We met Walter, Deborah and Mateo in a coffee shop in Bariloche. They then invited us to dinner at their holiday place just down the road (well, 10 minutes by bus) We arrived and were greeted by Walters sister and her partner Damien. Damien was cooking for us, Pollo con Jamon et queso (Chicken with…
Bariloche has some amazing attractions and if the weather is good, you have to get out there and see them. Bariloche’s climate can change rapidly in a day from being reasonably warm and calm in the morning to winds so strong in the afternoon that the lake is whipped up into sea sized waves and…
We arrived in Bariloche and were amazed at its incredible beauty. After being in the semi – desert area of Mendoza, Bariloche was the complete opposite. Officially known as San Carlos de Bariloche, it is a true gem in the Patagonia region of South America. It is a magnificent region and the town itself is…
Mendoza is surrounded by mountains, tall and strong and mistakenly I thought that these were the Andes. Technically they are part of the pre cordillera of the Andes and there are two more ranges between Mendoza and the Andes proper. Nonetheless, when we started getting out of the city, it was a perfectly clear morning…
On Saturday we went on a half day outing to visit some of the local wine and olive farms in the Mendoza area. Mendoza is famous for its wines, most particularly its Malbec wine. Mendoza has a very interesting geography which enables it to produce some very good wines. Technically the Mendoza region is a…
I cant always upload as many images as I would like onto the blog, especially not in a reasonable resolution. So, what I am doing is I am doing a bit more editing on certain images and then uploading them to Flick. So, please go and have a look at my flickr photostream, to see…
If you are interested, I have put a google map together on where we have been so far. In future posts, I will refer to the map where I can, if you want to see where we have been simply click on the link halfway down the page under blogroll, the link is the one…
This is going to be a long post, so it may be a good idea to get a cup of coffee and settle in for a bit….. also remember to CLICK on each image to see a bigger version of it! We were picked up at 07:00 in the morning by Pablo, our tour guide…
Salta is simply a magnificent city and has been the highlight of our trip so far. Salta is also known as “Salta la Linda” which means Salta the Fair and it really is a beautiful place. The colonial architecture adds to its charms and it is surrounded by low mountains which makes it a very…
We departed from Tucuman on a humid morning and began an exhausting climb up the mountains, well, the bus we were on began an exhausting climb. It was a rather treacherous mountain pass to say the least and it reminded me a lot of some of the mountain passes we have travelled in Mpumalanga, very…
