Author Archives: Archana
Falling in love with El Bolson, Argentina: Part One — the hostel
As I last mentioned, we’re currently road-tripping through the state of Chubut in Argentina for a week of small towns and beautiful hiking. We started in Esquel, a former Welsh colony, where we spent one night. There isn’t much to write home about re:Esquel, but we’ll be going back there for a few days — … Continue reading
Merry Christmas from El Calafate!
After our trek through Torres del Paine, we headed back to El Calafate, Argentina, where we’ve spent the last four days in complete relaxtion mode. Reading, eating, buying chocolates, watching I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown on YouTube — it’s like our own holidays away from home. Last night, our hostel, I Keu … Continue reading
Three months in: How we’re feeling and what we’re thinking
December 20 marked our three month travel-versary so I thought now would be a good time to look back on how these past few months — which have taken us from Peru to Patagonia — have shaped up. In a nutshell, life is freaking awesome. I feel so lucky that I can get up every … Continue reading
Nine lessons learned from trekking the ‘W’ circuit in Torres del Paine
Of all the places we wanted to visit on this trip, Patagonia was the one place with the most vague itinerary. We knew we wanted to go, but to do what, when and for how long were all questions marks. But Torres del Paine, the 242,242 hectare-size national park near Puerto Natales, Chile was a … Continue reading
Iguazu Falls: A Wonderful Wonder of the World indeed
We got soft in Buenos Aires, in terms of energy, physique and brainpower. A trip to Iguazu Falls – a set of ginormous waterfalls that span both Brazil and Argentina and were recently inducted into the Seven Wonders of the World hall of fame – couldn’t have come at a better time. We were ready … Continue reading
Photo of the Week: Buenos Aires Street Art
Buenos Aires has probably the most amazing street art of any city I’ve been to (sorry NYC!). As such, over the past few weeks I’ve tried to take as many photos of this art as I could before we leave the city. Below is one of my favorites which is a giant mural of a … Continue reading
So long, Buenos Aires! Here’s what’s next for us…
Today we leave our lovely apartment and go back to the reality of backpacking with an 18-hour bus ride to Iguazu Falls, a gargantuan set of waterfalls, spanning Argentina and Brazil that was recently named one of the new Seven Wonders of the world. From there we head back to Buenos Aires for a quick … Continue reading
A guide to Buenos Aires: What to do and where
It’s not easy to accumulate visitors on a trip that’s all about last-minute planning. Our friends have only a set number of vacation days and have to plan well in advance, but we often don’t know what we’re doing or where we’ll be even a week in advance. Our seven-week stay in Buenos Aires was … Continue reading
