Train to the End of the Earth: Tierra del Fuego
The alarm goes off way too early this morning in Patagonia. All I want is another 4 hours of sleep, but I drag myself into the shower and pretend to wake up. We are going to the end of the earth today (or at least the place...
Bienvenidos a Argentina!
S 34 W 058 Bienvenidos a Argentina! Sometime during the night, we cross the equator one more time, our 5th crossing so far this year. And then finally, at 8:20 a.m., 1 day late but right on schedule, we arrive in Buenos...
Travel Photo: Argentina’s San Antonio de los Cobres
We continue on and stop for lunch in San Antonio de los Cobres, feeling straight out of the wild west. One of the tours we were offered stopped for the night here. We are quite glad that we decided against that option....
Concerning Food and Drink in Argentina
We have been really impressed by the variety and quality of food and service being offered here in Buenos Aires. If these high levels and consistency remain the same elsewhere in Argentina, then they will receive the...
On the Lakes in Ushuaia, Argentina
We are the last pickup for our tour this morning, and Cesar, our guide, sits us up front with the only other English speaking tourists on the 40 seat bus, a young couple from Ireland. We have noticed a distinct lack of...
A Quick Day Trip to Bruges
from the followsummer archive Today is All Souls Day and a holiday in Belgium and indeed much of Europe. It is also our last day in Europe and we must do our final repack and organize the return of the car when we arrive for our...
North to Salta, Argentina
The alarm rings at 3:45 a.m. to rouse us for our 4:30 ride to Aeroparque, the downtown Buenos Aires airport situated by the river, on our way north to Salta Argentina Almost a year later and 335 days on the road, these early...
Travel the Train to the Clouds
It is bright by 6:00 a.m., a bit overcast as we shower and get ready for our long day of touring Salta and Jujuy provinces. The bus arrives right on time, we meet our guide, Yako, pick up a few more, and we are off for 13 hours...
A Night at the Opera in Buenos Aires
We have two things on today’s agenda: 1) to get back to Buenos Aires; 2) the performance of Benjamin Britten’s opera “Death in Venice” at the Teatro Colon. The early morning flight home is uneventful, despite being late, and by...
Ushuaia: The Southernmost City in the World
These early morning flights out of Buenos Aires continue to kill me. Not only is the hour of departure for Ushuaia desperately and outrageously early, but our decision to stay up all night and make a party of our trip to the...