Hey All! Hope things are well in the states. Momo and I are in Mendoza, the wine capitol of Argentina, the place of eternal sun. Which is funny, because Ica where I lived for 2 years of my life is also named the exact same thing, but never rained once like it did today. Thus, NOT the place of eternal sun. Ica still claims king in that department. Though the wine is ten-fold better than in Peru. We agreed to not drink any beer here, which has been a hard fea...

Hey All! Happy New Year! Well, Momo and I finally arrived into Buenos Aires, the biggest city, tango capitol of south america. We are staying in San Telmo, near the city center, wich great tourist sites and night life. The bus station, to start imagining the size of this city, is bigger than some airports I have been in. It took us 10 minutes to walk from the enterance to the international ticket offices. I hear it is a theiving hot spot because of al...

Hey All! Hope Christmas was great for everyone. Momo and I have gone to Iguazu falls the last two days. The first thing we did was hike down to a water fall with a supposedly natural and clean pool at the bottom. The waterfall was awesome, but the pool of water seems suspiciously murky and green to me. Nevertheless, Momo braved the ever deterring water, wading across to the waterfall base. While setting up my camera for a photo op, I was startled by the...

Hey Everyone! First, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! Momo and I are in Puerto Iguazu, passing the holidays. As I write, a group of Argentinians are blasting cumbia music into our window at 2:30 am. Thus, I decided, it was a perfect time to blog about this.....experience. Argentinians, just like Peruvians, and probably most Latin American countries, celebrate Christmas the night of the 24th after the clock strikes twelve. They dance, drink, la...

Momo and I arrived to the eastern beach town of Puerto Madryn from the southwest part of argentina in Patagonia, Calafate and Chalten, a few days ago. Though southern patagonia is beautiful, its kind of nice to be out of the cold and in the hot sun. Its still Patagonia though, which means its still VERY windy, and ash from the volcano eruption in the west sweeps by at night. Origionally, we were planning to visit Bariloche, a lake town in the west, but t...