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National Parks in Argentina tend to be very very experience and many times the tickets are only valid for one day (like in Los Glaciares National Park). But I guess, you get what you pay for and in this case … Continue reading
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Partly because of the awful weather and partly because of my lack of enthusiasm for sightseeing, caused by long term travelling, Buenos Aires has not made a lasting impression on me. Besides, I was never a huge fun of big … Continue reading
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Buenos Aires did not charm me. Just another big, and in this case huge, south american city with very rich and beautiful and extremely poor and ugly areas. But I must admit there are some parts of the city, that … Continue reading
If you have been to Argentina, Paraguay or Uruguay you must have heard of yerba mate. It is typical for this region beverage, prepared by steeping dry leaves of mate plant in hot (but not boiling) water. It is very common to drink it with friends from shared, special cup (in spanish called mate) through metal straw (bombilla). To those who are not used to it, yerba mate might have very bitter taste. Also by now I have already learned that argentines are very sensitive with the whole ritual of drinking it. You certainly should not play and move around the straw, because it stirs the mate too much and causes the straw to clog. I’ve done it once and been told off by a loca personl!
Yesterday I had the pleasure to meet up with the real argentine gaucho (south american cowboy) and drink the best yerba mate I had so far, prepared by him. Mayo (named after the month May he was born in) spends his life here in Patagonia on taking care of one of the estancias and animals living on it. I was very impressed by his way of living, especially when he showed me the skin of puma that he killed the night before in order to protect the other animals. Even though it was very difficult at times to understand him, due to the very strong patagonian accent that he has, I had a great time talking and listening to him and promised to give him one of the photos that I took during the visit.
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If there is a perfect time for me to photograph mountains it would be in the morning light. Few days ago I went on a trek to Laguna de Los Tres near the town of El Chaltén in the northern part … Continue reading
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Almost 300 square km of snow and ice, up to 70 meters high, and still Perito Moreno is not the biggest glacier in the Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina. Viedma Glacier, which is very hard to reach is over … Continue reading
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I just got to El Calafate, a litle town located in the southern argentine Patagonia, have by now only seen Lake Argentino from a viewpoint and I am already in love with this place. Because of my very small budget … Continue reading
Last few days I spent in El Bolsón, in the southern lake District of Argentina, doing…absolutely nothing:) Nothing as far as the touristy things go. I used the time mostly for sorting out my photos and finding out the best way to get to southern Argentina. Both sorted. Tomorrow I am leaving for el Calafate to see the Perito Moreno glacier which was from the start on the top of my ‘to do’ list!
Below few pics of the town.
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Hiking to the top of the mountain is like never ending story. You think you are close to the end, but once you cross that hill there is the next one, and after the next one, yet another one. Though, … Continue reading
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In a long term travelling through South America there is never a perfect time to visit a place. You can be at the coast getting tan at the beach whilst it is raining in the Andes. While being in one … Continue reading
Across the South 