As well as ensuring that we finally get to see the Andes we had another motive for taking the tour up into the high mountains – it goes on the same road that passes over to Chile and would take us almost to the border so that rather than hearing about the conditions we could … More The Andes at last
As we spent the day exploring Mendoza it was cold and trying to snow (even though Mendoza is a only 700 odd metres high). We scored ourselves some hats and gloves before the day was out as it was obvious that we couldn’t wait any longer to get them without risking frostbite. Mendoza is a … More Mendoza
For the first 4 hours until the nearest major town on the bus from Puerto Iguazu to Santa Fe we were the only passengers, which we thought was fab. Just us upstairs with the front seats and the two drivers chatting downstairs. They still put on the obligatory action film just for us, but after … More The long haul to Mendoza
Puerto Iguazu is only a few kilometres from the tri-border area with Paraguay and Brazil so of course we’ve had to have a little jaunt over the border. Yesterday we went to Paraguay, to the border town of Ciudad del Este. It’s the most chaotic border we´ve ever seen. Goods are cheap in Paraguay so … More Border hopping
Our first overland journey of the trip and it was 18 hours on a bus – all to see a bit of water and cross a couple of borders. Okay it wasn’t quite as bad as it sounds, long distance buses in Argentina are modern luxury double decker coaches, so we hardly roughed it, but … More Water water everywhere
After an uneventful flight we arrived in Buenos Aires to be greeted by hot humid weather – just like landing in Asia only not quite as hot. Turns out this must have been a blip as the last 2 days have been only warm, and cloudy with a couple of good heavy showers thrown in. … More Budget busting in Buenos Aires
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