Salt Flat Shenanigans, Argentina
The kindness of strangers! We knew we had a long day of driving ahead from Huacalera to Salta, Argentina. We didn't know the roads were like gravel washboards. So much shaking that our gas gauge [...]
Cafayate, Argentina
Working our way through Argentina's northern wine country. This Humahuaca Gorge is a UNESCO world heritage site due to Inca history and its use as a trade route for 10,000 years. We were here for [...]
Salta, Argentina
Salta is in northern Argentina, and the closer we get to the equator, the warmer it gets. Where American children associate a December "winter break" with snow, these kids celebrate their Christmas (in this overwhelmingly [...]
San Martin de los Andes, Argentina
San Martin, in northwest Patagonia, is known as the gateway for Lanín National Park, home to the Lanín volcano, which reminded us a lot of Mt. Rainier in Washington state.
Villa la Angostura, Argentina
Along the road to Seven Lakes, in the heart of the Lakes District, is this sleepy town with only a few thousand people. We're definitely off the beaten path for English speaking tourists.
Bariloche, Argentina
Situated in the scenic foothills of the Andes, Bariloche's climate is similar to the Pacific Northwest. Lush green landscape surrounded by water and snowcapped mountains. There's an abundance of great chocolate and wine. What's not [...]
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is one of the street art capitals of the world. There are almost no restrictions on where or what artists can paint in the city. There’s no need to obtain authorization from the [...]
Iguazu Falls, Argentina
Whew! 32 hours total to get here - Cabo to Mexico City to Lima to Buenos Aires to Iguazu. It was worth it - we spent 3 days in this wet jungle paradise of [...]
Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina
Our last glacier was the most spectacular, rising over 200 ft from the surface of the water...at it's deepest point it's 2,300 ft in total. This is one glacier that is actually not retreating - [...]
Checking out erratic rocks?
Hmmm. Erratic rocks are rocks that the glacier has deposited as it retreated. They deviate from the size and type of other rocks around - basically stick out like a sore thumb. This one we [...]
Braving the biggest wind, EVER
No reasonable person would step out into the deafening wind at Helsingfors, so of course we had to try it. Mike's hand-on-the-bible estimation is that the wind was 70 miles per hour. I was unable [...]
It’s a jungle out there!
Trekking out on the Pampas (lowlands) vast terrain, with the Andes mountains in the background...we saw remains of sheep and guanaco, hunted by the puma, which is like a very big mountain lion. We were [...]