Argentina

Mendoza
May 18, 2008 - Mendoza, Argentina
Ok getting around to a bit of blogging again - its been a while i know After Bariloche we headed north to the city of Mendoza in central argentina - it lies near the andes at about the same latitude as santiago chile. It also is in the centre of the main wine producing region of argentina and is a beautiful city with wide tree lined streets and...
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San Carlos de Bariloche
May 10, 2008 - Bariloche, Argentina
Just getting around to updating my blog for bariloche now - its a great little town now i have to say - it is set in the beautiful lake district of argentina and it very much resembles a alpine town it even has plenty of chocolate shops and is famed in argentina for it's chocolate. We landed at the end of a long journey from el calafate in...
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Buenos Aires
April 28, 2008 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires is a huge place! Our hostel was near a huge road with 7 lanes each side. We decided to continue to eat a lot of steak in Buenos Aires after two great steaks in Salta. I weighed myself upon arrival and was 69kg, 6.5kg less than when I left England! The aim was to put some of that back on so we began with a steak lunch. We had a bit...
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Iguazu Falls
April 26, 2008 - Foz Do Iguaçu, Argentina
The 23hr bus ride was actually not too bad! It was one of the most comfortable buses we have been on and the food was not bad either. We arrived ahead of schedule and booked straight into a hostel for the night and then headed straight to the falls. They are located about 18km from Puerto Iguazu, from which there is a shuttle bus service. We...
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Salta
April 24, 2008 - Salta, Argentina
We got to Salta around midday and looked at booking a bus straight to Puerto Iguazu or Buenos Aires. We decided to go to Puerto Iguazu but buses were not available until the next day so we stayed a night at Salta. It was a good decision as Salta is a really nice small city with great restaurants and bars. We bumped into an Australian couple from...
Placed by Andrew in Andrew's Travels in 2008