October 2023
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Iguacu Falls
I had booked a 3-night stay in Puerto Iguazu (Argentina) with the hopes of seeing both the Argentine and Brazilian sides of the falls. Unfortunately, a few days after booking my flights, I read that the Argentine side of the falls was due to be shut on the 30th and 31st October due to a…
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Bariloche
Bariloche has been the perfect place to wind down after the fairly hectic road trip through Salta and Jujuy provinces, and the general busyness of the last few weeks. Apart from anything else it’s been an absolute treat to stay in the same hotel 5 nights in a row after so much moving around. I…
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Northern Argentina road trip
I had booked a Renault Sandero hire car through Fit Car Rental and was delighted to find, on picking it up, that it was lovely and compact, and in very good condition (apart from a few scratches and one dent which were already noted on the paperwork). It came with a full petrol tank and…
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Salta
I came surprisingly close to missing my flight to Salta – I got to the airport in plenty of time and dropped my bag off, but then, having had a quick coffee in the check-in area, saw a much more appealing coffee shop upstairs just before security, and figured I had plenty of time for…
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Mendoza day 4 / Maipu
I’d come across a couple of blogs online that mentioned being able to take a public bus from Mendoza to Maipu, rent a bike and spend a day cycling round the wineries in the region – so decided to give that a go. I managed to locate the correct bus stop and told the driver…
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Mendoza day 3 / wine tour
When in Mendoza it seems rude not to do a wine tour, so I had booked a tour of 3 wineries in the Uco valley, through a company called Trout and Wine. They picked me up bang on time at 8.40, and there was one other couple, Laura and Jean-Pierre from Canada, already in the…
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Mendoza day 2 / Aconcagua
On my second day in Mendoza, I took a bus tour into the Andes, to the Parque Nacional Aconcagua. When planning my time in Mendoza I had read that it’s possible to do a day hike to the Confluencia base camp, the first campsite for those who are climbing Aconcagua. I had seen photos of…
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Mendoza Day 1
Well my luck had to run out eventually – after all my flights to date leaving and arriving on time, Aerolineas Argentina took off almost an hour late for Mendoza (despite the screens in the terminal showing the flight “on time” even as our scheduled departure time came and went with boarding having not yet…
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Buenos Aires
It’s taken me a little while to find my groove in Buenos Aires. I was here 6 years ago for the first time with my mum and we both loved it. But from arriving at a different airport (Aeroparques) rather than the main international airport, to not being able to get cash out of the…
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Lima again
Yet another very pleasant experience of internal air travel in Peru. When I first booked my flight from Cusco to Lima I’d paid for one 23kg checked bag – but when I changed the flight, I was given a credit for the baggage fees (which I can use against a future flight booking with Latam)…
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