Hi everyone! Back to the Argentine : Part V Northwest Argentina was never in our original plan. However, thanks to picking up some time earlier on the trip and having heard rave reviews from other travellers, we decided to check it out for ourselves. First of all, we spent three days in Salta, a city brimming with attractive colonial architecture and café-lined plazas. The European style café culture was a welcome change from elsewhere, wher...

Hi everyone! Salutations from Santiago (and Mendoza)! Having escaped from rainy Chiloe, we were greeted not only by warm sunshine on arrival in Santiago, but also by our own personal chauffeur to drive us to our hotel. No, not flashpacking this time - at GBP12 per twin room with free airport pickup, we calculated this was cheaper than a bus into town and a dorm bed in a hostel...bargain! Our driver (a formula-1 wanna-be) appeared to be on the looko...

Hi everyone! Due to insufficient entries in our "Guess the mode of transport" competition, management regret to annouce it has been cancelled. We should like to thank Margaret, Jon and Denis for their interest...and if anyone else does care...we flew! Two hours later, we arrived in Bariloche, where we based ourselves to explore the Argentine Lake District. We spent a week in the region, our first full day being Easter Sunday. Unable to find any processi...

Hi everyone! Greetings from Los Glaciares! The Martial Glacier in Ushuaia may have been "an unimpressive patch snow" but what we have seen here in Parque National de los Glaciares has been utterly mindblowing. Originating from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, the centuries have turned these glaciers wonderful shades of blue, ranging from turqouise to navy, as the snow has been compacted on its journey down through the Andean mountains. On arriv...

Hi everyone! Here it is..the moment you have all been waiting for...we are in the very south of Argentina and have been experiencing temperatures colder than yours back home! We took a 4 hour flight more than 3000km south of Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, the southern-most city in the world. Our good fortune with the weather came with us and, despite predictions of rain for our whole stay, it remained dry until the day we left. Obviously we had no idea this w...