My final luxury coach ride back to Buenos Aires, it really is the way to travel with flat or nearly flat beds, good movies, food and wine! Decided to stay in the Millhouse which is a bit of a BA institution and renowned as the party hostel of Argentina. All was calm when I arrived, dropped by bags and headed to the Retiro market for some last minute souvenir shopping. The weather as before was perfect blue skies and ideal for wandering around the city. Being a w...

Despite spending most of the day at Salta airport, I somehow managed to miss my flight to Iguazu... By the time that I thought that I had probably better check to see what the status was I was shown the plane taxi back from the gate. I was pretty distraught, but no fear, Aerolinas Argentina is not Ryanair. The incredibly helpful Aerolinas man assured me that my bag was on the plane to Iguazu and that to solve the problem of me not being on the plane I could fly t...

Another marathon bus journey from Mendoza to Salta, this really is one big country! Met a couple of fun Irish girls off the bus and after a bit of kip we headed to the Main Square for an evening of delicious empanadas and the local Cafayate wine.Early Sunday morning I was picked up by Umberto my tour guide for the next couple of days. Sunday's fellow travelers were Stella from the Netherlands and Dina and Lucy South Africans living in London). Stella and I are on...

The bus ride from Bariloche to Mendoza was the height of luxury bussing it - flat bed, full meal service (including wine) and the highlight - bus bingo! For being the winner I won a bottle of Mendoza Chardonnay which I shared with the girls in my room on the first night here. Can't really go wrong! Mendoza is all about wine, so I took a vineyard tour on my first afternoon in the city. We visited the Vistandes vineyard which uses machinery and then the family run...

Bariloche is a refreshing change from Puerto Montt. In fact, as soon as we left the city on the bus through the Chilean and Argentinian Lake Districts it immediately felt like another (better) world! Bariloche has a gorgeous setting on the edge of Lago Nahuel Huapi with big mountains rising all around. Many of the buildings are designed in the style of Alpine chalets and built in wood which gives the place a real feeling of a ski resort (which it is in Winter!) T...