Travel-Stained Life

Things we learned: Currency: Pesos (3.8 Pesos=$1 USD) Cities Visited: Salta, Resistencia, Corrientes, Puerto Iguazu, Buenos Aires Buses in Argentina are more expensive and are much like Peru’s in “luxury” services provided.  In addition to raised ticket prices, you will be expected to tip/pay a fee to the man who puts your luggage on the [...]

The reputation for Argentina’s, or specifically Buenos Aires’, culinary cuisine had preceded itself long before our actual arrival to the country.  During our months of traveling around South America, we had met many people who talked highly of Buenos Aires especially in the gastronomy department. Because my life revolves around food, I was pretty excited [...]

We arrived in Buenos Aires in unprecedented fashion for us.  We were on a night bus, and by our count it was at least our eighth night of red eye transportation on the trip.  However, the longest we had had so far had been about 12 hours.  Our trip from Iguazu to Buenos Aires was [...]

Cris and Leo were our couchsurfing hosts for the second half of our time in Buenos Aires.  We were already in love with Buenos Aires at this point and fell easily in love with them.  Like us, they were married and shared the same enthusiasm for culture, travel, and food.  They had made the move [...]

Consider this entry part regular travel blog post and part public service announcement.  After our experience with the sketchy border crossing from Paraguay to Argentina, we only had a day to see the spectacular Iguazu Falls before heading on to Buenos Aires.  Our time there was both wonderful and disappointing.  Wonderful because it was amazing [...]