Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Gringo Trail #2 Argentina



Markers: Puerto Iguacu, Buenos Aires, El Calafate, El Chaltén, El Calafate, Bariloche, Córdoba, Salta and San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

Distance travelled: 9650 approx (5 days and 9 hours of driving according to google)

Argentina has been amazing, after almost a month here I've only scratched the surface. I'm so so glad I went to Patagonia, I feel I've seen the length and breadth of the country and my goodness there is so much going on. I'm sad I didn't get to properly dance salsa or tango but I've really enjoyed the places I've seen and all the food (lomo, choripan, empanadas, chimmi churri, even the dodgy lack of sea food sushi etc). It's all so different from Brazil whose countryside was so lush and dense in vegetation and cities so European with the security measures of Cape Town. Argentina has it's own distinct laid back feel, everything is so much more barren and disorganized. You can really feel a different pace of life in the cities and towns alike compared to the quickly developing Brazil. Mad really.

In the desert in Chile right now and it's an entire world apart again.


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