I have grave concerns that you believe that we are drinking ourselves around the world.In fact, this is not true.Some days we hardly drink anything, occasionally we enjoy a refreshing beer or glass of wine and only a few (all too memorable) blowouts.I felt that this needed to be clarified before talking about our next destination - Mendoza, the wine capital of Argentina.Even though we have also visited vineyards in Australia and New Zealand we thought that since ...

The Argentinean lake district in the summer is an impressive complex of lakes and mountains which attract wealthy Argentines for hiking and biking. In the winter the same crowd returns for the excellent skiing and warm bars or restaurants to recuperate in. The first day in Bariloche (tourist centre of the lake district) gave us the opportunity to appreciate its glory in summer and winter through the beautiful photographs in our hostel while the rain pounded the w...

We met a guy in El Calafate who liked to rant.He spent hours convincing us that Darwinism's missing link was that humans from the future (i.e. us) went back into time and fed magic mushrooms to monkeys which sped up evolution.For nearly an hour he tried to make us promise that we would never again eat pre-made sandwiches unless it was 7-Eleven's tuna triangle sandwiches.He also told us that hiking around El Chalten was a life-altering experience.Considering he is...

Patagonia is an odd place, gigantic and desolate it hangs around the bottom of South America luring unwary travelers in with mountains and glaciers. Given its unpredictable weather and lack of indoor alternatives we were surprised with the encouragement we received from everyone we discussed it with. So despite reservations about the advancing seasons and limited time we left a rainy wet Buenos Aires and headed south. The plains around El Calafate were as enor...

As soon as Mom and Ed left for the airport, Antony and I locked ourselves in our apartment and stayed there for nearly 24 hours.This was partly due to the fact that we were shattered and we were also sulking a bit because they had to go. The two weeks or so that we traveled together (they are now 'travelers' and not mere 'holiday makers') were action packed and the last few days in Buenos Aires was no exception. I think that Ed left off with our tango show and...