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Bad experience with a local guide in Salta

25 May 2010

Well, we’re back in Buenos Aires after a week in the Northwest of Argentina (Salta and Jujuy provinces). Jen is working on a post that will give a full overview of our trip with pictures and so forth, so we should get that up in the next day or so. In the mean time, my [...]

Today in Cafayate

19 May 2010

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Here’s what we did today: We woke up this morning in this hotel room… In this hotel (which is free, go Starwood!)… Overlooking this pool… Then, we got picked up and drove through this winery… On our way to go goat cheese tasting along with a tour of a goat cheese farm… Then we went [...]

Review: Flecha Bus to Salta in Cama-Suite

18 May 2010

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Review: Flecha Bus to Salta in Cama-Suite

Ok, ok, ok. So everyone here in Argentina pretty much says that when you travel domestically you should take a bus even if it’s 20+ hours each way. While they do mention that it is cheaper as one of the reasons, by and large they say things like: “Argentina has really figured out how to [...]

Vacation #2 . . . via 20-hr. bus ride???

16 May 2010

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Vacation #2 . . . via 20-hr. bus ride???

After hearing so many great things about Salta and the northwest of Argentina, we’re off this evening to check it out for ourselves. Planning the trip has been fun so far – we’re hoping it pays off when we get there. More to come, but in the meantime, here are a couple of thoughts [...]

Dear Aerolineas Argentina…

28 April 2010

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Dear Aerolineas Argentina, You let us down. I’m writing to express my extreme disappointment that our ticket purchasing experience was so anticlimactic. You may think that we had unreasonably high expectations, but I think you’d have to admit that it was you that raised our expectations by leading us on so tantalizingly in the early [...]

Our first vacation from vacation: Iguazu Falls

26 April 2010

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Our first vacation from vacation: Iguazu Falls

Just got back from 3-days in Iguazu falls and didn’t want to pay the AR$60/day for internet access at our hotel, so apologies for the lack of posting lately. Awesome trip! Iguazu is truly spectacular. We stayed in the Sheraton which is the only hotel in the park itself on the Argentina side and it was [...]