Mendoza, Argentina, South America I had a pretty good day seeing the landscape around Mendoza today. The tour company picked me up at 7:30am by my guide Herman. We headed out to the mountains between Argentina and Chile to check out a few spots worth seeing. Our first stop was at a reservoir that provides all the water for the city of Mendoza. It was a pretty spot. We continued driving for another hour and a half and it gave…
Mendoza, Argentina, South America I got to Mendoza this morning after the twelve hour bus ride and had just a fifteen minute walk to Malbec Hostel Central. It seems like a pretty average hostel, but it is in a great location. I have my own room where I was supposed to have a double bed, but instead they have given me a four person room with bunks, but all for me. It seems a bit strange to me, but maybe…
Cordoba, Argentina, South America I had a full day in Cordoba today, with crappy weather. I can’t believe the change in weather from yesterday to today. Yesterday it was 32*C (90*F) and sunny. Today was 13*C (55*F) and rainy. Also, it’s Sunday. This was my first experience of an Argentinian Sunday, and I found out that EVERYTHING is closed. It was out of control. I had to search the streets in the center for about 20 minutes before I could…
Cordoba, Argentina, South America I had a good day walking around Cordoba today, even though it was incredibly hot. I got up and out of my hostel as early as possible for two reasons. One: I was absolutely starving after having eaten only a bag of Doritos all day yesterday, and Two: my hostel is horrible so I didn’t want to spend any more time there than I had to. I tried to find a place for breakfast in town,…
Cordoba, Argentina, South America I spent all day on a bus today, and unfortunately, it wasn’t a very nice ride. The day started out with me having to pound on Ruben’s door to wake him up so I could check out and get a taxi. I was only about 6km (4 miles) from the bus terminal, but it took 45 minutes to get there due to the traffic. That was annoying. I got to the station to find out that…
Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America I had a really good day walking around Ushuaia today. It’s a very touristy city, because there’s no other reason for anyone to be here than to say that were at the End of the World. I grabbed a bite to eat at a really nice restaurant on San Martin, the main street of Ushuaia. My Thanksgiving lunch consisted of croquets filled with ham and cheese for a starter, steak and fried potatoes for a…
Ushuaia, Argentina, South America I got up and got all my stuff packed together at the hostel. I went downstairs to have breakfast, but the only thing that was there was a plate of stale bread that had clearly been left there since yesterday, and some marmalade that was in an open jar that had never seen the inside of a refrigerator. I didn’t eat anything. I was also supposed to get the help of the owner to call me…
Punta Arenas, Chile, South America We’re going to Antarctica!!! It took a lot of figuring out, a lot of time, and a lot more money, but Ryan and I have decided to suck it up and go. Laura found us a ship with the company Exodus that has an available twin room on their trip leaving on 10 December. It’s has pretty much the same itinerary as the G Adventures cruise did, and it does offer camping and kayaking. It’s…
Punta Arenas, Chile, South America I got up this morning and got in touch with Laura straight away, but she didn’t have good news for me. She had gotten in touch with a few of the companies, but it looked like they were all completely full for their next trip, so no chance Ryan and I could jump on. I was really hopeful that this was going to work out, but I should have known that cruises that get booked…
Puerto Natales, Chile, South America I woke up at 6am today to try and get in touch with Laura. I had to wait an hour because of course on a Sunday, they start at 10am. I sent her a message and she had just finished reading her email about our cruise being cancelled. That’s why I never heard from G Adventures last night, because they emailed my travel instead so she could break the bad news to me. She was…