12/04/06 - 14/04/06 Having left my much loved backbacker lifestyle in Bariloche, i ventured by bus to San Martin, passing through some of the most beautiful landscape you will see...it should be labelled as one of the most beautiful drives in the world. Australia has its great ocean road, Argentina has the 7 lakes road trip...passing through crystal lakes reflecting their green cloaked mountains and winding landscape..but unfortunately i was on a direct bus trip that did not allow for us to stop and admire the landscape in its entirety... finally arriving in San Martin...a small pristine t [View Full Entry]

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Im in love with this town...i have found the backpacker haven!!! this is party central...home to acute alcohol intoxication and everything exiting!!! ive been here for 1.5 weeks...picked up 5 spanish lessons with a cute argentinian called natalia...within the first lesson i was able to learn how to find out if she has a boyfriend (novio) in spanish...which to my misfortune she does... i partied 7 out of 9 days...averaging 4-5 hours sleep...met some great people at my hostel...went out for awesome food (best steak so far...and awesome pastas!!). the best chocolate ive ever tried and ice cream t [View Full Entry]

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a small quaint hippie town akin to nimbin in australia, full of dreadlocked hippies, street kids trying to sell u pot and home to anything organic and home-made. this has become a backpacker stop for obvious reasons. i stayed in a refugio on a farm. no i didnt milk any cows!! it was very tranquil...went trekking up a mountain made of granite to get to a view point with 25 figures made from the stumps of dead trees...yep, you're right, it wasnt that exciting!! The town becomes alive on market days- tuesdays, thursdays and saturdays...these, it seems, are the only days [View Full Entry]

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This was a 2 day bus trip from hell!!! i was told that this was meant to be a highlight of the patagonian experience...arid landscapes, beautiful mystical scenery.. a must see part of the backpacker experience!!! after a few hours it was clear the people who wrote about this must be on drugs!!! i was stuck for 2 days on a bus travelling down route 40 with its desolate interior and the andes mountain range in the distance...no point trying to romanticise it...between snorting the dust fusing its way through the bus and trying aimlessly to get rid of that cramp [View Full Entry]

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EL CHALTEN (FITZ ROY NATIONAL PARK)- after all that trekking, i still did more trekking. and i went ice climbing...with crampons for boots and ice picks, i climbed a glacier!!! woohoo!!! exhilirating...oh and the views were great too...some even compared to torres del paine. It seems everyone in South America is travelling for months...and evryone is gettin away from something or has an agenda. although im travellin solo, i never feel alone. its actually hard to get time to yourself!! i never know what im doing from day to day or where i end up...but thats the beauty of this trip...its [View Full Entry]

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one of the worlds biggest glaciers. 30km long, 5km wide and 60-90m high...a break or crack from the edge would make the ground tremble and the waves shatter and plurt in its wake!! and it was freezing cold!!! [View Full Entry]

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I´ve seen alot so far, but nothing has yet compared to the beauty of Torres Del Paine national park!! I decided to go on another trek...having arrived in Puerto Natales, i met a german guy called Volker..and we decided to trek and camp together...got our tent, got our mats, cooker and burner, and food to last us for 5 days..and chocolate!!! We get into the the park carrying 15+kg backpacks....and it starts raining...trudge up steep slopes for 3 hours to a refugio ( places where u can stay for a night in a dorm for 50 dollars aussie or camp outside [View Full Entry]

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Ushuaia seems to be a place almost impossible to leave...after my attempts to find a flight or bus out, i decided to get on a last minute cruise from Ushuaia to Punta Arenas. It was the second best thing at the time to actually going to Antarctica. Man was I shocked when i was gettin on the boat...i had a group of 70 year old grannies walking behind me... i started thinking- what the hell am i doing gettin on this granny cruise...it turns out that i was the second youngest on the boat...the youngest guy was 25...and he was there [View Full Entry]

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The southernmost city in the world!!! well so it says on my passport...beautiful harbour, bordered with beautiful white peaked mountains...postcard really!!! and home to tierra del fuego national park...where i did some basic hikes. i stayed in one hostel initially which sucked...got put in a room with parents and their two kids and a 60 year old man who travels 6months of each year alone....and leaves his wife back home!!! It was cramped and noisy...and the staff were rude and unhelpful...i came back one day and found that they had moved all my things across to another room...was not impr [View Full Entry]

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hola!! i can´t believe im in argnentina!!! ...they arleady think im south american...on the plane, i learnt how to say water(agua) and other things just from the steward speaking to me...it seems my olive skin can pass me on anywhere.. lesson learned' if you enjoy eating, do not fly with aerolineas argentinas...i was starving!!! and the food was shit! luckily i was sitting next to a girl named angela that had snack food...a greek girl from sydney who was going to meet her boyfriend in uruguay... this company needs updating!! i was watching a small screen 5 metres in fron t [View Full Entry]

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