Clare writes: They should rename it IgWOWzu!! We arrived yesterday on one of those flash Argentinian 'cama' buses which was 18hours of hell - snacks, three course dinner with wine , movies, pillows and blankets!! It's the only way to travel! It was strange to leave Buenas Aires - which was cool and rainy -and wake up back in the tropics! Except that after one afternoon in shorts, we woke up today and it was cool and rainy here too!! But still it's a fantasti...

Clare writes: We arrived on the night bus from Mendoza. I had certain conceptions of what 'South American Buses' would be like and,as far as the south is concerned, my conceptions were almost entirely wrong! IN fact Argentina is famed for its luxury buses - semi-cama comfy recliners with big footrests, or the fully recumbent cama buses... we even got 3 course dinner with Cabernet Sauvignon and movies! Not that pricey either! Despite not slepping particularly w...

Sheila writes Crossing the Andes by bus from Santiago (Chile) into Mendoza (Argentina) was a fantastic trip. At first we were hardly climbing at all, just driving through vineyards in the foothills in Chile. Then we could see the snow-capped peaks ahead, incluidng the highest mountian outside of the Himalayas: Aconcagua, at around 6900m high. Then the real climb began, winding up through the mountains towards the famous pass of La Cumbre which is the highes...

Sheila writes: We travelled to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost city in the world, by bus from El Calafate. This 17hr trip involved crossing the famous Straights of Magellan by ferry. It also involved four different border crossings because the border between Argentina and Chile is really weird in Tierra del Fuego. Travelling from mainland Argentina into Tierra del Fuego Argentina, you have to pass through Chile - you can't go direct.. And between ...

Sheila writes: Wow!.....we went to see the famous Perito Moreno glacier today. It's the most amazing sight you'll see - walkways criss cross the hillside right in front of the glacier snout - and you can see the 60m high face of the glacier really close to. It's not the biggest glacier in Los Glacieres National Park but it is by far the most interesting. It is still advancing, while nearly all the glaciers in the world are retreating (melting faster than they ar...