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Trip: SouthAmerica 2010

There are [53] stories from my trip: SouthAmerica 2010


Photos: Bottoms up

ARGENTINA | Saturday, 20 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery


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More Glaciers and a big suprise.

ARGENTINA | Saturday, 20 Mar 2010 | Views [351]

So my last day in El Calafate was spent on Lago Argentino the largest of the Argentinian Lake and one that is extremely cold but never freezes. The day started a bit overcast but what was to happen later made the day great. I wanted to see the Upsala ... Read more >


Photos: Perito Moreno Glacier

ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery


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Would you like Ice with that drink?

ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010 | Views [242]

WOW!! I've seen glaciers before in NZ but this one is amazing! It's size is so impressive that it is hard to take it all in. The photos don't do it justice as the size cannot be represented in a small photo but just look for the boat in a couple of ... Read more >


Butch Cassidy Country

ARGENTINA | Sunday, 14 Mar 2010 | Views [349]

The views of the Fitz Roy(3400MTS) mountain and the Cerro Torres(3200mts) and Cerro Solo were fantastic as was the small glacier between the two. I was expecting wind down here but yesterday whilst up on the mountain taking the photos I was forced to ... Read more >


Photos: Lakes to Glaciers

ARGENTINA | Sunday, 14 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery


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How many tickets do you need for a boat trip?

ARGENTINA | Saturday, 13 Mar 2010 | Views [386] | Comments [1]

So Can you guess how many ticket I needed to go on one boat trip? Well the agent gave me 1 ticket to give to the transfer driver. This ticket had to be exchanged at the boat company office, in return for which they gave me 3 tickets! these three tickets ... Read more >


Photos: Views of Bariloche and the lakes

ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 9 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery


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Chocolate Town

ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 9 Mar 2010 | Views [470]

Well I've really fallen on my feet. Bariloche is the chocolate centre for the whole of South America. In the main street there must be 25 or 30 shops dedicated to selling chocolate. It's good stuff but at £20 a kilo yes £20 I would rather have some Cadbury's!!! ... Read more >


Photos: BA to Bariloche via Viedma

ARGENTINA | Sunday, 7 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery


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Donde Est Viedma?

ARGENTINA | Sunday, 7 Mar 2010 | Views [294]

I was aske so many times, that I was beginning to ask myself why I was going to Viedma. An 11 hour bus journey by a very comfortable coach brought me to this remarkable uninteresting town. After a coffee I crossed the river by a rather overloaded ferry ... Read more >


Photos: Montevideo and BA

URUGUAY | Thursday, 4 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery


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Time to leave the city's behind

ARGENTINA | Thursday, 4 Mar 2010 | Views [497]

I found out why Monday was a holiday, it was because the new President was being sworn in. Pepe is the second consecutive left wing president and the people seem to love him and the left. The word on the street was Pepe Muy Bien! which I think means ... Read more >


Photos: Just like Bridlington

URUGUAY | Monday, 1 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery


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It's just like Bridlington/Brighton

URUGUAY | Monday, 1 Mar 2010 | Views [434] | Comments [2]

Not much to say today except that as it's Sunday everyone goes to the seaside, so, so did I. I went to a place called Punta del Este. The resort is a 2 hour bus ride away. So while you look at the photos just think: is Brid like this on a late February ... Read more >


Photos: Colonia

URUGUAY | Sunday, 28 Feb 2010 | Photo Gallery


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Over a river and back in time

URUGUAY | Sunday, 28 Feb 2010 | Views [305] | Comments [1]

The distance across the river plate from BA to Uraguay is over 30 miles and this is just a river! I started by stay here in a small town called Colonia Sacremento, A small rural town built by the Portuguese in the 1600's so that they could smuggle good ... Read more >


Wide Avenues,Friendly People and the smell of Sewage!

ARGENTINA | Thursday, 25 Feb 2010 | Views [291] | Comments [1]

So the sun has come out and the weather is supurb! B.A. is lovely, for a city. Some of the buildings are magnificent and the wide avenues give a feeling of space. This is good as some of the back street smell a bit! Another problem I have found is that ... Read more >


Photos: B.A. 2 and Tigre

ARGENTINA | Thursday, 25 Feb 2010 | Photo Gallery


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A short trip from Iguaçu to Peru and on to Florida!

ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 23 Feb 2010 | Views [442] | Comments [3]

  Sounds good doesn’t it? It’s not all it’s made out to be.   I have now got as far as Buenos Aires. Having left the far north and I am now staying in the suburb of San Telmo. As in any new town you need to orientate yourself. I did this by ... Read more >


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