Blogs from Argentina, South America - page 1140

Nous vous saluons aujourd'hui de Bariloche, au beau milieu de ce qui est généralement considéré comme les Alpes Sud-Américaines. Mais se rendre ici n'a pas été facile... Nous nous sommes tapés une manifestation des travailleurs d'Air Austral, hier à l'aéroport, ce qui fait que nous avons été retardé de deux heures. Un bout dans la chaleur humide, un bout sous l'air conditionné dans l'avion, et me voilà (Tarzan) pogné avec une toux pantagonienne. Inutile de vous dire que ça complique beaucoup le lancement de mon cri célêbre... Nous sommes logés dans une charmante petite auberge sur le bord du Lac Guttierez, à quelques km du centre-ville. La nature est superbe... Nous partons d'ailleurs à sa découverte dre-là. Merci pour les nouvelles de nos gatos en pension. Ça a réchauffé le coeur de la maman. Parlant d'animaux, ... read more

In the end, it came with a rush. I was off to the airport, all those months of happy list-making were over and I had to face the reality of actually going. My control-freak personality had taken perverse pleasure in those little black and white security blankets and one of them even managed to make it onto the plane with me! As I laughed at myself and took a photo of the Last List, the Peruvian family next to me became curious and we began a conversation which would ramble on for the whole flight. By the end of it, they were trying to adopt me and gave me a long list of attractions in their home town complete with the address of the family home, should I get in trouble. Amazing. They were incredibly warm ... read more

Bonjour, à vous tous, de la Patagonie. Au cours des derniers jours, nous avons découvert le magnifique Lago Argentino (le plus grand d'Argentine) et le Parc national des glaciers. On a beau lire sur le sujet où avoir vu des photos de l'endroit, rien ne peut nous préparer à un spectacle aussi grandiose. Nous avons notamment passé la journée d'hier sur un bateau qui nous a conduit à trois glaciers, dont le plus grand : Upsala. À naviguer autour de ces immenses morceaux de glace qui se détachent des glaciers, mon âme de poète s'enflamme et se met à penser à... un immense verre de scotch. Devinez qui a écrit ça et gagnez une séance gratuite de visionnement de photos. Pour les amateurs de vin, on a déniché un merlot et un pinot noir qui ne ... read more

buenos aires!! we have spent the last couple of days soaking up this beatiful and soulfull city. we arrived on sunday morning at 7:30 am. we took a fabulous bus from posadas that was called a full cama. this baby was better than some hotel rooms we have stayed in. the seats were wide and plush, like 1st class airline seats. they feed us three times although i don´t anyone would call the food a highlight. they had a crappy movie and to top it all of beverages (including wine and champagne) were free!!. all of this for 87 pesos (about 30$US). we have been having a grand time in buenos going to historic site after site. eating bife de chorizo which is argentinian for super thick fabulous steak. i ate about a pound last night ... read more

BA is absolutely fabulous. I just don’t have enough adjectives in my vocab to explain to you all how great it is. Though not comparable everyone says it is between BA and Rio as to which is the best city in SA. If it was not for my love affair with Rio then BA would probably be at the top of my list too... well lets see where it is at the end of this trip! We arrived on the Buquebus (I love the word!) from Colonia. A very organized efficient service which got us in to the new port area of BA. From there we took the commuter train and ended up in San Insidrio where Gin´s cousin and wife live. K & G were the best hosts we could have had. You can imagine ... read more