Monthly Archives: February 2011

We have arrived in Ushuaia at the very bottom of South America which means that I have completed the first leg of my trip! And what a trip it has been. I have had an amazing time over the past … Continue reading →

After seeing the glacier and spending the night in El Calafate we drove (in our clapped out VW Golf hire car) to Chile and into the Torres Del Paine national park where we stayed in Hotel Rio Serrano which overlooked … Continue reading →

…is a bit of a dump so we were glad to only have one night there. We stayed in a hotel called El Splendor which from the outside looked like a prison set against a bleak barron landscape. However, El … Continue reading →

After hectic Buenos Aires we headed to the peaceful lakeside town of Bariloche for a relaxing week where we stayed in Villa Huinid. We went for walks in the forest, boat rides to the islands, up the mountain by cable … Continue reading →

The Aldridges do Argentina. I´m not really sure how best to update you all about the last two weeks. We have done so much and seen so many amazing sights that I dont think one blog will be enough. I … Continue reading →

After landing back in BA I had a couple of days to kill before my parents arrived so I went and had a look around La Boca which is the really colourful part of town where the Boca Juniors play … Continue reading →

So, I took a minor detour from the original plan (if you can call 17hrs on a plane and 10,000 kilometres ‘minor’) to go on a bit of a road trip in the States with Sophie.  Having packed my speedos … Continue reading →