Category Archives: Argentina

So it whilst it was sad to leave Brazil it was also very exciting to enter Argentina, although we weren’t sure how much change there would be initially as we were essentially just hopping across the river to the other side of the falls. Well we were wrong as immediately the houses, streets and peopleContinue reading “Puerto Iguazu “

As we flew in we realized what a massive city Buenos Aires actually was, luckily we had booked somewhere fairly central and we had also managed to fly into the most centrally located airport so we were very quickly on he streets exploring the city. The first thing we noticed was how European the cityContinue reading “Tango in Buenos Aires”

At the same time my grandfather immigrated to Australia, 3 of his brothers also immigrated to Argentina. I often wonder what it would have been like for them at the time, leaving the family and if they knew they would not see each other again. It’s crazy thinking about it and knowing that you haveContinue reading “Meeting the extended family”

We have certainly covered some klms in this city, but it really is a very exciting city to walk around, there is so much character in all the buildings. We find ourselves discovering new things even as we walk down the same streets. Apart from having the widest avenue in the world there aren’t manyContinue reading “San Telmo and surrounds”

So second stop in Argentina and we decided to stay somewhere a little different to last time and stopped in Palermo which is just north of the centre and a really nice area. Definitely the place to stay as while we felt San Telmo was cool it had a bit of an edge to it,Continue reading “Upmarket Palermo”

Ok so we cheated a little today and caught a flight rather than the bus down to El Calafate and the Patagonia area. Too be fair budget wise we spent $40 more but saved two days!! Either way the views from the plane on the way down were absolutely spectacular. Particularly the eastern coastline whereContinue reading “On our way to Patagonia!”

The trip to the the glacier started bright and early with a bus transfer at 7.30am. The bus trip to the glacier took about an hour and a half but the scenery was just spectacular! Snow capped mountains and the lake on one side and rolling hills with different coulored bushes and shrubs on theContinue reading “Wow wow wow Glacier Moreno”

After our epic glacier trip we met up with Saurabh and Arturo who were the couple we met in Buenos Aries and had an awesome time with. We walked out to the lake and managed to do some twitching (according to Tim this is the official name of bird watching. We were all very impressed!).Continue reading “Flamingos “

So maybe we should have done a little bit of research into this bus trip. We knew it was to the end of the world but we thought it may have been paved all the way…. Not so. About 3 hours into a 14 hour trip we stopped, caught a ferry across one of theContinue reading “Bus trip to Ushuaia….. The end of the world!”

Well to be fair the town of Ushuaia is a bit of a dump. However the scenery around the town itself is absolutely breathtaking. The claim to fame is that it is the most southern city in the world and is an access point to Antartica which is only a two day boat ride awayContinue reading “Ushuaia “