Category Archives: Argentina and Chile, 2014

We’re now back in Canada after a great time, primarily in Patagonia of Argentina and Chile.  We were so thoroughly pleased with our tour company (Say Hueque).  Everything that they did was extremely well arranged.  We were met at every … Continue reading →

We are looking forward to being at home again, but not the long travel time of almost two days.   We have had a fabulous time here but it is always nice to go home. This morning we went to a … Continue reading →

Our driver arrived after breakfast, and took us to a transfer point at a nearby hotel.  Here we joined about 15 other (all English speaking) tourists, for a day long tour of Igazu falls.  For the first time on this … Continue reading →

It is a long way and a very different climate from Ushuaia to Puerto Iguazu.  When we left this morning it was cool and windy, about 6C.  After about 6 hours of flying and several more waiting in the Buenos … Continue reading →

I was awakened by bright sun in the window at 6:30, but when we opened the door to go for breakfast it was pouring rain. It rained heavily until it was time for us to catch our taxi to go … Continue reading →

Our tour today started with a hike of 6.5 km aong the shores of the Beagle Channel.  First we had to stop at the park gates of Tierra de Fuego National Park to pay the 110 peso per person entrance … Continue reading →

We took a taxi this morning to the Museo Maritimo y Antiquo Presidio.  This is actually the old penitentiary which was here in Ushuaia, but it is now a museum both of maritime, especially Antarctic maritime exploration, and of the … Continue reading →

Once again our private driver showed up, right on time this morning, and took us to the El Calafate airport.  This is a very modern airport, but doesn’t look as if it has a lot of traffic.  Since it is … Continue reading →

Today was a free day with no scheduled activities.  We walked to the centre of town, a bit over a kilometer from the Cauquenas de Nimez hosteria.  At the corner of the main street is a park, a full block … Continue reading →

[Show slideshow] Our tour van for the glacier arrived right on time just after 8am. We drove about town for half an hour picking up others. The very first stop was for three young Canadian travellers.   One of them, a … Continue reading →