Monday 29 April 2013

San Martín de los Andes

Also in the Argentinian Lake District, we made a stop at San Martín de los Andes, a sweet town in a very beautiful setting.

More picturesque bus journeys










Wildlife Count: Rabbit and a llama (from the bus)
Bus or plane hours logged: 4 hours
Mosquito Bites: 0
Stuff Lost: 0

Next Stop: Pucón


Bariloche

After a beautiful 23 hour bus ride from Buenos Aires, we spent three nights in Bariloche on the shores of Lago Nahuel Huapi, walking in the picturesque National Park nearby and embracing the chilly air that reminded us of home.

Photos from the bus




The peninsula







Our lunch spot






Looking down on Bariloche
Wildlife Count: Eagles (according to James)
Bus or plane hours logged: 23 hours
Mosquito Bites: 0
Stuff Lost: 0

Next Stop: San Martín de los Andes

Buenos Aires

Of course we had to see Argentina's Capital, where we finally found Jessie some good Japanese, James some of the famous beef and street tango.






A park! Kind of.

A miniature horse we found outside the zoo

San Telmo Market











Wildlife Count: Miniature horse
Bus or plane hours logged: 21 hours
Mosquito Bites: 0
Stuff Lost: 0

Next stop: Bariloche

Sunday 28 April 2013

Iguazu Falls

We spent two nights each in Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) and Puerto Iguazu (Argentina) to visit one of our favourite places so far, the Iguazu Falls. We took a few photos...



Devil's Throat



These guys were everywhere (trying to steal our lunch...)


And the butterflies were very friendly































The guy on the right is Michael Fassbender... seriously.


Wildlife Count: Butterflies and Coatis
Bus or plane hours logged: 3 and a half hours
Mosquito Bites: 0!
Stuff Lost: 0