Buenos Aires, 7-11 January

Our whirlwind first week concluded in Buenos Aires, a wonderful city of epic proportion. There are some 13 million people living in 48 barrios (districts). The 10 we managed to visit effectively make-up the ‘tourist map’, bookended by the respective stadia of River Plate football club to the north and Boca Juniors to the south. The…

Rincon Chico, Argentina, 5-7 January

After crossing the boarder with Paraguay under torrential rain, we were happy to see Gaston arriving at the international train station in Posadas. He drove us to the next destination of our journey – courtesy of our friend Santi – a beautiful estate called Rincon Chico, located in northern Argentina, in a region called Mesopotamia….

Encarnacion, Paraguay, 3-5 January

We left Puerto Iguazu for Posadas on Sunday morning in relative luxury with our ‘semi cama’ seats (they recline 160 degrees), so the 5½ hour journey flew by. We arrived in Posadas bus terminal a little cold (the bus drivers do enjoy their air conditioning) but we were welcomed by 35 degree heat and blazing…

Puerto Iguazu, 1-3 January

  Happy New Year! So, this is hopefully the first post of many! We touched down in a very wet Buenos Aires early morning on the 1st of January and promptly boarded a bus for the domestic airport in order to catch our internal flight to Iguazu. Two episodes of Game of Thrones later (this will…

Countdown begins…

How hard can it be to pack a backpack? Evidently, very! Vilebrequins have been replaced by hiking trousers (with detachable legs) and brand new Jesus sandals sit patiently, waiting to be unleashed on Pategonia. 24 hours and we’ll be boarding a plane to Buenos Aires… first stop Iguazu falls…