We had a bit of distance to travel over the next couple of days, traveling from Mendoza to Santiago to Calama to San Pedro de Atacama. First stop Santiago, and while it didn’t look far on the map we had to cross the Andes which obviously took a bit of time. It was a shameContinue reading “Buses and Bag Snatchers”
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Top Argentinian Experiences
Starting with a magical walk around the falls at Iguazu will always be pretty difficult to top. Walking around Puerto Iguazu and discovering the market and the restaurants lining the street. Watching the semi final of the Rugby World Cup, Australia vs Argentina. On Election Day in a cafe in Puerto Iguazu. There was meantContinue reading “Top Argentinian Experiences”
Argentina. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Iguazu falls and the Moreno glacier have to be two of the most truly amazing sights I have ever seen. Couple that with the Patagonia region and we have been incredibly lucky to have seen so much of what this country has to offer. Topping it of with a quick visit to the LakeContinue reading “Argentina. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”
San Pedro de Atacama day 1
We awoke to perfect sunshine in the desert. Go figure? This morning’s adventure was a hike with Leo our hostel owner/taxi driver. We drove for about 15 minutes and then walked into a valley. From the start it was unreal. Giant cactuses, razor sharp shrubs and a river winding through the valley. It was aContinue reading “San Pedro de Atacama day 1”
Day 2 San Pedro de Atacama
We decided to explore the town this morning and also had to sort out our trip to Bolivia so off we set on our bikes to town. The town of San Pedro is absolutely unlike any other town I have seen before. The buildings are all one story high and most seem to be madeContinue reading “Day 2 San Pedro de Atacama “
Salar De Uyuni
So we were both very excited about our salt flats adventure but I was also a little nervous or apprehensive as I had been reading the reviews of the trip and out of 5 people, 4 people thought it was the highlight of their trip. The other thought it was a living nightmare. So we gotContinue reading “Salar De Uyuni”
Day 2 in the 4wds
A quick pack up and breakfast and we were off on day 2. Back in the land cruiser and back on the “road”. It was really quite a good day as we were covering a fair few kms but we were stopping fairly regularly to get out and have a look around. The landscape onceContinue reading “Day 2 in the 4wds”
What a finale to the Salar de Uyuni
Day 3 started ridiculously early with a departure time of 4am. This was so we could be out on the actual salt flats by sun rise. The early start was definitely worth it! We had about an hour of driving from the salt hotel until we actually hit the flats. As were driving along, theContinue reading “What a finale to the Salar de Uyuni”
Potosi
It had been a pretty hectic and sleepless couple of days and while we both had really enjoyed our trip across the salt flats we were keen to get to Potosi, our next destination, as quickly as possible. Having been dumped rather unceremoniously in the street in Uyuni we quickly found the “bus station.” NotContinue reading “Potosi”
The Most Beautiful Sucre
Although Bolivian buses leave a lot to be desired, some of the bus trips are truly spectacular and the short 3hr trip from Potosi to Sucre was no exception. When I say it took three hours it was actually more like two hours of driving and 1 hour of getting out of the bus terminal.Continue reading “The Most Beautiful Sucre”