 | ...and now im a farmer
2006-02-11, Tunuyan, Argentina. By: isobel | | I got up at 630 today! holy crap its still dark! But this is the life of us farmers, except these farmers tend to stay up until at least 11...Ruben and Sandra own this organic farm, one of the ver... |
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 | The Lake District
2006-01-27, Bariloche, Argentina. By: mala | | Our first taste of the lake district was in Pucon, a city under the shadow of Volcan Villarica and under the impression that it is Jackson Hole, Wyoming. All heavily varnished log frame construction, ... |
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 | Even more adventure sports
2006-01-28, Mendoza, Argentina. By: scottr128 | | Hola
I ended up spending a whooping 25 hours in Valparaiso, Chile not because there was nothing to do there but because I decided that I would rather have a couple of extra day up north versuses sp... |
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 | The coldest winter I have ever spent...
2006-01-15, Bariloche, Argentina. By: scottr128 | | Hello
For all you Mark Twain fans…he obviously never spent a summer in Patagonia as he would not have said that the coldest winter he ever spent was a summer in San Francisco as the weather down he... |
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 | The bottom of the world (sort of)
2005-12-22, Ushuaia, Argentina. By: scottr128 | | Hello
Greetings from the bottom of the world. Chad and I have spent the last couple of days in the town of Ushuaia, Argentina which is in Terra del Fuego (aka the bottom of the world just miles aw... |
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 | Slight Change of Plans
2005-12-20, Ushuaia, Argentina. By: cyfer13 | | So last time I think I entitled an email like this, it meant that I was coming home from Thailand earlier then I planned. This time, it means that I´m coming home later then I planned. Sometimes oppor... |
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 | Patagonia
2005-12-10, El Calafate, Argentina. By: scottr128 | | Hello
So I lied during my last entry…I have not danced my last tengo. Before leaving Buenos Aires I took an introductory a tango lesson. It was actualy a lot of fun and I would even think about t... |
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 | Buenos Aires, The Final Days...
2005-11-09, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: fosscore | | Having planned out our journey perfectly, we had more than a few days left to spare in the big city. We had no particular place of interest to go and any further anticipation of an Antarctic expediti... |
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| Rugby, Demonstrations and Irony
2005-11-05, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: fosscore | | We woke up on Friday with a phone call from our very helpful travel agent down in Ushuaia. She was very excited to have found us a private, double cabin departing on the 9th of November to Antarctica... |
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| Buenos Aires, Day 1 1/2
2005-11-03, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: fosscore | | After making our Antarctica contacts, we decided to fly back to Buenos Aires. After many long, hot nights on the buses, the 3 hour flight for probably less than the 40+ hour bus ride was too attracti... |
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| El Fin del Mundo
2005-10-31, Ushuaia, Argentina. By: fosscore | | El Fin del Mundo
The End of the World
We decided to take a bit of a break in Puerto Natales for 2 nights and then another 4 hours down the road to Punta Arenas for 2 more nights after our massive ... |
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 | Fitz Roy Rain Out
2005-10-17, El Calafate, Argentina. By: fosscore | | With a crystal clear, frigid cold morning we headed off 4 hours north to El Chalten. We made a half way stop at the La Leona estancia to grab a hot chocolate and play with the 3 cute little puppies (... |
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| Perito Moreno Glacier
2005-10-17, El Calafate, Argentina. By: fosscore | | Crossing the Patagonian steppe to El Calafate finally yielded the snow covered peaks we were looking for. Although not the same charm and vibe that Bariloche had, it was a cool enough little town of... |
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| Whales and Penguins
2005-10-16, Puerto Madryn, Argentina. By: fosscore | | Leaving Bariloche on another very hot overnight bus (13hrs with the heater blasting the entire time) brought us into Puerto Madryn all the way back east across the entire country to the Atlantic.
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 | Day 1
2005-10-12, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: bnj | | We successfully made it to our first stop. The flight was really long, about 9 hours or so, but we made it. We decided to take a ride into the city for the day and find a hostel to nap at. We staye... |
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 | Farewell to Patagonia
2005-10-01, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: jenandmark | | After one more days boarding Barilcohe (we just couldn´t resist, and jenny improved loads!) we made the 20hr bus journey to Buenos Aires. 20hrs is a long time to spend on a bus, but our journey was ... |
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| Scorched Earth football
2005-10-03, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: jenandmark | | One of the things recommended in BA is to go see a football match, so, dubiously, I agreed to go. However, wed also heard horror stories about tourists being robbed at them so we went for more expensi... |
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| Bariloche
2005-10-09, Bariloche, Argentina. By: fosscore | | Can the scenery get any better? Well it still continues to dazzle. Getting out of Osorno, Chile and driving east thru the Lake District blew our minds!! Picture perfect day, blue skies, lush green ... |
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| Snowboarding in Los Penitentes
2005-10-04, Mendoza, Argentina. By: fosscore | | Sitting in Mendoza after stuffing ourselves silly with that massive buffet, we pondered our next move. Being in the heart of Argentina´s wine country, we could have done a wine tour, but we wanted to... |
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| Mendoza
2005-10-01, Mendoza, Argentina. By: fosscore | | A rarity here to actually have a same day update. We are in Mendoza today. The 1st of October. We had a nice day in Rosario passing the time before our 12 hour bus ride across the rest of the count... |
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| Foz do Iguacu and Puerto Iguazu
2005-09-30, Puerto Iguazu, Argentina. By: fosscore | | Foz do Iguacu, Brasil and Puerto Iguazu, Argentina
Another much-anticipated highlight of our South American journey did not disappoint. After our mad scramble south to the falls, we quickly shower... |
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| The end of the world
2005-09-12, Ushuaia, Argentina. By: jenandmark | | Argentina#2 Ushuaia
We arrived in Ushuaia in Tierra del fuego late at night after a twelve hour bus journey that had to be done during the day due to the border crossing and ferry crossing it enta... |
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| Time for a drink
2005-08-21, Mendoza, Argentina. By: jenandmark | | Mendoza 21-25/8/05
After a very brief stop in Cordoba – there really is not very much to do there anmd the city doesn´t even look that nice – we headed to Mendoza, the capital of Argentina´s wine ... |
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