locker and jump on a 10am bus to La Plata, an hour and a half southeast.  I’m going there to visit the Museo de Ciencias Naturales (I think you can figure out the translation ... Read more >

Photos: Misiones

ARGENTINA | Friday, 19 Feb 2010 | Photo Gallery

Jungle missions

ARGENTINA | Friday, 19 Feb 2010 | Views [561]

Slight hitch in my travel plans when I’m denied entry into Brazil for lack of a visa. I made it as far as Brazilian immigration, which I had to leave immediately, then cross the street and wait for the bus back to Argentina. Border security was light, ... Read more >

Photos: Iguazu Falls

ARGENTINA | Friday, 19 Feb 2010 | Photo Gallery

Iguazú Falls

ARGENTINA | Monday, 1 Feb 2010 | Views [591]

I take a bus for 24 hours from Salta to Puerto Iguazú, home of Iguazú Falls. The buses here are so comfortable that 24 hours doesn´t even faze me anymore.  The falls are at the very northeasterly tip of Argentina on the border with Brazil and Paraguay ... Read more >

Photos: Northwestern Argentina

ARGENTINA | Monday, 1 Feb 2010 | Photo Gallery

Salta and the Northwest

ARGENTINA | Monday, 1 Feb 2010 | Views [584]

I left the farm a week and a half ago and went to Salta in northwestern Argentina. I loved the city so much. It has a very European feel (go colonialism!) with cobblestone streets, Spanish style cathedrals and beautiful plazas. It is also hot hot hot ... Read more >

Photos: Mendoza and the farm in Tunuyán

ARGENTINA | Monday, 18 Jan 2010 | Photo Gallery

You´re in the Farmy now!

ARGENTINA | Monday, 18 Jan 2010 | Views [556]

I arrive in Mendoza, in central western Argentina, and am excited by two things- the change in landscape and the heat. Mendoza the city, as opposed to Mendoza the province, is full of palm trees, lush plazas and some very pretty colonial style buildings.... Read more >

Photos: Puerto Williams, Chile

CHILE | Monday, 18 Jan 2010 | Photo Gallery

Visiting the real end of the world

CHILE | Monday, 18 Jan 2010 | Views [779]

I decide to make a visit to Puerto Williams, Chile, located southeast from Ushuaia across the Beagle Channel. I take a catamaran across with only one other passenger, a middle aged Italian guy, and we´re excited to basically have a private boat. We ... Read more >

Photos: Ushuaia

ARGENTINA | Monday, 18 Jan 2010 | Photo Gallery

New Year´s at the (fake) end of the world

ARGENTINA | Monday, 18 Jan 2010 | Views [508]

My bus to Ushuaia was at 4:30am on New Year´s Eve, the morning after hiking Torres del Paine. I knew the bus was sold out, so I panicked when I got to the bus office and it was locked up and no other passengers were waiting outside. I had 15 minutes ... Read more >

Photos: Puerto Natales & Torres del Paine

CHILE | Wednesday, 6 Jan 2010 | Photo Gallery

Hiking in Chile

CHILE | Wednesday, 6 Jan 2010 | Views [550] | Comments [1]

I arrive in Puerto Natales, Chile, in the afternoon in a state of chaos. My German friend and I were not on the same bus as we thought and, when I get there, I can´t find him. He has the information for a hostel, so I don´t even know where to go. My ... Read more >

Photos: El Calafate

ARGENTINA | Wednesday, 6 Jan 2010 | Photo Gallery