Blogs from Argentina, South America - page 1142

After a few days in Bariloche it was off to San Martin and Junin de Los Andes. San Martin is about 2 hours north of Bariloche and is another tourist hot spot being so close to the national parks. Junin has a strong indigenous (Mapuche) influence and was especially interesting with the park called "Viachrsti" (Christ´s Path) with its statues and carvings depicting mixtures of Christian struggle combined with Mapuche history. I am fascinated with Viachristi. The sculptures are indeed works of art and the park a gem in Mapuche culture. I have never seen such a mixture of Christ with Indian religion and history. I hope you enjoy the pictures. ... read more

ok. so i just arrived a few hours ago in El Calafate...way down south in the patagonia. im staying at a youth hostel..my first...seems really nice though..and clean! tomorrow i am off to the glaciers. http://www.patagonia-argentina.com/i/andina/glaciares/perito.htm ..im totally stoked..the plane ride here was breath-taking. i am here until thurs. then back to bariloche. im staying with friends and on tuesday the 15th i will be off on the bus ride..oh yes..a long bus ride..but hey..umm...it only cost about 25 bucks!!!!to santiago...so that means that on tuesdy-the 15th-in the afternoon my cell phone will work cause ill be in chile. i take a bus at 7 30 am from bariloche to puerto montt which is the southern coastal town of chile-i visited before when i was here really a great trip--i arrive there at about 1 30 ... read more

29.01.05 Ausschlafen war wieder mal angesagt, juhee! Dann fruehstuecken und im Zentrum stoebern gehen. Zudem schaute ich mich um nach einer Reiseagentur, welche eine Tour zur Peninsula Valdéz macht. Ich fand ziemlich rasch ein Reisebuero und meldete mich zur Tour an. Allzu viel habe ich nicht gemacht, einfach mal alles ein bisschen gemuetlicher genommen. Im Hostal habe ich eine nette 50ig-jaehrige Person getroffen, Diana, mit ihr habe ich mich lange unterhalten. Gegen Abend lernte ich zwei Deutsche, Niels und David und eine Mexikanerin, Mariana kennen. Sie boten mir an, mit ihnen ein Auto zu mieten und fuer zwei Tage zur Peninsula Valdéz zu kommen. Das war es eigentlich, wonach ich suchte, nun mussten wir nur noch eine Autovermietungsagentur finden resp. ein Auto und ich musste eine Ausrede fuer die Annullation meiner Tour finden, damit ich mein ... read more

hey ya´ll. i hope everyone is doing well! thanks for all the emails they´re great to read and always make me smile and laugh. if you check out the map of argentina you will all see where i am..san carlos de bariloche..but always referred to bariloche or just bari. so what have i been doing since i arrived....dancing..hey its your fault..you wanted to know what i´ve been up to. i have been out every nite since i´ve been here.. here is an example. maira (my host sis) and i make dinner between 10 and 12..hey thats how they do it here...we relax a bit and then get ready...you cant be seen out before 2am...and then we dance our booties off until 6 ot 7. we´ve been hitting up this irish bar called ¨wilkenny¨..its more than crazy..its ... read more

I flew on a small two prop airplane from Puerto Natales, Chile to El Calafate, Argentina. I was the only person on the flight. Too bad they didn´t fly over Torres del Paine like I had hoped they would. I guess if I was a pilot I wouldn´t feel too comfortable flying over an area with treacherous winds and thermal updrafts. We instead flew over the Patagonian steppe.... read more