Argentina

Goodbye Argentina...
May 7, 2008 - Mendoza, Argentina
Every travel blog needs a final heartfelt "can't believe I'm going home" entry, right? So here's mine... I can't believe I'm going home! Somehow 8 months have come and gone. While the time has flown in some respects, September does seem like quite a long time ago. I am proud of myself for embarking on this journey, coming alone to South America...
Placed by Emmy in Shalom de Chile

Iguazú, Resistencia, Córdoba, back to Mendoza
May 6, 2008 - Mendoza, Argentina
After Buenos Aires I headed all the way north to Puerto Iguazú, which sits at the crux of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. It was a welcome relief to relax and catch up on sleep! Iguazú is a Guaraní word meaning Big Water, and fittingly everyone comes to see the highly impressive national park with hundreds of waterfalls. I thought much of...
Placed by Emmy in Shalom de Chile

El Calafate, Parque Nacional Los Glaciers, Ruta 40
May 2, 2008 - El Calafate, Argentina
After torres del paine and puerto natales we headed north to the town el calafate in argentina again it is a small town situated near the Parque nacional Los Glaciers and we booked into a hostel for a few days so we could watch the champs league football and go see the glacier - not mush else to do in that town unless you want to lose a fortune...
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Buenos Aires!
April 28, 2008 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Apparently no Argentina trip is complete without seeing the capital city, so I made the pilgrimage recently and ended up staying there more than two weeks. Buenos Aires is the epitome of everything Argentina and vastly distinct from the rest of the country as well. It took a few days to adjust after being in Patagonia, but the positive vibe...
Placed by Emmy in Shalom de Chile

Ushuaia and Buenos Aires Part II
April 10, 2008 - Ushuaia, Argentina
Greetings from the 'Fin del mundo' the (end of the world) as they call everything down here in ushuaia.   After leaving iguazu falls we had another interesting bus journey in which the bus broke down with engine trouble and was stopped at customs checkpoints three times and boarded with passport checks and bag searches each time which delayed...
Placed by Brian in my travels