Road Tripping to RioWell.. where to start?! Has been a while since the last post - I have joined a tour group to head from Buenos Aires to Rio and its crazy that it has already been almost two weeks! The trip has been amazing so far, such diversity of places in such a short time. Ill try summarise without boring everyone :-) Doesnt leave much time for writing and catching up though..First stop was Uruguay - a small but pleasant and well organised country. Not too...

Walking on water Ok, so technically, its compacted snow, but thats still water right?! It is quite difficult to find the words to describe seeing the glaciers in Los Glacieres National Park in southern Patagonia. When you see an impressive mountain, you think "ah, thats an impressive mountain, I know what mountains look like and thats a great one".. When you see a beautiful flower you say "wow, thats a pretty flower, I know what flowers look like ...

The Tooth Episode Has been an interesting week in Mendoza. Quite a change from BsAs - its a medium size town with a thriving local nightlife and plenty of day trip things to do. Instead of doing any of that however, I decided rather to see how I could make my life a little difficult! While crossing the road, my foot and the pavement had a little altercation, resulting in half my tooth being knocked out and collecting some other bumps and bruises.. Anyway, long s...

La Bombanera Blog entry #3487395, stardate 2345, written by one of the newest Boca Juniors fans in the world! A major highlight of the (short) trip so far - an excursion into the slightly less touristy neighbourhood of "la Boca" (the mouth), to watch the biggest team in Argentina play against last seasons champs (Velez Sarsfeld, also from BsAs). A great trip with some friends, some new friends and a couple of great local guides. Not nearly as scary as ...

Hmmmm... Steak!!! Hola Todos... A note to say hi from Calle Florida in BsAs - longest shooping street in the world (in Argentina, everything is the "biggest/greatest/etc!!). However, this place is not known for its shopping, its all about the steak. After a long month of looking forward to that first mouth-watering chunk of bbq fried cow, I was a little apprehensive that it wouldnt live up to my expectations. I was wrong. It was even better than I imagined!...