- Bikes and wine in ArgentinaBuenos Aires
After saying goodbye to Frank and Bernadette, we headed down to Buenos Aires on a refreshingly pleasant flight. Anita was recovering from her fourth bout of food poisoning (wedding diet going well!), so largely stayed in and cursed Posted by jamesandanita in Round the world trip | Dec 16, 2011
- La Femme Horselfly Killer: Tales Of My 1st Solo 4-Day HikeThere I was. Armed with my sleeping back, mattress, and a backpack full of provisions, I was off on my first solo hike: 70 km in the mountains, all by myself.
Oh so I thought.
Naively.
Like a true gringa.
It all Posted by Ritka2 in Tasting The Dream | Dec 15, 2011
- El Chalten - Horse back ridingWe were just 4 for the longer ride: Björn and Sandra, who are living no more in Cologne and the two of us. They moved to Düsseldorf and miss the city life of Cologne. We were really outside the main Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Dec 3, 2011
- El Chalten - Lago del desiertoA relaxing day after 2 long hikes, we took a bus, actually a big van, to Lago del Desierto. We were the only non-Spanish speakers and the driver was very friendly and gave a lot of information in Spanish. We Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Dec 2, 2011
- El Chalten - Laguna de los tres[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/417467/large_8DSC00 Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Dec 1, 2011
- El Chalten - Laguna Torre[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/417467/large_DSC09980 Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Nov 30, 2011
- Crampons and southern views on Perito Moreno glacierThis excursion began in “Bajo las Sombras” port, where we embarked to navigate across the Rico Arm for 20 minutes. On the opposite shore we had access to their shelter. The guides organized groups of Spanish and English speakers. We Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Nov 29, 2011
- Boat tour on Upsala lakeAs promised, our host brought us to the tour office after a short night and limited-choice breakfast. We opted for the longer option with the drive to the northern shore of the Perito Moreno glacier. After just about an hour Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Nov 28, 2011
- 3 countries triangle - Stopped in BA - Lottery to CalafateAfter we checked out our small but fine hostel, we walked to the northern side of the village where the Iguazu and the Parana rivers join, forming the natural borders between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. The sun was already very Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Nov 27, 2011
- Gastronomical Galore: Take IIEl Bolson, I have indeed arrived to paradise.
Here, the people seem to live on homemade ice creams and dulce de leche.
The town (all 2.5 blocks of it) are filled with competing Artisan ice cream shops, all seeking to outdo each Posted by Ritka2 in Tasting The Dream | Dec 11, 2011
- Sumptuous Steak and Wonderful Wine....Hi there everyone,
I hope you are all well and keeping warm in the cold UK weather! I’m doing well and defiantly not getting cold....it’s been pretty warm over the last couple of weeks in Argentina and as always I’ve tried Posted by niccismith2000 in Nicci's Travel Blog | Dec 11, 2011
- ^I`m riding a bike because I`m in a hurry...A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it"
John Steinbeck
The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how th Posted by risajs in Bicivida = Bikelife | Dec 11, 2011
- Welsh Tea in TrevelinVisited a tiny town called Trevelin in West Patagonia a few days ago. Very pretty setting in a river valley in the foothills of the Andes - clear skies (ash clouds have cleared since yesterday thankfully). The town Posted by blOgden in blogden | Dec 11, 2011
- More Trekking - El ChaltenStill not trekked-out, we moved onto the Argentine equivalent of Torres del Paine, which is called Mount Fitzroy. This mountain and National Park around is easy to access from the cute local town of El Chalten. Like Torres, Posted by blOgden in blogden | Dec 11, 2011
- Iguazu Falls[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/417467/large_DSC08875 Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Nov 26, 2011
- Buenos Aires -> Iguazu
We checked out our first hotel with the feeling we would be pleased to come back. We had a couple of hours to enjoy once Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Nov 24, 2011
- Buenos AiresCompacted in the tube we went downtown to pick up the open roof bus tour. Impressive overview of the size and very different styles of the various neighbourhoods. We could briefly shop on the famous Florida avenue where we met Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Nov 23, 2011
- Buenos Aires Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Nov 22, 2011
- Buenos Aires Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Nov 22, 2011
- Buenos Aires Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Nov 21, 2011
- Buenos Aires Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Nov 21, 2011
- Buenos Aires Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Nov 21, 2011
- Buenos AiresI woke up early around 7.30 while Monika could not open the eyes before 10... opposite jetlags!
After a nice breakfast, we walked down Palermo through nice small piaza and modern trendy boutiques inside old houses. Our final goal was to Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Nov 21, 2011
- Buenos Aires[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/417467/large_DSC08260 Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Nov 20, 2011
- Buenos Aires Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Nov 20, 2011