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Mendoza: More Wine, More Steak
After a successful road trip up north, we again packed our bags and took a 19-hour bus south to the wine country capital of Mendoza. Nick had been there five years ago when visiting a friend who was living in Valparaíso (across the border in Chile) and remembered it fondly, and I knew I wasn’t…
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Weekly Twitter Updates
With gratitude, wonderful memories, and smiles on our faces, we bid farewell to South America, our home for the last 3.5 months. # The lowdown on #overland tours in #Africa | The Road Forks http://t.co/RRhVnKpv # Enjoying the bottle of Malbec we bought in Mendoza & heading out for a final steak dinner at La…
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Yum: Alfajores
I had seen these cookies in other countries, but as soon as we got to Argentina, everyone started to take their alfajores much more seriously. Essentially it is a cookie sandwich made of two somewhat dry but nonetheless tasty cookies and filled with dulce de leche, which in my opinion is pretty much the best-tasting…
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Northwest Argentina Road Trip
After a great introduction to northwest Argentina during our few days in Salta, we decided it was time for a roadtrip. We’ve been taking buses everywhere, which is a great way to get around South America, but the disadvantage is that it restricts us to only traveling to places that have regular bus connections. Originally…
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Salta
We’re getting good at border crossings. After a little trouble finding our bus from Tupiza to the border, and a little roadwork on the trip, we arrived in Villazon, Bolivia, got our exit stamps, skipped across the bridge marking the border to Argentina, got our entry stamps, and then hopped on another bus to our…
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Weekly Twitter Updates
Loving our adorable apartment in the kick-ass San Telmo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. So glad we have 8 days here! # Patagonia, we'll be back for you in warmer weather (& hopefully not after a volcano eruption), but right now we gotta head to Buenos Aires! # Beautiful bike ride today on the Circuito Chico…
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Bolivia and Argentina: General Observations
I think our posts generally do a decent job of describing where we’ve been, what we’ve done, and what we’ve been eating, but I’m not sure we’ve given you our general impressions of the countries or their culture (although you can often probably gather some of that). In any event, the last two countries we’ve…
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Yum: Jugo de Durazno Seco
We’re always on the lookout for new street food, especially if the locals are eating it, so after seeing stands in La Paz selling glasses of amber liquid with a strange round object at the bottom, we eventually worked up our courage to ask what it was and try a glass. Despite our best guesses…
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Video Dump 2
Here are a few videos we’ve taken that haven’t found their way into our last few posts. First, the most pigeons we’ve ever seen, at Plaza Murillo in La Paz Bolivia. Also, there were people selling bags of corn with signs saying something like: “Sterilization: instead of a cruel death”. We think they irradiate the…
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Yum: Pique Macho
Pique Macho, roughly translated, means man-snack. It may not look that appetizing, but Pique Macho is a classic Bolivian dish containing beef, french fries, onions, peppers, ‘sausage’ (i.e., hot dogs), and hard-boiled egg. I suppose it’s kind of like an American casserole, which I have always thought of as a dish that just contains whatever…
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