Category: Argentina
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From Torres del Paine, we had an early morning ride to the border with Argentina, where we crossed and got on a bus to El Calafate. The bus full of people was a little claustrophobic after the vast wilderness of the park, but the views continued to be lovely. Once we got to El Calafate,…
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When we got back to Buenos Aires from Mendoza, we spent some time wandering around the botanic garden and the Japanese garden. The view from the rooftop deck of our Palermo apartment (Photo/Jason Rafal) A fountain in the botanic garden (Photo/Jason Rafal) Yerba mate plants (Photo/Jason Rafal) A giant crane in the Japanese garden (Photo/Jason…
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On Sunday, we flew to Mendoza for a couple of days. We booked two tours while we were there – a wine tour, as one tends to do in Mendoza, and a gaucho day (gauchos are the Argentinian cowboys). We also spent our evenings walking around the city of Mendoza, which is an interesting mix…
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Jason and I picked Buenos Aires to visit for a few reasons: it was in the southern hemisphere, which made the weather favorable in our chosen travel time of late November; Jason’s sister Emilie had lived there for a few weeks after college and liked it; and it had an interesting reputation as a European-feeling…