This morning we were up at 3 am to catch an early flight to Ushuaia — the Southernmost city in the world and the gateway to Antarctica. The expeditions and cruises that head to Antarctica and Patagonia leave from here. I had expected Ushuaia to be a little frontier town so when we flew in…
The focus of this trip is Patagonia and Antarctica, but we spent a day and a half in Buenos Aires and were able to take in a small sample of the city. Our guide says the larger Buenos Aires area has about 20 million people, and most of them live outside the main part of…
A gaucho is basically an Argentinian cowboy — they tend herds or grazing areas of cattle and sheep. The mountains of Patagonia create an interesting rain shadow that stops rain from reaching certain areas. This forms vast areas of dry land which can support grazing but it takes a lot of land to provide enough…
Today was Christmas Day and my mother’s birthday and it was a year ago today that we decided to book this trip so today was a very special occasion. We kicked off the day with a hike through the Arrayanes Forest. The mountains in Patagonia start off very very high in the northern parts and…
For the past few months, whenever I mentioned the trip to someone I would tell them that I was spending Christmas in Bariloche. And while I did know roughly where Bariloche is, I admit I hadn’t done my homework to learn as much about it as I normally do for vacations.
We flew into Buenos Aires yesterday morning — kick-starting a week in Argentina before heading to Antarctica. My flight was non-stop from London and lasted 14 hours! That’s the longest single flight I think I’ve ever taken and (other than the bickering couple sitting next to me) it was pretty smooth and uneventful.