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Archive for the ‘Argentina’ Category.

Christmas Chaos en Route to Villa La Angostura

December 22, 2010 We were tired from yesterday and had a hard time getting up and starting our day. I tried to call the GOL lost luggage center here in Buenos Aires, but no one answered. They are probably completely overloaded now just before Christmas. In terms of losing luggage read more…

Iguassu – Day 1 – Argentine Side

December 7, 2010 We had wonderful weather on arrival yesterday, but during the night it had started to rain. When we got up it was pouring down: No good. We had only 2 days here to see the waterfalls and heavy rain would, in addition to being uncomfortable, also assure read more…

Transfer to Iguassu

December 6, 2010 Our flight to Iguassu was originally scheduled for 11am, but once again one of our flights in South America had been moved and the new flight time was 1:15pm. We had a nice, slow morning and got ready to leave without any stress. Even I had to read more…

Salta – Day 3- Jose

December 5, 2010 During the night we had a visitor in our hotel room. It was the tooth fairy who had snatched the tooth Iseline lost last night and replaced it with some money. It must have been the local fairy, since she left pesos. Iseline was worried last night, read more…

Salta – Day 2 – Inca Mummies and Climbing

December 4, 2010 After some home schooling we walked a bit around the center of Salta and went to the Museum of High Altitude Archeology. Unfortunately photography was not allowed in the museum. This museum once again took us into the fascinating world of the Incas. In 1999 an archeological read more…

Salta – Day 1 – Meeting Mirta again

December 3, 2010 After yesterday´s fatiguing travelling it was great to get a good night´s sleep without using an alarm. Alas, I was woken up at 9am by the hotel telephone which was just next to my ear. I had forgotten which country I was in and to a large read more…

From the Pacific to the Atlantic to the Andes in One Day

December 2, 2010 Another morning of getting up at 5:15. It was starting to become a habit by now. We were going to go to Argentina, anyway, which is 2 timezones further east. So, in a sense it was 7:15 when we got up. Today´s plan was to fly to read more…

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