On Erasmus in Ireland I met a girl from Britanny who went to Ushuaia in Argentina for an internship. She invited me to visit her. I didn’t make it all the way down there, but instead travelled South America for six weeks.
The route (9.184 kilometres)
Buenos Aires – Puerto Pyramides (Whales) – Bariloche (Skiing) – Uspallata (Aconcagua, Puente del Inca) – Mendoza – San Juan – Valle Fertil (Valle de la Luna) – Salta – Tilcara (Grand Salinas) – La Quiaca (leaving Argentina) – Villazon – Puno (already Peru, Floating Islands) – Cusco – Agua Calientes – Machu Picchu – Cusco – La Paz (Bolivia) – Santa Cruz – Asunción (Paraguay) – Concepción – Belen – Ciudad del Este – Itaipu Dam – Puerto Iguazu (Argentina) – Iguaçu cataracts in Brasil – Iguazú cataracts in Argentina – Buenos Aires
The map (click to open)
The stories
– Week 1 in Argentina: Stealing, Skiing and some Sharades
– Week 2 in Argentina: Lotion, Wine and a Climax
– Week 2 in Argentina: How two Spaniards took me to the Moon
– Week 3 in Argentina: Airy Rides and Smelly Dogs
– Week 3 in Argentina: Salt and Koka
– Imagine a bus in Bolivia
– Week 3: Bumpy Roads and Floating Islands
– Week 3: Cusco – Capital of the Tourists
– Week 4: 10 lessons I learned at the Machu Picchu
– Week 4: Making miles
– Week 5: A magical night
– Week 5: On the slow road
– Foreign Haircut
– Week 5: A river, a boat and thousand stories
– Week 6: Three countries, a dam and the most amazing waterfalls
– Week 6: Another chance for Buenos Aires
– Week 6: Tango with Evita
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| Argentina | Bolivia and Peru |