After so much time in Argentina we finally made it up north and into Bolivia. Crossing the border was pretty easy, no scams or dodgy officials. But getting on to the train to take us away was a chaotic scene with hundreds of Bolivian women (carrying their bodyweight in fruit & veg on their backs) […]
landscape
Northern Argentina: Jungles and Desert Canyons
After spending quite a bit of time in Buenos Aires (because Pedr was sick) it was finally time to get moving again and start seeing northern Argentina. This meant that we went all the way to the northeastern-most corner of Argentina and then all the way to the northwestern-most corner of Argentina. Iguazu Falls in […]
Moonscapes and Malbec
After all our hiking in Patagonia we thought we should take a break and enjoy the wine region of Mendoza and check out the moonscapes and rock formations in the area nearby. Mendoza Mendoza produces most of Argentina’s wine, and Malbec is the most popular variety. It was actually surprisingly hard to find a wine […]
The Weird and Wonderful World of the Atacama Desert
After the animal filled Galapagos Islands, and the lush cloud forests of Ecuador we went to a completely different landscape: the high altitude, dry, barren landscape of the Atacama Desert in Chile. The main town (for tourists anyway) is San Pedro and this is actually a green(ish) oasis in the middle of the desert. All the […]
