Blogs from Argentina, South America - page 6

Les jours qui suivent, la chance se range de notre coté et les expériences inoubliables s'enchaînent jour après jour. A Puerto Rio Tranquilo, on hésite à débourser 100 euros pour une journée à explorer les glaciers. Pour autant, lorsque l'on rentre fatigués le soir, c'est avec un sentiment d'euphorie partagé par tous: Après une heure de trajet, le bus nous dépose à l'entrée d'une forêt. Notre guide nous invite à enfiler nos casques et nous donne à chacun une paire de crampons. Après une heure de marche, on émerge de la forêt pour arriver dans un paysage sublime. Une mer de cailloux épars nous sépare du glacier qui se découpe en petites collines à plusieurs centaines de mètres. Le guide nous explique que l'expansion ou au contraire la réduction du glacier a modelé le paysage ce ... read more

This post will likely win the title of our shortest. We spent two days in Buenos Aires and, on one, toured the city with Veronica and her wonderful driver. The city is less dense, and traffic more civilized than Rio, although we're not sure Veronica agrees with either conclusion. There are no captivating landscapes as in Rio, and while the architecture seems better, there is not much to photograph. In fact, we only have the Cathedral to show you. While we enjoyed Marcio in Rio, Veronica is a highly polished professional. She provided extensive history of everything we saw as well as of the country in general. We depart the hotel on 26 January at the absurd time of 5:45 am for a flight to Ushuaia. This is the most southern city in the world. It ... read more

It’s going to be difficult to leave here - beautiful views, delicious food delivered at all hours of the day, dishes done, reading, relaxing. Oh, and there’s puppies, maybe I forgot to mention the puppies?! Another relaxing start to the day with breakfast in the garden with a beautiful view of the mountains. Managed to find some energy to drag ourselves to the stream to cool off/get trampled on by wet muddy puppies doing zoomies. Pretty much the same. As relaxing as that was, lunch called and wine was offered…so naps were required. Some more relaxing and reading before the horses were saddled up and ready to drag the (ever increasing) loads into the foothills. Another beautiful ride with stunning views, this time accompanied by Leela, who possibly regretted her decision about 5 minutes in but ... read more

You would think that, in a country with a reputation like Argentina’s, that the search for meat would be an easy one! You would be wrong! Finding anything essential - cash, petrol, fresh food - has proven difficult, involving lots of queuing and uncertainty. Meat was sadly no exception. Today we ventured to the towns of Humahuaca and Tilcara - partially, like the ancient hunters and gatherers, in search of butchers and grocery stores, but also to see more of this remote and rural region. Our drive today was beautiful again - not as spectacular as yesterday as we were more concentrated on the valley floor, but the contrast between the lush green of the valley and the glowing reds and hues of purple and grey in the rocks made it even more stark. We drove ... read more

Aaaaand repeat. Because apparently if you say it enough, it causes a dramatic and immediate reduction in temperature. At least that’s how the logic goes if you’re ... read more