Ushuaia…
There must be a reason if they call it La fin del Mundo, and you definitely need to get here to fully understand it and get this incredible feeling of being at the edge of everything, mountains, roads, sea, life…. Here La fin del mundo, the Worlds end, doesn’t have only a geographic meaning, but […]
Somewhere in Tierra Del Fuego
This journey to and through Tierra Del Fuego is an adventure itself and it’s really enduring all my resistance. I left El Calafate at 3 in the morning heading to Rio Gallegos, where I got the connection to Ushuaia after a couple of hour waiting at the sunrise in the station. And then it started. I couldn”t […]
El Chalten, at Mother Nature’s home
When I arrived to El Chalten I was not sure about my decision, as the weather was not going to be very nice and it looked like a place where you can only go hiking an that’s it. It thought I may have slowed don my trip but, as I was here, what I could […]
Perito Moreno, Patagonia of my heart
I must admit that today I got chills standing in front of the Glacier Perito Moreno! It was ages I didn’t feel such an emotion for a place that made me almost cry at the end. The first impression I had of the Glacier is that it’s alive. I could feel it, even on the […]
El Bolsón, la buena onda
Only 2 hours bus from Bariloche, that for Argentina is almost like you can go walking, among beautiful mountains peaks coloured by the warm autumn Nature, lays El Bolsón, a village what wouldn’t attract the attention of anybody if it wasn’t for the fact that it has been chosen by a hippie community as their […]
Bariloche, touching the blue
Arriving to Bariloche is a wonderful sweet surprise that enchants all your senses. The town lays quiet on the shores of a wonderful blue water lake, surrounded by high mountain ranges: it’s the Andes and this is the first time I see them. The Andes embrace this area refreshing it with a cool breeze all […]
Waking up in the Pampas…
07:35 am, April 13th…Somewhere in the Pampas of Argentina Waking up in the middle of the Argentinian pampas is like waking up on a different planet. What I am watching now from my window is simply one of the most a spectacular landscapes ever seen. It’s desert, no sign of human life is around, the […]
Impressions of a 20 hour bus travel …
23:00 pm, APRIL 12th 2012 I have left Buenos Aires at 2pm this afternoon to start a crazy 20 hour trip with destination San Carlos De Bariloche. It’s 11pm now. I am on this bus a already since 9 hours and I will arrive at destination in 12. I have already watched 4 movies, read […]
El caminito in La Boca, a walk into the rainbow…
Leaving the centre of Buenos Aires and arriving at la Boca, one of the eldest and most popular areas of the town, is simply a joy as you can see how the urban landscape can change so easily in a town so big and how even a urban town like this one can transform in […]
Buenos Aires’ good air
I AM FINALLY IN ARGENTINA and still cannot believe it yet. The warm air that welcomed me outside the airport on my arrival, together with the warm welcome of my family remember me that I had arrived on the other side of the world, where summer has just finished its course and slowly and lazy […]
Madrid…tasting the Latin world
My 1stimpressions of Madrid is of a beautiful European town, big but also cosy enought to feel imemdiately at home. That’s the feeling I had when I went out of the metro this afternoon and a sunny cold day welcome me in the Spansh capital. The architecture of the houses remembers me the one of […]
Here we are: ready for a new adventure
FINALLY! The day is arrived and I cannot believe it. I have been busy and waiting for this moment since so long that I cannot really focus on the fact that tomororw this great adventure starts. Everything is ready. My backpack is full, completely packed with winter and summer clothes, as I will have to […]
Sevilla, Mediterranean guardian…
SEVILLA, 8TH MAY 2005 Seville…Seville is the South world that widely open its doors to me, with its colour and warmth, its people, its music that brings my mind and my heart back to my old habits of a quiet life, the one I run away from because it din’t suit my soul’s restlessness. Seville […]
Skydiving and the chill of flying the Infinite
IF THERE WAS a feeling that can ever be called happiness…then it must be this one! Skydiving has been the most crazy, amazing, incredible thing ever done in life, so good and unforgettable, so unique and exciting that I will do it for sure again and again. The fear and the adrenaline keep yourself up […]
Queensday: I’ll be back on time!
THE PARTY OF THE YEAR If you are one of those unaware visitors arriving in Amsterdam in the morning of the 30th of April a dn expecting to have a couple of chilling smoky days in the capital of freedom, you will be simply amazed by what you will find just one step out of […]
The day I arrived in Auckland…
AUCKLAND, NZ, MARCH 23rd 2008 It was almost a shock to leave the isolated and majestic scenery of Milford Sound and get welcome by the urban reality of Auckland! In the imagination of everybody Auckland tastes like sea salt and has the blue as a main colour, but the truth is that when you arrive […]
Getting ready to Argentina!
FEW DAYS AGO I was checking the map of Argentina, trying to organize my trip, my times, my destinations, and I found out Montevideo! Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, is just in front of Buenos Aires and “only”10 hours far by bus. It sounds like a lively and amazing town, with its colonial atmosphere and […]
Vestmannaeyjar: unpronounceable and unforgettable!
HEYMAEY ISLAND, MARCH 15TH 2010! Getting to Heymaey, even if so close to the Icelandic coast, has been a travel itself. The ferry from Þorlákshöfn takes an absurd ride for about 3 hours before docking. That means if the sea is not calm like it was today, it can be hell. In fact, even with […]
A nice talk with Alex about Argentina
As I had too many questions about Argentina that couldn’t find an answer on a guide or in the net, few days ago I decided to contact Alexandra, a travel blogger who is curently traveling around Patagonia and Chile, and who was a special source of inspirations for my vivid imagination. I have been following […]
3 Secrets of a solo traveler
TRAVELING ALONE is one of the challenges of a lifetime. There are people who will never be able to do it, people who constantly need to do everything with some company, and people who have done it once and they cannot stop thinking of repeating it, just to feel again the same amazing adrenaline of […]
