Magellanic Penguins of Patagonia The Magellanic penguins of Patagonia look like they're waddling around the set of a Charlie Chaplin film on a crusty no-nonsense island on the edge of nowhere. They look comical, pompous and very busy. They bray and sound frustrated and indignant - possibly because they are. On a cruise Blonde took through the Strait of … [Read more...]
Gateway to adventure in Patagonia: El Calafate, Argentina
Why visit El Calafate? El Calafate provided me with an epiphany; I'm a mountain person! After a lifetime of putting myself in the "water person" category I was stunned by the joy of experiencing Patagonia's mountains. Clear, bright skies, raptors swooping overhead, glaciers and clean air converted me. El Calafate provided several of the experiences which changed me in terms … [Read more...]
Top Travel Bloggers’ Favorite Places from 2015
Top Travel Bloggers' Favorite Places from 2015 After we wrote our annual year in review place and enjoyed reliving some of our favorite trips we wondered what some of our blogger friends had enjoyed the most in 2015. So, using our in-depth investigative techniques we sent them emails and asked them! Without further ado (we were too lazy to edit) here are their interesting … [Read more...]
6 things to do in Buenos Aires
Things to do in Buenos Aires There are so many things to do in Buenos Aires that Blonde and Alternate Brunette spent our first afternoon there frantically taking a cab to a restaurant that closed in our faces, eating somewhere mediocre where the electricity went out, going to a shoe store where Blonde started to buy ill-fitting boots and discovered her wallet was missing, went … [Read more...]
What to expect if you go trekking at Glacier Perito Moreno in Patagonia
How do you arrange to go trekking at Glacier Perito Moreno? There are two very basic things you need to do if you want to go trekking at Perito Moreno. They are; get yourself to El Calafate, Chile and do it between October and April. That's springtime in Patagonia and the temperatures typically range from the low 40s Fahrenheit up to the mid 60s. As Blonde and Alternate … [Read more...]
Odd word combo: Luxury, Yurt, Patagonia, Camp
Is a luxury yurt in Patagonia an oxymoron? Blonde has never been adept at math but when SwoopPatagonia suggested the following equation; Patagonia+Camp+Yurt=Luxury she knew enough to think it looked highly suspicious. But she trusted Swoop Patagonia, figured that, worst case, she could at least write about how she hated the experience and said "Sounds great". You hardly … [Read more...]
Swoop Patagonia finds us the perfect Patagonian cruise
If you had been scheduled to go on a cruise to Antarctica which was cancelled at the last minute, due to the ship hitting an iceberg, what would you choose as a replacement activity? A. another cruise in similar waters B. anything except another cruise in similar waters. C. calling a personal injury attorney (U.S. responders only) Precisely! As we suspected you … [Read more...]
Street Art in Buenos Aires
Street art in Buenos Aires is a visual way of conveying publicly what could not always be safely spoken publicly. On a tour of the northern part of the city with Graffitimundo Blonde was shocked (and vaguely disappointed) to actually learn some history. The hope had been for some pictures that would lend themselves to funny, snarky captions. But for … [Read more...]
Did I say Antarctica? I meant Patagonia!
A not all that funny thing happened on the way to Antarctica The night before Blonde and Alternative Brunette were scheduled to meet with Quark representatives in our Buenos Aires hotel lobby to have our luggage be weighed (second only in humiliation to being weighed ourselves) we got an email that the cruise to Antarctica had been cancelled. The ship had hit an iceberg at … [Read more...]
Cartagena Getaway (sure-fire success kit)
Why do a Cartagena Getaway? A Cartagena Getaway is less than 5 hours nonstop from the east coast of the United States and airfare is under $500. When you get there you can enjoy delectable meals, walk most places you want to go, buy beautiful, handmade mementos, tour UNESCO sites and easily visit a Caribbean beach. Isn't Colombia dangerous? If you still think Colombia is … [Read more...]