Another 10 hours brought us to Mendoza, the heart of Argentina's wine country.The total hours on a bus up to this point was about 44 hours.This had all spanned from a Sunday night departure from Londrina and now, in Mendoza, was a Wednesday morning.After milling over our travel plans for the next few weeks over a cup of coffee, we figured out that we didn't have any time whatsoever to spend in northern Argentina if we wanted to get to Bolivia for a tour of the la...

Tears and heartfelt good-bye's sent us on our way from Brasil and our new "family" in Amoreira.Our bus left from Londrina at around 9pm on our way to Foz Do Iguazu and we pulled into the bus station in Foz with enough time to grab some grub and push onwards to Cordoba.It was a strange experience leaving Amoreira and our friends, we had developed an even stronger friendship since they had left the states, having gotten to know them on their "own tur...

Niagra Falls, for whatever it's worth, just can't compare with the vast falls that stretch between the frontera of Brasil and Argentina. The confluence of the Rio Parana and Rio Paraguay creates a spectacular display of gravity and a whole lot of water. To call it just a "waterfall" does it an incredible injustice. We spent a total of three days staying in the border town of Puerto Iguazu on the Argentine side of the falls, visiting both sides before m...

Every traveller that we have met up until now has told us that if there was a city they had to choose to stay, Buenos Aires would be it. And, as much as we try to avoid having expectations, I suppose that this is only a natural tendency. For us, the expectations we tried so hard not to have were met and exceeded. Buenos Aires has a feel unlike any other city we have seen thus far. Even though the streets are filled with bustling people and the noise of traffic p...

We have landed in what is known as "El Fin del Mundo,¨or the end of the world, here in these parts. Although Puerto Williams is technically more southern, they say that Ushuaia has earned the title because it is the most southern city, while Puerto Williams is just a village...sounds pretty fishy to me... Anyhow, much to Aaron´s relief, we finally got to see the penguins up close and personal - for I have been occasionally (ah-hem) discussing the ...