-bob black
I've been looking at maps, following other peoples routes along their maps and drawing my own quite badly proportioned map...
Every time I think I might have come up with a potential route for our adventure through South America I change my mind. There are so many amazing places to see and experiences not to be missed that of course there are too many. It's a little overwhelming.
We are arriving in Buenos Aires. That's the only decision we have made, it's a start... but where to next?
Second decision is whether to go south or not. Patagonia. Looks fantastic. Expensive. Long long journey from B.A. I managed to convince Jim that maybe we can go back for a holiday one day when we have more money.
So, I believe we have three options for our Argentinean travels and beyond;
At one point we were contemplating having help with one of these options and following a typical backpackers route by using a company to guide us along our way (the 'Libertador Ways' with Bamba bus http://www.bambaexperience.com/bus-travel-buenosaires-lima.php looked particularly interesting). It seems like a simple way to travel; safe, secure and probably really fun, but there just doesn't seem to be enough flexibility. So, we will be making our own way.
I would love to go to Chile but (along with Argentina) it seems to be relatively expensive compared to the rest of South America. We can't afford it so unfortunately option '1' is out. Option '2', although beautiful, looks like it will be really touristy so we are also going to miss out Puerto Iguazu. That leaves option '3'...
...our plan is to make our way up to northern Argentina, explore some gorgeous looking places, a little bit off the beaten track, short journeys, short stays and cross over to Bolivia.
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
-Lao Tzu
hmm, I like plans... hopefully the more we travel the less I'll plan.
I've been looking at maps, following other peoples routes along their maps and drawing my own quite badly proportioned map...
Every time I think I might have come up with a potential route for our adventure through South America I change my mind. There are so many amazing places to see and experiences not to be missed that of course there are too many. It's a little overwhelming.
We are arriving in Buenos Aires. That's the only decision we have made, it's a start... but where to next?
Second decision is whether to go south or not. Patagonia. Looks fantastic. Expensive. Long long journey from B.A. I managed to convince Jim that maybe we can go back for a holiday one day when we have more money.
So, I believe we have three options for our Argentinean travels and beyond;
- west, straight across to Mendoza, over the Andes and into Chile and then north up the coast.
- north/east to Puerto Iguazu and then back north/west of Argentina and continue into Bolivia.
- straight to the north of Argentina via Cordoba, up to Salta, over a border to either Chile or Bolivia.
At one point we were contemplating having help with one of these options and following a typical backpackers route by using a company to guide us along our way (the 'Libertador Ways' with Bamba bus http://www.bambaexperience.com/bus-travel-buenosaires-lima.php looked particularly interesting). It seems like a simple way to travel; safe, secure and probably really fun, but there just doesn't seem to be enough flexibility. So, we will be making our own way.
I would love to go to Chile but (along with Argentina) it seems to be relatively expensive compared to the rest of South America. We can't afford it so unfortunately option '1' is out. Option '2', although beautiful, looks like it will be really touristy so we are also going to miss out Puerto Iguazu. That leaves option '3'...
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| hopefully will have one of my own photos soon :) |
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
-Lao Tzu
hmm, I like plans... hopefully the more we travel the less I'll plan.
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