We like to fly from Manchester as it is only an hour drive from Sheffield and car paring it not too expensive. Having got the train to Manchester from the local Dore and Totley station a couple of weeks ago for a work meeting I realised how easy it was so decided that it would […]
We woke early and was surprised to see flurries of snow blowing past the window. The central massif we had spotted the day before was still obscured by mist, and it looked set to be a miserable day weather-wise. Our tour was scheduled to start at 08:00, so we got up at about 06:45 and […]
Day 77 – Today was a long day We were up at 6am to prepare for our final landing in the Zodiacs on Magdelanian Island (Penguin time). we had been warned that if the weather was bas this would not happen but as luck would have it the sea was carm and we were able to […]
Photos to be added Day 73 – Boarding the cruise We had already spotted the cruise ship from the shore and were pleased with its appearance from a distance. After a short queue we were heading up the gangway and boarded into a nice reception area where we handed over our passports and were shown […]
photos to be added Saturday 08 – Day 70 – Ushuaia When we landed at Ushuaia airport, there were no taxis waiting, so we had to queue for about ten minutes, at which point one arrived – could Ushuaia really be a ‘one horse town’? No, after a few minutes, others started arriving and the […]
photos at end Wednesday 05 – Day 67 – El Calafate Our flight was Aerolineas Argentinas AR 1872 from Bariloche to El Calafate, departing at 11:40 and arriving at 13:25. We hailed a taxi outside the terminal and drove west into town along the south shore of Lago Argentino, the biggest lake in Argentina, upon […]
photos at end Sunday 02 – Day 64 Bariloche The flight was very full so we ended up with the window seats at opposite ends of the back row. This turned out to be a blessing because the weather was very clear and we had fantastic views of the Argentinian landscape for almost the entire […]
When we landed at Mendoza most of the occupants of the plane seemed to vanish quickly, and there were only about six people waiting in the baggage hall. We were out of the terminal in about twenty minutes, and flagged down a taxi, whose driver, for once, recognised the address of our apartment and took […]
Saturday 24 – Day 56 Córdoba Unfortunately we had an early plane to catch to Cordoba and so had no time to visit the falls from the Brazilian side of the falls. We got up early, finished packing, and went down to check out, order a taxi, and have breakfast. We were at the airport […]
Thursday 22 – Day 54 Iguazu We had been a little unsure whether to include Iguazu as it was not a cheap flight to get there but as it is the biggest waterfall in the world we decide to put it on our schedule for 2 days. We departed Buenos Aires from a different airport […]