Day 9 - Hidden Bay We had another special operations boat cruise (SOB) as our scheduled excursion. It was the last SOB cruise that day and we were lucky enough to find a few humpback…
Antarctica and Fin Del Mundo
Category: South America
The Path to Antarctica
We went down for our breakfast before zero dark thirty. Viking had chartered a couple of flights to fly the group from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia. Our bus left for the airport at 3:40am. We…
Torres del Paine and A Day Back in Buenos Aires
Time for our 4th country of our trip. We were headed to Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. We had been flirting with Chile most of our trip as it was always just the…
Glaciers and Hiking – El Calafate and El Chalten
The following morning we were flying again. This time to El Calafate, further in Patagonia. It was very windy when we arrived, which is typical of the area. We really had some turbulence on this…
Beautiful Bariloche
We flew on to Carlos de Bariloche. Our host met us at our little suite. This was to be our base for the next 4 nights. Driving into Bariloche We had originally planned on driving the…
Wining and Dining in Cafayate and Mendoza
The next morning, we got on the road and headed back to Salta. We were almost immediately stopped at one of the police checkpoints. Will passed the breathalyzer and we were on our way. These…
Our Time in the High North of Purmamarca
We had a 2 hour flight that morning headed to Salta. We picked up our rental car and drove a little over 3 hours further north to the small town of Purmamarca. They are famous…
Water Falls Everywhere in Puerto Iguazú
The next morning we flew out to Puerto Iguazú. This town is on the border with Brazil and Paraguay and is also home to the Iguazú Falls. We arrived to a lot of humidity and…
A Few Days in Buenos Aires
In spite of the government shutdown, we made it out on our flight and landed in Buenos Aires early. We exchanged some money at the airport. Really the rate was decent and we figured we’d…
Peru – Lima Revisited
As we wound down our last few days in Peru, we found ourselves back in Lima. This time we stepped up the accommodations and stayed at the Doubletree. This hotel had a great breakfast…