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Final Thoughts: Patagonia
Blog: GoBackpacking - 15 May 2012
A recap of my adventures in Patagonia, including a day of ice climbing, Perito Moreno Glacier, and hikes in Torres del Paine National Park.--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, 12 expert audio interviews, private support forum, and much more.
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Meet Christian, Our Guide Through Patagonia
Blog: GoBackpacking - 10 May 2012
An introduction to Christian, our G Adventures mountain guide and Chief Experience Officer in Patagonia.--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, 12 expert audio interviews, private support forum, and much more.
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Scenic Flight Over Ushuaia
Blog: GoBackpacking - 19 April 2012
Dave shares his experience taking a scenic flight over Ushuaia at the Southern tip of Argentina.--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, 12 expert audio interviews, private support forum, and much more.
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Four Surprising Things About Buenos Aires Cuisine
Blog: Landlopers - 19 April 2012
Buenos Aires has long been on my travel list for many reasons, but food wasn’t one of them – until now. This fabulous guest post by travel blogger Stephanie Yoder of Twenty-Something Travel.com gives us four great reasons to visit the capital of Argentina and...Copyright LandLopers All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.
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The Best Food in Patagonia
Blog: GoBackpacking - 11 April 2012
Dave shares his thoughts on the best food in Patagonia, having spent 2 weeks eating his way through the region.--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, 12 expert audio interviews, private support forum, and much more.
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Tango Porteño Review
Blog: GoBackpacking - 4 April 2012
Dave's review of the popular Tango Porteño dinner show in Buenos Aires, Argentina.--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, 12 expert audio interviews, private support forum, and much more.
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Perito Moreno Glacier
Blog: GoBackpacking - 2 April 2012
A photo essay featuring large, unaltered images of Patagonia's iconic Perito Moreno Glacier, both from land and boat.--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, 12 expert audio interviews, private support forum, and much more.
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Surprise Ending on Viedma Glacier
Blog: GoBackpacking - 31 March 2012
Spoiler Alert: Skip this post if you intend to visit Viedma Glacier one day, and don’t want to know the surprise endings that await groups who walk or climb on it. pending a day ice climbing on Viedma Glacier was a dream come true. As our time on the glacier was coming to an end, [...]--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, 12 expert audio interviews, private support forum, and much more.
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Ice Climbing in Patagonia
Blog: GoBackpacking - 29 March 2012
s the ferry approached Viedma Glacier, and the towering columns of deep blue ice came into focus, I felt a pang of anxiety for the first time. Ice climbing had been a childhood dream of mine. As an adult, I’d tear out the page of a National Geographic Adventure story about ice climbing on an [...]
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My First 24 Hours in Buenos Aires
Blog: GoBackpacking - 26 March 2012
he overnight Aerolineas Argentinas flight touched down just as the sun began to rise over a new day in Buenos Aires. My knowledge of the Argentine capital could be boiled down to four things: soccer, steak, wine, and tango. For better or worse, everything else would be a surprise. I quickly cleared immigrations and customs, gaining a [...]
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Representing Roots Round the World
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 24 March 2012
We love all things Canadian and nothing says Canada more than Roots Canada. Official sponsor of our favourite Olympic team outfits and great Canadian company who embraces the our national animal, The Beaver.
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Tigre, Buenos Aires
Blog: The Brink of Something Else - 21 March 2012
Some homes were primly painted in pastels, green lawn manicured as far as the brown water's lapping edge. Others were clashing primary colours, the gardens wild. Still others seemed about to be reclaimed by the delta, their docks careening drunkenly into the water, the occasional boat's skeleton half-submerged.
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Travel Photo of the Day – The Cliffs at Punta Ninfas in Patagonia Argentina
Blog: Two Backpackers - 17 March 2012
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Mendoza
Blog: Roving Light Travel Photo Blog - 5 March 2012
Mendoza, a world-renowned wine region, and a city in western Argentina, makes for an excellent stop in your travels through Argentina, particularly if you are a wine/Malbec fan!
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Packing List for a Trip to Patagonia
Blog: GoBackpacking - 3 March 2012
Adventures provides detailed packing lists for all of their tours, which makes that part of the trip preparation super easy. Aside from hiking clothes, there’s little reason the typical traveler would need to go shopping in advance of the End of the Earth tour to Patagonia. For about $8/day, you’ll be able to rent a [...]
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Earning Rewards at the End of the World
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 1 March 2012
It is no surprise that our American Express Gold Rewards Card was accepted everywhere at the end of the world. After all, AMEX has been exploring the new frontier since the days of the Wild West.
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My Patagonia Trip Itinerary (and Poll)
Blog: GoBackpacking - 23 February 2012
ne week from today, I’ll be on a flight to Buenos Aires, in advance of my trip to Patagonia with G Adventures! I touched on some of the highlights from the 2-week End of the Earth trip in my initial announcement, however I wanted to delve further into what’s in store for me, and anyone else planning [...]
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Cachi and Cactuses – Northern Argentina
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 17 February 2012
We’re staying in Salta, a pretty colonial city surrounded by mountains. We’ve visited the Museo de Arqueología de Alta Montaña, home to three fascinating Inca mummies who, as human sacrifices to the gods, froze to death on a mountain top and were left undiscovered for 500 years. We’ve toured the main square, and we’ve gone [...]
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Escape of the Week: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Blog: The Adventures of D - 15 February 2012
Escape of the Week: Buenos Aires, ArgentinaEditor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Rease Kirchner. If you are a writer and interested in providing a guest post, please contact me. Up until very recently, I was [...]d travels 'round
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10 Unusual Things to Do in Buenos Aires
Blog: Two Backpackers - 10 February 2012
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Pre Antarctica Pampering in Ushuaia
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 4 February 2012
We were happy to leave our overpriced Hosteria in Ushuaia and move on to the Quark Expeditions pre boarding hotel, the Las Hayas Resort. Prices are super duper high in Ushuaia
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Ushuaia – Fin Del Mundo
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 1 February 2012
The catch phrase for Ushuaia Argentina is Fin Del Mundo (The End of the World) and it truly feels like you are at the bottom of the world when visiting this southernmost city on earth. Many a sailor lost their lives trying to circle Cape Horn, the Northern Boundary of the Drake Passage. Something we'll be crossing soon.
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Antarctica Update, Day 1 Ushuaia
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 31 January 2012
It's going to be a very busy couple of weeks as we sail to Antarctica, but we are going to try to give you micro updates each day to let you know how things are going. We arrived in Ushuaia to a beautiful sunny afternoon at 6:30 pm.
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Flight to Ushuaia; The Antarctic Adventure Begins
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 30 January 2012
As I sit here in the Jorge Newbery airport in Buenos Aires waiting for our final leg of the trip to Ushuaia, I breathe a sigh of relief. It’s been 24 hours since we left Toronto to start our epic journey to the southernmost city in the world.
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Learning to Love Buenos Aires
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 30 January 2012
Everyone has a vision of BA before they arrive. I’d seen images of the ‘Paris of the South’ and had imagined myself tango dancing down the brightly coloured streets with a handsome Argentinean. (A girl can dream). The reality is that those pretty cobbled streets with houses painted in primary colours are only in El [...]
