The real downside of the oil filter fiasco was that in all the confusion of getting mobile again, Tom’s security bag containing passport, license, credit cards, etc was lost, presumably stolen from the vehicle. The result – Tom and Jeanette are on their way back to Buenos Aires to the Australian Embassy to replace vital... Continue Reading →
North of Salta, we passed through the Quebrada de Humahuaca region, an area of great roads and spectacularly colourful landscapes. We spent a day and a half driving the area and visiting the small but busy tourist towns of Humahuaca and Tilcara. The area has a very different cultural look and feel to it and... Continue Reading →
The guy in the photo above really did sell the best empanadas we tasted in Argentina. From the bottom of Paraguay it took us 2 days to get to Salta in North Western Argentina. Mostly good roads except for a 50 km stretch of the worst road in the world – no kidding! We laid... Continue Reading →
Why go to Paraguay? Why not? Paraguay is different from Argentina and Brazil with whom it shares a border at Cuidad del Este, just a stone throw from Iguazo. Crossing the border is chaos, traffic is clogged and it’s everyone for themselves – big white Troopies with bull-bars make some people think twice – or... Continue Reading →
Notes from somewhere else... 