While we missed Vendimia in Chile and couldn’t get a room when it was in full celebration in Mendoza, we figured it’s time to take in the best of Argentina’s fabled Mendoza wine region. Perhaps most widely known for Malbec, one of the five bordeaux valrietals, Mendoza is made up of a number of appellations […]
The morning was a bit hectic as we needed to be at Santiago Airport before noon to pick up Angie who’s flying in from California to meet Tim and I and take on the next segment of this outrageious yet thoroughly enjoyable influx of visitors while I’m in South America. I’ve got to admit I’m […]
Before heading out to Santa Cruz the next morning, Tim, Melissa and I hovered upon one of the culinary treasures of the Valparaiso region north of Santiago. Sitting high above the coastal road, Delicias del Mar Reñaca is one of two restaurants serving Basque-style seafood. We chose to dine at the Reñaca restaurant which offers […]
In less than a couple hours we landed in Santiago. I thought about the miracle of flight given that I’d last been in Santiago in January and it took my almost two months to ride from here to Buenos Aires going the “long way around” the tip of South America and then up the Atlantic […]
Buenos Aires. It’s hard to leave. But there’s more of this continent to check out while friends have taken the time to visit me. City cruising to Dakar Motos – Buenos Aires, Argentina. While Fernando has been gracious to let me park Doc at his secure apartment, it’s time I move Doc to the legendary […]
As our time in Buenos Aires rolled to a close, Tim and I decided to dive our forks into what arguably could be the best beef in the world. The guidebooks warned us that Cabaña Las Lilas was expensive for Argentina standards and that the place is only frequented by tourists and the Buenos Aires […]
The cobbled streets and rich texture of colonial buildings make Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay what some would call cute and quaint. It’s an hour boat ride across the Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires. Tim and I decided we’d take a brake from our jaunts around the city and spend an afternoon, lunch […]
The tango is music and it’s dance. While largely it’s become a tourist attraction and has helped “brand” a part of Argentina’s history, it’s hard to be in Buenos Aires and NOT go to a Tango Show. Fermando and his family took us to an excellent production in Puerto Madero. The dancers were simply awe […]
During the boom-time and for years later, those wealthy Porteños looking to immortalized themselvesselves and their family name would purchase a plot and build their own monument. Often employing the best artisans and using the finest Italian marble, the result is one of the most spectacular collection of mausoleums, statues and sarcophagi containing the crypts, […]
City cruising Buenos Aires (photo by Tim Amos) People from Buenos Aires are known as Porteños, which translated means from the Port. Without getting into an Argentinean historical discourse, it’s important to note that during the third presidency of the young Argentinean country, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, that progress excelled and population boomed. For about 25 […]
