- Mendoza, ArgentinaHello everyone,
After reaching the east side of the Andes mountains, we passed through miles and miles of wine country before arriving in Mendoza. The region boasts over 1000 wineries.
As soon as we arrived, we found everything closed and learned that Posted by pmalcomson in Where in the World are Philip &Tatiana? | Jan 1, 2012
- Ushuaia
Ushuaia is beautiful city which reminds of us of Hobart but on a much grander scale and some extremely huge snow capped mountains, ( non of which we will be running up!)
We found our h Posted by duffyfamily in Duffy Family Adventure of a Lifetime | Jan 2, 2012
- Down the east coast of ArgentinaWe left Chile Chico and headed across the border into Argentina. The border crossing took an hour and we were the only ones there!
It is strange because in Australia you only cross state boarders but here the land Posted by duffyfamily in Duffy Family Adventure of a Lifetime | Jan 1, 2012
- Salta Tour - Purnamaca back to SaltaIn the morning Santos came to say goodbye as he was off to Bolivia with some clients so we were to join a group in a microbus. We first stopped to take the picture of the seven colours mountain. The Posted by ealonso in MAGIC MOMENTS | Dec 31, 2011
- Salta Tour - Salta to PurnamacaToday we went to the highest we would do on the trip... we followed the Train of the clouds
[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.co Posted by ealonso in MAGIC MOMENTS | Dec 31, 2011
- Salta Tour - Cafayate back to SaltaIn the morning we went to visit 2 wineries .. a modern one and the oldest one in the Cafayate valley which has a neat museum and some interesting wines, export brands around 100 pesos and the national products at Posted by ealonso in MAGIC MOMENTS | Dec 31, 2011
- Salta Tour - Salta to CafayateWe decided with the parents to go to the North Ouest to visit the beautiful provinces of Salta and Jujuy...so we took a flight to Salta...and stayed in the nice Antiguo Convento hotel..
We were lucky enough to have a guide Posted by ealonso in MAGIC MOMENTS | Dec 31, 2011
- Week in Buenos Aires at CaroI left the kids with Frank on the 20th as Hayden had a chest infection... so I took the plane to meet the parents in Madrid and then take a flight to Buenos Aires...
We are now in Buenos Aires with Posted by ealonso in MAGIC MOMENTS | Dec 31, 2011
- Transfer Trelew to Mexico via Buenos AiresWe took the airplane very early in the morning and had after six hours at Buenos Aires. So we had the opportunity to eat once more a delicious lomo at a restaurant next to the “Puerto Madero”. The afternoon were Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Dec 9, 2011
- Lakes of ArgentinaSan Martin de los Andes
As we mentioned we spent Christmas day in San Martin, Argentina, a smart resort favoured almost entirely by Argentinians (and us). We treated ourselves to a day of sitting on the beach, very quickly dipping into Posted by jamesandanita in Round the world trip | Dec 29, 2011
- bariloche argentinatravel within south america has been quite an interesting experience. it turns out our flights were cancelled as the airport tarmack in bariloche was being redone so the entire airport was shut down! we managed to make it Posted by Rits blog in Around the world in.... | Dec 29, 2011
- UshuaiaToday we spent the day in the Tierra Del Fuego National Park having a look around and doing some hiking.
Tierra del Fuego National Park is a national park on the Argentine part of the island of Tierra del Fuego, within Posted by shaneandnicola in Shane and Nicola's adventure | Dec 28, 2011
- Buenos aires part 2Buenos aires is most definately more of a European city relative to rio. The architecture is muc more ornate and city itself feels very much like new york. We manage to see the famous cemetery where the controversial Eva Peron Posted by Rits blog in Around the world in.... | Dec 26, 2011
- I´m afraid that I might fall flat on my face...“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” - Mark Twain
I don´t know why the Gods like me right now. I never broke into some fire-ridden building and rescued 3 babies a Posted by risajs in Bicivida = Bikelife | Dec 26, 2011
- Merry ChristmasFeliz Navidad (Merry Christmas) to everyone
Even down here at the bottom of the world, Santa Claus managed to catch up with us.
[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/403506/PC24018 Posted by shaneandnicola in Shane and Nicola's adventure | Dec 26, 2011
- Life Is Not A CompetitionToday at breakfast we were discussing the never-tiring subject of men and women.
For the last few days I have been the only single woman in the hostel of about 12 roaming guys, and we had stayed up till 4:30 a.m. Posted by Ritka2 in Tasting The Dream | Dec 25, 2011
- Peninsula ValdesThe guide picked us up around 8am after the breakfast prepared by the younger Gaston. A direct drive to Punta Norte where we were able to observe elephants seals (which have a trunk for a nose and the body of Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Dec 8, 2011
- Punta TumboSouth wind was blowing this day so all whale watching excursion were cancelled for the day so we decided to go for Punta Tumbo. Our host Gaston told us that he could not find a place for us in an Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Dec 7, 2011
- Buenos airesAfter three wonderful days in buenos aires, we managed to cover lots of ground. A few quick tips/highlights of an amazing city:
1.flights are never on time- 12pm means 4pm Argentina standard time
2. Carry small change- fake notes are in abundance Posted by Rits blog in Around the world in.... | Dec 24, 2011
- First Week - Concrete Jungle to Coastal ParadiseI´ve struggled to find time to get on a computer and get this thing off the ground but have a bit to kill waiting for a plane to Rio de Janeiro. I´ll start from the beginning, with my first few Posted by Leo's Travels in Leo's Travels | Dec 24, 2011
- Estancia in rio ceballosOh my god the heat on the drive to rio ceballos was ridiculous. I was properly melting. Argentina is really hot. The air is hot, the wind is hot. Bring back the cold showers of Colombia!
We stopped along the way Posted by selson in South America! | Dec 24, 2011
- CafayateWe had two nights camping in cafayate with the sole purpose being to hire bikes and create our own cycle tour of the vineyards, doing lots of wine tasting and cheese eating.
After a very late night the first night following Posted by selson in South America! | Dec 24, 2011
- SaltaAs we would be camping at salta rafting (google it, you'll see where I stayed) we had to do the usual trip to the supermarket to stock up on food. We all got a little bit excited and went a Posted by selson in South America! | Dec 24, 2011
- UshuaiaToday we decided to venture out on a great day hike with awesome views. The Martial Glacier trail starts at the bottom of the ski lift located just above the city.
[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/403506/DSC02470.jpg thumb=http://photos.travellers Posted by shaneandnicola in Shane and Nicola's adventure | Dec 24, 2011
- Transfer El Calafate > TrelewWe spent the morning relaxing in the confortable hotel while updating our blog. We realised the chance we had with the weather the days before as a very strong wind was blowing outside almost preventing people from opening the doors!
[img=http://photos.t Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Dec 6, 2011