July 8th, 2010 | Posted in Blog, News, Travel, Travel Stories | 2 Comments
Tags: 2010, argentina, san martin, san martin de los andes, Travel
G’day Everybody,
Most people doing the clockwise trip of South America travel to Pucon, Chile from Bariloche. Most people take a leisurely overnight bus for the 10 or 12 odd hour trip through the Andes. Most people. Not us. Nope, 10+ hours on a bus at this point in our trip was fairly frightening for me at least. 10 hours couped up in a small seat without food and with the person in front reclining their seat all the way no matter how much i press my knees into the back of the seat. Terrifying!
Instead i consult a snowboarding mate i met on the Internet. Yup you’ve got to love the world wide web. He tells us of a quaint little town much better than Bariloche, only 6 hours from Bariloche and has a short route to Pucon. Brilliant! The places name, San Martin De Los Andes.
San Martin De Who?
Yup San Martin for short.
Pretty Trees
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June 10th, 2010 | Posted in Blog, News, Travel, Travel Stories | 5 Comments
Tags: argentina, bariloche, bike, glacier, ride, Travel, waterfall
Yes, you read it right Hutchae was in Bariloche(pron. Baril-o-ch-ay)
He was travelling with the beautiful Jessae
Sometime in Autumn, probably mid-May
When it was time, Hutch did say
To do some exercise, a cycle around the bay
They hopped off the bus round mid-day
And to their great dismay
They got off early about 5 k
Walk walk and walk the rest of the way.
Arrived tired and sweaty at the bus bay
Grabbed some bikes and set off for 30k
They met some freaky deaky dutch along the way
Firkin knackered Hutch did say
The dutch replied Oh Touche’
3 hours later back at the bus bay
They arrive knackered and willing to convey
That this was the hardest bike ride on a highway
But it was stunning on such a beautiful day
Later that night they sat down at a buffet
With the freaky deaky dutch and a waiter Jose’
They had earned dessert, a great sorbet
Retired to bed listening to Ricky Gervais.
The Tour De Bariloche was a 30km ride on bitumen up and down some big hills around some of the most spectacular lake’s and forrest we’ve ever seen. Here are some photo’s of our great little Tour De Bariloche:
A lake on route to the first hill:
A cute little cafe:
Please read on below.
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June 4th, 2010 | Posted in Photography, Portfolio | No Comments
Tags: argentina, el calafate
Another beautiful cold sunset over the lake and mountains of El Calafate, Argentina.
June 4th, 2010 | Posted in Photography, Portfolio | No Comments
Tags: argentina, bariloche
A rustic local delicatessen located just outside of Bariloche Argentina on the way to the Gray Glacier.
May 1st, 2010 | Posted in Blog, Travel, Travel Stories | 1 Comment
Tags: argentina, buenos aires, Travel, trip story
We landed in Buenos Aires (BA) airport feeling pretty rough having spent the night flying 10 hours without any sleep. I really didn’t know what to expect from our first taste of South America. As we got off the plane we were segregated into two lines, Aussies, Canadians, Americans and then all the other nationalities. Ben and Vicks we ushered through promptly as we were stuck in line. We were lugged with a $100 USD entrance fee each by an abrupt customs official and cattle herded to the next line. Good start on all accounts.
Ben had all the apartment info and had left to baggage by then. As we waited in line an aggressive customs agent was drilling an obviously gay couple in front of us on where they were staying and why they didn’t know the exact address. This started to worry as we didn’t have those details either; I was pretty impressed that I had remembered the suburb to be honest. A tense ten minutes later we thankfully got another official who was blasé but still pretty short. Slightly relieved we progressed to the slowest moving baggage carousel in history and the jeers of Ben and Vicks (collectively known as Bicky) having passed through quickly with no fee on their British passports. I don’t know how that works since the Brits fought a war against the Argentinians and we Aussies had done nothing but be pleasant as far as I know…..Maybe there is something in that?
All the bags were thankfully collected which is always a concern for Justin and I and after a twenty minute wait we were bundled into our transfer van which obviously caters for South Americans who subsequently are small people. Ben and Plum are not small people and we had to have a mini game of twister to get in. With faces squeezed up against windows and bodies snug against each other we set off.
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April 9th, 2010 | Posted in News, Travel, Travel Stories | 6 Comments
Tags: argentina, buenos aires, tigre
Ok we’re skipping ahead a moment here only because this is fresh in our minds.
A little while ago (in travelling time – which i believe to be an extension of bistro mathematics and a form of time travel. Travelling time doesn’t work on the usual calendar of days, weeks, months but on the observer’s movement through tourist destinations. Confusingly, it has the potential to slow time itself when visiting museums, gift shops and any walking tour. slows down when visiting museums and anything else that maybe boring to the observer. Therefore the measurements used by travellers are relevant to the observer such as a while ago, not too long ago, ages ago etc) Any i digress.
Ben, Vicky, Jess and I took a day trip from Buenos Aires to Tigre. Tigre is a tourist destination popular with both international and local tourists located on the Parana Delta. We went there mostly too keep me entertained as i needed to do something active other than walking, strolling, slow jogging(with a soft j) and any other form of painstakingly moving your legs in alternate directions.
You take a 1 hour train ride from the Retiro(train station) on the 80′style trains whilst local musicians busk for your coins. However after a few too many Malbec’s, schnapps and captain morgan(never go to sea without a captain) the night before ending at 2am the sounds weren’t as appreciated as they should of been.
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