My boyfriend Dave and I spent two weeks trekking around Argentina in January 2009. We started in Buenos Aires and the flew to Patagonia where we visited San Carlos de Bariloche, El Calafate and Ushuaia. In San Carlos de Bariloche, we went white water rafting on the Argentina/Chile border, ate lots of amazing steak and drank tons of fabulous red Malbec, a regional wine from Mendoza, Argentina. In El Calafate, we spent the day trekking on the Perito Moreno glacier, which was absolutely amazing- by far the coolest nature experience I've had to date. And in Ushuaia, billed as the Southernmost city in the world, we went hiking and canoeing in the national park and visited a penguin rookery where we walked amongst hundreds of Magellenic penguins. After out 9 days in Patagonia, we were back up to Buenos Aires for the remainder of our trip and we saw all the major sites there- Recoleta Cemetery, La Boca, Puerto Madero, Cafe Tortoni and Avenido 9 de Julio.
Our two weeks in Argentina were amazing- the food was exceptional and the people were incredibly friendly. We can't wait to go back!
Kimberly Sambrook
