to cut a long story short:the last 5 days I spent in the wilderness of Chile, in the national park Torres del Paine (named after the mountain peaks you see on the pictures, made at sunrise)Kim from Netherlands (who I met in Puerto Madryn about 10 days earlier and met by chance in Puerto Natales again), Lauren from the US (Chicago) and I went trekking and camping in this huge national park. People who have already climbed the Kilimanjaro (I met one in the bus) go ...

This will be a short blog entry with a bit of general information on Argentina.. The next 5 days I'll be trekking in the National Park Torres del Paine in Chile, so I won't have internet access for quite a long time. I left Ushuaia on Sunday and spent the whole day to get to the Chilenian city Puerto Natales where you cannot find anything exciting except for travelers preparing for or recovering from there trekking in the national park. A bit about Ushuaia: ...

sorry I haven't written any blog entry for so many days by now. I was busy and did not want to write it because it always takes so much time..So first would like to tell you what Ï've learned so far during the two weeks of traveling in Argentina. It's a lot and maybe you will benefit from one thing or another ;)1. don't ever think of travelling alone to South America (especially outside Argentina) at least if you're female and/or blonde. 2. stay always alert. ...

Though I'm currently staying at a couchsurfer in Mar del Plata (about 5 hours by bus away from Buenos Aires in the south) I want to write a few more things about Buenos Aires.The story of the mashed ladybugs(Marienkaefer; mariquita; бо́жья коро́вка): a few days ago a heavy rain accompanied by thunder hit Buenos Aires. 17 people died in the province of Buenos Aires and the news reported great damage in some places. However, at this time I fo...

so a few days passed since my last blog entry. somehow time passes so fast in Buenos Aires that it's very difficult for me to take the time to write about my journey.I decided to describe more "the feeling" instead of describing my activities.About Buenos Aires:BA would have the potential to be a very beautiful city. Indeed, it is almost a beautiful city. Imagine if BA were a Tango dancer, it would be a woman, which on the first sight looks beautiful. However, ...