The Griswolds

Our final stop before heading back home - Iquazu Falls are located at the northern tip of Argentina and borders Brazil and Uruguay. We have finally posted our pictures from the last leg of our trip. It was the perfect place to hit last. We stayed at the Sheraton Hotel, the only hotel that is in the national park. We had a birdseye view of the falls and direct on site access to all the walking trails. We headed out the afternoon we arrived and took a hike through one of the many walkways. We saw some cool looking blue and yellow birds and lizards. We even spotted a guinea pig. Whats nice about this place is that even though there are a lot of tourists, it doesn't seem to be overrun by them as there ... read more

We arrived at the bottom of the world on Christmas Day. The airport was a small strip of land off the Beagle Channel and offered an amazing view as we flew in for our landing. The snow capped Andes engulf this small town. The climate here is very unpredictable. It's known to be able to have 4 seasons of weather in one day. It is their summer here now. Temperatures range from 50 to 60 F during the day. Dec. 26 We headed out on a small bus tour thorugh the Fuegian Andes where there were plenty of glacier valleys and peat bogs. There are numerous sports centres here and we are told many competitive ski teams come here for training. Our Canadian Beaver lives here too! 24 pairs of them, were taken down in the ... read more

We were picked up by our travel host in Llao Llao (pronounced chow chow or yaow yaow) late Wednesday night. We are staying in a lake viewspa resort with a beautiful view and close to the main part of town - Bariloche. Since we had a rental car, we were able to tour around the banff like area. The town itself is very picturesque with swiss style architecture. Gary was able to have fun driving a standard vehicle, while Dani navigated. The landscape is loaded with a bush called broom which is loaded with bright yellow flowers. Not good for anyone suffering from hayfever. The lupins are a favourite. We went up a ski lift to check out the breath taking mountainous area. The lakes are a beautiful blue colour. Afer a morning of touring we ... read more

Buenos tardes everyone. First things first. We are having difficulty loading pictures again, so will keep working on it. Everything is in Spanish and no one in this internet cafe speaks English. We arrived in Santiago mid afternoon last Saturday. What a great city, except for the smog. The weather has been fantastic...a steady 32 celcius. This city really hustles. Population is about 6 to 7 million. We did a tour to Vina Del Mar on the Pacific coast the following day. Through wine country...very beautiful. Yes, we´ve enjoyed the Chilean wine. Vina Del Mar is very picturesque. Brightly coloured houses dot the seaside like an old italian village. Our best day yet was Sunday, when we were picked up by a private guide, Christian. A pretty cool dude who drove like Mario Andretti through the ... read more

Only a couple more weeks and we'll be on our way to another exciting trip to South America. We will travel through Chile and Argentina from top to bottom, spending Christmas Day in Ushuai, "the bottom of the world". The perfect place for this special day. Just checking our blog at this point to make sure everything is working. See you in a couple of weeks. Gary, Darlene & Dani... read more