After yet another long bus journey from Mendoza and a mini transfer we were in a cloudy Salta. The bus journey was a hard one and all I wanted to do was to sleep. Al had a few harsh looks off the locals because he refused to tip the guy who put our bags in the […]
Read MoreWe got to Mendoza after an 18 hour bus journey from Bariloche. We slept fairly well on the bus and got to our hostel (Punto Urbano) around 10am so still had time to take advantage of their morning breakfast; a typical ham/cheese and dulce de leche affair. Whilst chilling over breakfast we began to plan […]
Read MoreQuick Stats: 6 countries 🌎 17 long bus journeys 🚌 6 flights ✈️ 1 x 4 day jeep tour 🚙 4 boat journeys 🛥 1 sea sick Alis 😩 Witnessed 5 sunrises 🌅 Over 10,000 miles travelled 📈 Slept in 22 different accommodations 🏩 20 different cities 🏙 Lots of new friends 👨👩👧👦 Plenty of […]
Read MoreWe got a bus from El Chalten to El Calafate at 6:30am in readiness to get our flight to Bariloche. Our flight wasn’t until 6pm so we had 6 hours to kill, we walked around El Calafate’s main streets admiring the local crafts and souvenirs before finding a nice little cafe with good wifi where […]
Read MoreHeading up Ruta 40 to El Chalten was beautiful, the route we were on was mostly through national park. We thought El Calafate was nice but El Chalten was nicer still. The town was surrounded by snow capped mountains and the sun was out, it was so clear, it was truly pretty. The hostels here […]
Read MoreAlex and I really wanted to head to Ushuaia as our next destination however time was against us and we definitely did not have the right gear with us to go that far south. If I thought Puerto Madryn was cold Rio Gallegos was colder for sure. We were only in Rio Gallegos for a total of […]
Read MoreI was really looking forward to the Peninsula and our first taste of Patagonia. Puerto Madryn was a nice seaside village that reminded me a lot of Wales. This was the first place where we arrived and I was cold (I had to buy a hat which Alex failed to tell me how vile it […]
Read MoreAfter a rather uncomfortable water taxi we were back again (see the bottom of our Colonia Del Sacramento blog to understand). We caught an Uber to our hostel called Casa de Papa. It was a really nice hostel, I imagine that at one point in time the building would have been very nice apartments, it was on the […]
Read MoreAfter briefly seeing Buenos Aires on our walk from the bus station to the docks we caught a boat. A big boat to Colonia del Sacramento (Colonia for short.) The border consisted of one bloke for Argentina to stamp you out of Buenos Aires and a bloke shoulder to shoulder with him to stamp you […]
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Posted by: Alis
Posted on: 27th October 2016
Destination:
Colonia del Sacramento
Category: Travel Update
Encarnacion is a cute riverside town which they have changed into a beach side town by adding sand! There was little to no tourism there but the beach has apparently increased the market. Alex and I arrived here in the afternoon and Al not yet had fast-food fancied a Burger King (we drove passed it […]
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