Blogs from Argentina, South America - page 1065

Hallo ihr Lieben in der grossen weiten Welt! Heute melden wir uns aus Mendoza in der Provinz Mendoza zurueck. Bevor wir in Mendozaangekommen sind, waren wir fuer ein paar Tage in San Rafael. Endlich mal wieder eine richtige Stadt! Und da das Wetter auch im Herbst noch sehr schoen und vor allem sehr warm ist, konnten wir uns in ein Strassencafe setzen und einen Nachmittag mit einem guten Buch dort verbringen. Da wir uns schon mitten im Weinland befanden, sind wir auch in eine Bodega (ein Weingut) gefahren. Der besondere Stolz der Bodega Bianchi ist ihr Sekt und so ging es in der Fuehrung eigentlich nur um die Herstellung von Sekt. Wir durften durch die Keller voll von Eichenfaessern schlendern und auch die Gewoelbe besichtigen in denen die Sekflaschen lagern. Natuerlich war auch eine Sektprobe mit ... read more

Buenos Aires! I made it! I arrived at the hostel, Portal del Sur, at about 7pm - 27 hours after leaving canberra and four flights later. Ofcourse the first person I had to met was a aussie - who I shared my dorm with, along with a South African - who had the pleasure of telling me that their cricket team somehow managed to beat the record one-day total of 434 set by Ponto and the boys. Bastards! So after a couple of beers up on the terrace patio that they have up on the roof here, I was off to dinner with a few more guys and girls from the hostel... and in typical Buenos Aires-style we didn´t actually eat until about midnight. This was followed my many more jugs of beer at some cool ... read more

Day 41 - Wednesday 15th March The Facts: Buenos Aires Bike tour Evitas grave Flight to Tucuman The Longer Version: As we left the lush surrounds of our hotel, Ayres de Recoletta, we made our way through the streets of Buenos Aires (BA) to our meeting place at the Plaza. Here we collected our steel steeds and guides and departed on a death defying cycle tour of BA. Starting with a tour of the Falklands war memorial, we headed passed most of the famous landmarks in BA, in just a few short hours. We dodged traffic, dog poo and tango dancers as we saw the sights and learnt the history of BA. At the conclusion we walked back and to the Recoletta cemetery, one of the famous visiting points in BA, and eventually stumbled across ... read more

Well we are now in Bar. When we arrived the stewardess said that is was going to be very cold. However, it turned out that she was wrong. It was in fact about 60F. It was a little over cast but Bar. seems to be a very beautiful place regardless of the weather. Ok we have experienced some pouring rain and that is not so nice however, made for an interesting adventure. (More on that later.) We got a cab into town and the place looks a lot like Bend, Oregon from solely the natural environment. But in the actual town part it actually more like Banff, Canada. I booked us into a hostel there that was highly recommended by a person I was taking classes with. We had to meet up with the ride up ... read more

After a morning in Brazil, we headed back to Buenos Aires and to our last night in Argentina. We booked a place at Cafe Tortoni earlier in the week (you MUST book ahead to get into the back room tango show..especially at weekends) and had been looking forward to it all week. A bottle of Malbec in Argentina's oldest restaurant/cafe juxtaposed with some authentic tango seemed like the perfect end to our South American Adventure. And it was. We had a great night and I'd definitely recommend it. After the show we made it back to our hotel. Got about 4 hours sleep and we were off again to EZE to start our 21 hour journey home. Boo Hiss Boo Hiss........ read more