Greetings from Buenos Aires

Thought I´d let the world know we arrived safe and sound yesterday in Buenos Aires.  It was a small adventure getting here…full post to come.  We have a plane to catch in a few hours, so I must run to pack, but hopefully our next post will be from North America!

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Mendoza

We were in Mendoza for two things: bikes and wine. However, as we rolled into town in the middle of the afternoon we weren’t sure about either of them. The area surrounding Mendoza is a desert, though technically it is classified as semi-arid. We’d had plenty enough experience with desert in Peru [...]

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Cordoba and La Cumbre

I’m not sure at what point Argentina was put on the SAA itinerary. When we arrived on the continent, the plan included only Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. I know that within the first month of our arrival in Ecuador we were hearing from travelers how great, and how cheap, Argentina was.
Argentina used to [...]

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Cafayate

While it may have started out as a normal town, Cafayate is now a genuine Tourist Destination. Their claim to fame is wine, and lots of it. The town itself is very small and completely surrounded by vineyards. You can visit most of them and the producers who are more than a 1o [...]

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Time for a plan

Before Argentina, if someone asked us what our plans were we would get a misty, slightly confused look in the eye and respond, ¨South¨. More than a simple direction, we’ve never had much of a plan for this trip. A general outline and some goals yes, but never a plan. We learned [...]

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Salta Pt. 1

We went to Salta somewhat begrudgingly, but we accepted it out of convenience and feeling responsible to be thorough. Salta is the largest city in little visited northwestern Argentina and serves as a transport hub for travelers entering from Bolivia. Upon arrival we felt the stark contrast of culture, dress and genetic heritage between [...]

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Throwing down the guantlet

This blog used to be completely up to date, but we have fallen extremely short here in Argentina.  Our last ¨travel¨ post only got us into Argentina, when in reality we´ve traveled all the way to Patagonia and back since then!  So here comes the challenge…
We want to get all our travel stories up before [...]

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Shakin’ things up

It’s happened again folks. Earthquake no. 2 in the space of two weeks (report on no. 1). This one was much smaller (a measly 3.5), but it was only 25km away instead of 100km so it felt similar. I was on the computer (suprize) and felt the earth give a sharp jolt [...]

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Would you like a side of earthquake with that coffee?

This morning at 9:18 we experienced another earthquake. We had eaten breakfast and were doing a little interneting when we both felt the ground shake abrubtly for a few seconds. Ben looked over at me and said, “Okay, that was an earthquake.” Turns out we were only 65 miles from the [...]

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Tuesday’s Rains

 While my post about the incredible amount of rain we had on Tuesday was meant to be funny, I have since found out that at least four people died  from the flooding.  Two men and two children have been found dead and two other children are still missing.  The links are to two news stories [...]

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