June – August
2005
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On
our way from the The
map shows the route we took, mostly by bus complete with bingo, whisky, wine
& champagne. When we’d had enough of buses, we took the odd flight and
even a ferry (once!). |
The La Boca area of
Parrilla (pronounced parish’a) is the
famous Argentinian barbecued beef.
After an 18hour bus journey (the first
of many) from
This little creature is a coatie, an ant
eater type thingy…
The first of many delicious South
American beers. At 30p, or 70c for a
litre, it’s hard to go wrong…
Back
in
Another 18hour bus to return from
Iguazu.
Japanese gardens in BA…
We flew to El Calafate, southern
This river is on the verge of freezing
over…
Perito Moreno… the surface area of the glacier is the size
of
More parilla…
The frozen forest…
These are icebergs that have broken from
the end of the glacier and now frozen in place in the lake…
Ice skating on the frozen lake…
Torres
del Paine
From El Calafate in
Torres del Paine National Park.
These guanaco are part of the llama
family.
There are supposed to be amazing
mountains to look at… if it wasn’t for the cloud cover…
Back in Puerto Natales…
Then we took a 4 day ferry trip travelling
north at a whopping 8 knots through the Chilean islands. We saw lots of seals, and even caught a
glimpse of a whale. These photos were
taken when it was calm… a little later in the trip we were cabin bound!?!?
Puerto
Montt and Valdivia
Back
into
The bus journey across the
Skiing in the
The home of Malbec, Mendoza had more
great steak, and even better wine…
Is this a beer ad?
Wine touring through Maipu (nr
Salta,
northern Argentina
From
Drying tobacco…
The mummy of a 15 year old girl, most
likely sacrificed on a nearby mountain top…
Rude cactus…
This building, furniture included, is
made entirely from salt…
