I have been craving beach time since we first arrived in South America, but was previously out-voted every time we were close to a beach town, even though technically the votes were tied 1 to 1. That is, until we found ourselves in Uruguay with […]
The Full Montevideo
And so we disembarked overnight from Iguazu to an Argentina/Uruguay border town called Salto without being able to find any good information on how to ultimately get to our intended destination of Montevideo, Uruguay. We braced ourselves for logistical difficulties, but as often seems to […]
Iggy Falls
We stayed in hot and muggy Puerto Iguazu barely 24 hours, but that was all we needed to see its star attraction, Iguazu Falls National Park. The pictures speak much louder than any words will here, but this series of 275 waterfalls define part of […]
Buenos Días Buenos Aires
Our second 20 plus hour bus ride of the trip took us out of Patagonia for good and back into big city life. We were definitely excited to spend some time in Buenos Aires, so much so that we stayed for a week. We rented […]
Pata-GONE-ia
After a good chill session in El Bolsón, we took a short bus ride to El Bariloche, our last stop in Patagonia! Like El Bolsón, El Bariloche is not in the heart of the jutting peaks, glaciers and long scenic hikes that make Patagonia famous, […]
Patagonian Shakedown Street
Literally straight off the trails in El Chaltén we returned our rented camping gear and walked to the bus station to board a bus north to El Bolsón, Argentina for some warmer weather and well earned down time. El Bolsón is still technically Patagonia, but after […]
Against the Wind
Straight after the W Trek in Torres del Paine we left Chile behind again and headed slightly north to Argentina’s self-proclaimed national capital of trekking, El Chaltén. We were high on life, hiking and Patagonia and were eager for more of all of the above. […]
The W
Warning: long post coming at ya here again! Still glowing from our Antarctica trip, we spent a couple of days in Ushuaia (Ushuaia post) and then started working our way back into Chile to hike the famous 5 day W Trek in Torres del Paine […]
A Day in the Life (the Antarctic Version)
Where do we even start in an attempt to explain our experience on an Antarctic cruise?! We could likely dedicate an entire website to our experience, but we will do our best to keep it down to two posts. As Danny so eloquently reflected in […]
An Antarctic Reflection
We sat there on the Zodiac boat, the 10 of us and driver, in absolute silence, staring at the massive glacier ice wall, engine turned off. We were lucky that day. The typical Antarctic weather that would otherwise confuse the senses, such as snow, wind […]
Not the End of the World for Us
Last summer we excitedly booked a 10 day cruise to Antarctica, departing from the port of Ushuaia on Dec. 11. Our deadline to arrive in Ushuaia was quickly approaching, and we didn’t want to be late for such a very important date, so we booked […]
Goodbye Chile (for now), Hello Argentina
After a month and a half in Chile we crossed the border into Argentina, a whole new world of different colored money, new grocery store selections, regular hours for commercial establishments, lots of pizza, and a different kind of general personality. We noticed the change […]