Feb 22, 2010 | Random
I struggled with the decision to go all the way down to Ushuaia.  On the one hand, it would cost a bunch of money, and I´d end up in a place with very little to do.  On the other hand, it´s as far south as civilization gets.  And so, I set off to see the End of...
Feb 15, 2010 | Random
Our bus from Puerto Madryn down to Rio Gallegos was supposed to leave at 5PM and take about 14 hours. Â Instead, it was delayed until 8:30 and took closer to 20 hours. Â Then we had to wait around Rio Gallegos for our bus to El Calafate. Â All in all, we spent about...
Feb 10, 2010 | Random
Yet another night bus took us from Bariloche to Puerto Madryn, the Welsh settlement on the Atlantic coast of Patagonian Argentina. In the first example of pre-planning on this entire trip, we actually booked a hostel ahead of time. Not only that, but it was a...
Feb 5, 2010 | Random
My time in Mendoza ended after I finally got around to the famed winery bicycle tour. Of course, for various reasons, Robby and I were very nearly out of cash by the time we got out to Mr. Hugo’s Wine Tours that we were only able to actually tour one of the...
Feb 1, 2010 | Random
From Cordoba, our group boarded a small bus for the hour-plus ride out to Cosquin. Normally, there wouldn’t be much call for going to the small town, but we just so happened to be there during the Festival Nacional de Folklore, the nation’s annual...
Jan 27, 2010 | Random
Friday morning, we woke up late (after yet another excellent desert bonfire party in San Pedro) and had to rush to catch our all-day bus to Salta. Some of our group went ahead to catch the bus, and some were lagging behind getting their belongings together. I was...
