Wanting a break from bustling, noisy Buenos Aires, and on the recommendation of a tango friend from there, I chose to spend a few days over Christmas in Montevideo, Uruguay. To get across the Rio de la Plata I took...
Coming from Calafate, I flew over the Magellan Strait to come to the Tierra del Fuego, and the southernmost city in the world, Ushuaia. The town name comes from the native Yaghan language, meaning "deep bay". The day I arrived...
About halfway into my Argentina adventure, I made a side trip to Patagonia, spending three days in El Calafate in the Andes mountains on the edge of the Argentine/Chilean border.I flew from Buenos Aires, and coming in to land at...
What a great way to avoid the depressing months of November and December! For the first time in my life, I crossed the Equator to visit the—to me—exotic country of Argentina.A good place to start in understanding someplace new is...
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