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As already mentioned, the Mendoza region is producing the majority of Argentinian wine. As the weather conditions remained bad (rain, temperatures below 20 degrees), I decided to go on wine tours for two days; visiting some of the wineries, with … Continue reading
I was finally on myself … flying over to Mendoza, Argentina’s wine capital and also a good hub for any kind of outdoor activity.
I spent my first full day in Mendoza with a hike up to Cerro Arenales. It was enjoyable hike, however not in the most favorable weather conditions. We started off in light rain, which turned to hail and finally snow during the ascend; of course there was also no view … as we were basically within the cloud.
The tour to Patagonia was over; we made our way back to Buenos Aires – and to make it short, I was overwhelmed by the big city – traffic, noise, fumes etc. – so I decided to take a train up to Tigre – the gateway to the Rio de la Plata delta. In Tigre I had a look around town to then take a two hours boat tour to get a view of the delta with its little islands … so in total an enjoyable and relaxing day.
Another short flight got us down to Ushuaia – the southernmost city of the world (it is only small settlements and research stations further south). We only had around 1.5 days down here, so activities were somewhat limited, also as the weather was not the best … below some impressions.
The second day in El Chalten was a free day; James and myself ended up doing the ice climbing and ice hiking option. In the morning we boarded yet another boat to get closer to another glacier – the Viedma glacier.
We left the boat at the middle moraine to get the climbing gear and short introduction – to finally walk over to the cliff and do our first climbs.
After a few climbs, the arms got tired and we headed back to the equipment tent for lunch. After lunch we put the crampons on again to get back to the glacier – this time for ice hiking.
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We got to El Chalten – self proclaimed Outdoor Capital of Argentina – in the late evening, basically getting there straight from our visit to Perito Moreno Glacier. We stopped at a view point shortly before town to get a … Continue reading
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Another bus ride did bring us across the border from Chile to Argentina, heading for El Calafate, another one of these towns basically only there to serve as gateway into a National Park – this time Los Glaciares – Glacier … Continue reading
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Now may Patagonia tour had started … and today was the first real day of the tour. Yesterday a plane had brought us from Buenos Aires to Bariloche; we now had a day for action. Most of us – including … Continue reading
Sunday … and more time in Buenos Aires … just right for the weekend market in San Telmo and more strolls in the quarters surrounding the center.
On my way back from congress to the center I basically ran (by chance) into a setup I had seen on the news earlier that week from Berlin. Styrofoam blocks were set up to become a giant domino game – and to symbolize the fall of the Berlin wall 20 years earlier on…
I made it to Buenos Aires after a long flight including a stop in Sao Paulo.
This time my holiday plan was slightly different, as I spent the first few days in meetings – with (obviously) only limited time to explore the city. I anyhow ventured out … some of my impressions below.
