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24 July 2018
We wanted to explore the Brazil side of the Iguaçu (Iguazu) falls today and the first bus was 0810. I set the alarm for 0650 so we could make the second bus at 0830 in a relaxed manner. It had been raining and when we checked while eating our oats and dried fruit, it felt […]
23 July 2018
We checked out at 1000 after breakfast and taxied to Aeroparque for our flight to Puerto Iguazu. Arriving at Aeroparque we found the snaking queue for Andes airline to be horrendously long. Fortunately it was fast-moving and we got to nearly the front in 30 minutes to find the baggage conveyor had jammed. After a […]
22 July 2018
We woke without an alarm around 0830. We didn’t exactly have tonnes of time as our proposed 1000 departure would get us back in the early evening, if we took a detour through Mar del Plata. Breakfast at the hotel consisted of ham, cheese bread and little else. After last night’s dinner of ham and […]
21 July 2018
Driving to Balcarce With the two hour time change, we just didn’t want to get out of bed. But we had to. After breakfast, we checked out around 0830 and took a taxi to Localiza Rental Cars in Barrio Norte. Uber no longer picks up at our hotel requiring us to go to a street […]
20 July 2018
Back to Buenos Aires after two years Despite taking off from Panama about an hour late, we were only five minutes late arriving into Buenos Aires at 0115. We had to wait a while to get a gate but once the doors opened, it was a breeze through passport, baggage and customs. Then things got […]
19 July 2018
Visiting the Miraflores Locks The alarm was set for 0645. I wasn’t hungry yet but as we weren’t sure of when/where we could eat next, we took breakfast at the hotel at a reasonable price of USD6.50. It appears Panama isn’t cheap but we’re not going to get a true sense of pricing from a […]
18 July 2018
Today we fly from Guayaquil to Panama City on Copa Airlines,on a 22h42 overnight transit to Buenos Aires. This would allow us to go see the Panama Canal tomorrow before continuing. Long transits like this are a good trick for getting a glimpse of some cities at virtually no cost. Often indirect routings are cheaper […]
17 July 2018
After our included breakfast, we wanted to head out to Las Peñas & Cerro Santa Ana (a hill where the early settlements began). Kim had a slight foot problem and we yesterday had toyed with the idea of a taxi ride up and walking down. Outside the hostel, he wanted to go by taxi. I […]
16 July 2018
For the first morning in a long time, we didn’t need to be up early for anything. Our departure is at 1320 so we checked out before their appointed time of 1000 to have breakfast on the waterfront. Luckily for Kim, we made it just in time before they stopped serving breakfast. He was desperate […]
15 July 2018
While I was in San Cristobal, one of the main islands of Galapagos, I chose to go on a diving excursion, along with some snorkellers. After a 30 minute ride from Puerto Baquerizo Moreno township, we were given a beach rest while the crew readied themselves for the dives. Check dive First up they wanted […]