Saturday, 15 May 2010 | Views [2898] | Comments [1]
It was our fifth time crossing a border into Argentina. This time we had to traverse the Andes along a switchback road with twenty bends to get us up over the natural boundary, passing Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the Americas and outside the ... Read more >
Tags: cafayate, dulce de leche, humahuaca, mendoza, salta
Saturday, 10 Apr 2010 | Views [5090] | Comments [5]
After a quick bus ride over the border from Chile we were back in Argentina. El Calafate in the south west of Patagonia is a one horse town. There is only one reason why people venture to this remote part of Argentina and that ... Read more >
Tags: bariloche, chocolate, el bolson, el calafate, el chalten, fitz roy range, glaciar perito moreno, mount tronador, parque nacional los glaciares, ruta 40
Saturday, 20 Mar 2010 | Views [2639] | Comments [5]
We returned to Buenos Aires but having already seen the delights of the Argentine capital we only stayed for a night before starting our journey south, way south. After the short distances in Uruguay it was back to the long hauls. However, as Argentina ... Read more >
Tags: end of the world, puerto madryn, tierra del fuego, ushuaia, welsh settlements
Monday, 22 Feb 2010 | Views [2088]
We caught a 17 hour bus to our next destination and as destinations go this was one we had been particularly looking forward to. Translating as Good Air or Fair Winds, Buenos Aires had always been high on our list of
must visits. Our long journey ... Read more >
Tags: bombonera, buenos aires, casa rosada, evita, la boca, recoleta, tango