WanderingWhy…

This post is a supplement to WS’s ten observations of Latin travel as we prepare to leave South America.
1. If you find a bathroom with soap, toilet paper, AND papertowels, you are probably not in South America.
2. Always carry toilet paper. See observation #1. Consider hand sanitizer as well.
3. The further south you go, [...]

As WD already explained, getting her visa for Brazil at the border of Iguazu Falls was no trouble. Thankful to have that over and done as soon as we arrived, we headed for the famed Iguazu Falls.
Our old travel friend Rick recommended Iguazu over Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. This was nice to hear [...]

After my visa fiasco in Buenos Aires (did I mention I loved BA?), I was pretty nervous about trying to get my Brazilian visa in Puerto Iguazu. We took an overnight bus to Puerto Iguazu from Buenos Aires with the intent on being at the Brazilian Consulate when it opened at 8am. I half expected [...]

Let me just start by saying this : I LOVE Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires is called the Paris of South America, and it does not disappoint. To me, Buenos Aires is like a mellow New York City. There are shows, dinner theaters, cafes, shopping, crazy traffic, all like NYC but on a much [...]

Yesterday we spent the afternoon walking around the city, ending at the government house of Buenos Aires called the Casa Rosada. Yes, it is pink. In front of Casa Rosada in the square, there was a ton of electrical equipment, barracades and trailers. We thought there had been a concert Saturday night, and [...]

This post will be a bit of a rant so I apologize ahead of time. I think I have finally been to a place more painful than the DMV–the Brazilian consulate in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
We have been in BA for about a week in a beautiful apartment in Recoleta–one of the nicest areas of [...]

I think I can now draw the conclusion that buffet restaurants are almost always the same–everywhere.
We spent some time in Mendoza, before busing over to Buenos Aires–I say that like it was down the block. The bus trip from Salta to Mendoza was 18 hours, then 14 hours from Mendoza to BA. Let’s [...]

Throughout our trip, I have taken on the roll of a vegetarian for the most part. Everyone who knows me knows I will eat chicken and fish, and that is about it. And even those two items I am pretty picky about. I won’t eat chicken on the bone, I won’t eat [...]

Please stop. You have no idea what you are denying yourself–you may as well be celibate too. Come to Argentina and mend your irrational ways. Salad is good but it needs to be sitting next to an Argentinean steak and a glass of wine… trust me on this—there is nothing better you [...]