After pouring ourselves into an 8:00 AM bus following a full night at an Ushuaia nightclub, 15 hours later we arrived in the quiet little port town of Puerto Natales. I don't think much really goes on in this town but the locals were friendly and the food was good. People come here to use it as a launching point to Torres del Paine National park and we'll do the same. After stocking up on some food, we were on our way the next morning. Day1, Torres del Paine hik...

Renting a Car, Take 2: OK, let's try this car rental thing again. Lightning in the form of bad driving Israeli girls cannot strike twice, can it? This time, Doug drives. At our hostel yesterday, Doug and I recruited Caroline, Andrea, and Catalina to share the cost of a rental car so we could explore around Tierra del Fuego with the beautiful Cabo San Pablo being our final destination. Cabo San Pablo is a remote spot on the Atlantic coast that few tourists get t...

Ushuaia... The Southern Most City in the World!!!! But just getting here wasn't that easy. After leaving Puerto Madryn, the journey required three bus changes, two border crossings, and a ferry across the Straight of Magellan, all over the course of about 40 hours. Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego National Park are actually on a large island shared by both Argentina and Chile and the highway to get here crosses the borders twice. It sure felt like a huge waste of tim...

Sometimes you have to go east to go south. In a few days, I will meet up with my friend Doug, from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania down in the southern most city in the world... Ushuaia. Doug is the second person to come visit me while I've been away and also to deliver a taste from home... Mom's Christmas cookies (although a little late). So after saying goodbye to my good friend Yngve from Norway, I left Bariloche and find myself at the Atlantic Ocean again in the cit...

Well, Argentina just keeps getting a little better. Although the town of Bariloche is nothing special to look at, the surroundings are what make this place Argentina's 2nd most popular destination. There's great skiing in the winter and every other outdoor pursuit in the summer. And we've discovered another gem in the Argentinian diet... Patagonian Lamb! I also tried the local venison and smoked wild boar. As I move south, I will be trading cow country for sheep ...