by Jonathan Evans | Mar 3, 2009 | Argentina, South America
Things I’ve lost here iPod (sniff) Oakley ski hat El Chalten fleecy hat (bought to replace above item) all sense of time and what day it is 3 shower gels a right glove a shoe Things I’ve found here 300 pesos in my jeans (was mine but I’d forgotten...
by Jonathan Evans | Mar 1, 2009 | Argentina, South America
I’d been umming and ahhing about going to Ushuaia. Having spoken to people who’d been there, the impression I’d got was that pretty much the only reason to go there was to say you’d been there. It makes a pretty big deal of being the...
by Jonathan Evans | Mar 1, 2009 | Argentina, South America
Regular readers of this blog, both of you, know that there are some beautiful cities in Argentina. Some I’ve been to (Bariloche, Buenos Aires, Salta) and some I’m yet to visit (Mendoza, Cordoba, Rosario). I must let you into a secret however, there are...
by Jonathan Evans | Feb 21, 2009 | Argentina, South America
As I said before El Chalten sells itself as the National Trekking Capital. And, blimey they’re not wrong. Dominated by the ridiciously high, steep and pointy Cerro Fitzroy there are trails all over the place up to lakes, viewpoints and glaciers. Fitzroy...
by Jonathan Evans | Feb 21, 2009 | Argentina, South America
So, onto El Calafate. Like Bariloche, it’s much more geared up to a wealthy Argentine crowd and rich (or short of time) tourists who fly in (as opposed to humble backpackers such as myself who trudge everywhere by bus) from Buenos Aires for two days to see one...
