La Pampa

Elias familia

Mendoza

Vino Tinto - mmmmmm divino
Aconcagua and Andes - spiritual
Cabalgatas -
White Water Rafting -
Hamaca Paraguayas

San Juan

Valle de la Luna
Rodeo
Las Flores
Mountain Road - muy peligroso

Rodeo y Las Flores
Las parejas muy buena…compartir bebidas y sandia con nosotros. Buenisimo!

La Rioja

Parque Nacional Talampaya - espectacular, magnifico, sin palabras.
Nosotros montamos unos bicicletas y entramos en este cañon hermoso. La temperatura estaba probablamente cerca a 40 grados o mas tal vez....pero esto valió la pena cada gota de transpiracion.
El guia encontró una pluma de el condor y nos lo dio....la pluma fue muy grande. Just as quickly and easily as we got it, NZ Customs took it off us and destroyed it, because they are trying to discourage trade in endangered species, of which the Andean Condor is listed. I think that is terrible.....not only did we not buy it (it was found in the wild), they then destroy it, instead of putting it somewhere where other people can see it, like in a bird museum or something.....I wouldn´t have minded so much if that was what they did, but to destroy it is a crime. So the photo is a very unglamorous me after a 14 hour flight standing at NZ Customs before handing it over.

Córdoba

Capilla del Monte - OVNI town
Los Terrones - espectacular
Ongamira - Las pinturas se faltan
Córdoba la ciudad
Alta Grácia - Flying Fox
Villa Belgrano - Brunnen Beer

Capilla del Monte - Córdoba
Sierras, Los Condores, UFO’s, Leyendas
Driving through the Punilla Valley we found Cerro Uriturco, the highest peak of the Sierras Chicas which is the backdrop to this very picturesque town. A lively little place with the excellent Calabalumba campsite….which includes a lovely man with a very lovely basket with even lovelier homemade food al dentro which he was selling to campers - I had the most riquisimo banana, coconut y dulce de leche torta in the world….so riquisimo that I found I needed more, so I had go for a walk and find him and his basket and buy another.
An interesting conversation that buzzes around this town is the amount of OVNI sighting and energy centres that have occurred here. While we were driving around we saw at least two houses that were built in the shape of OVNI´s.
A short drive out of Capilla del Monte….Where los Cóndores fly…..a memorable journey up a very long 5km dirt track brought us to Los Terrones. Oh the indescribable beauty…multi coloured rocks in strange twisted shapes. We walked for two hours up to the top – sadly no Cóndores, but such a magnificent view from the top of the world. I loved this part of the country.
On to Ongamira to see the grutas….another 12 kms of dirt track…Elias’ poor car…and when we got there – no paintings because they have been “lost”. Very disappointing to not be able to see the ancient art works of pre-hispanic people and to think that they are lost forever is very very sad, but we had a great walk.

Alta Gracia
At the northern entrance to the Calmuchita Valley and the town where Che Guevara spent some of his youth in the 1930s. There is a really great museo dedicated to Che…it has his motorcycle, school records and personal correspondence to family, clothes that he used during his life as a revolutionary and many photographs. Gained a greater insight into his life.
Stayed at the worst camp site in the world here....it was totally awful....but we were there for the best ever international food fiesta. Its was totally buzzing.

Villa Belgrano
El mejor cerveza en el mundo – but even better than that was the ride across the river/lake on the flying fox….brilliant! so glad we took the time to come back and do this the next day.

Donde a Empezar ... Wandering Around Argentina

Estuve el mejor adventure con mi hijo Benjamin y mi amigo en un millon Elias ... no se donde a empezar. Al principio es un lugar bueno,

I have had the best adventure with my son and my friend in a million ... i dont know where to start but I guess the beginning is the best place .... read on above