Location: Mendoza, Argentina Introduction: We arrived in Mendoza with high expectations, as this is the primary wine producing region of Argentina and the home of Malbec. What surprised us is that unlike most of the wine regions we’ve visited, you …
Introduction: Each year we put together a list of our Top 10 Experiences from the year and disclose them to each other on New Year’s Day. This year, we subsequently worked together to merge our lists and share them here …
Location: Cafayate and Purmamarca, Argentina Introduction: After a month in Argentina, we finally made it to the wine region and our introduction was as good as it gets. The drive down from Salta was very picturesque with stunning scenery to …
Location: Buenos Aires & Salta, Argentina Introduction: After spending a couple of weeks out in the countryside, we landed back in the big cities. Buenos Aires is a vast, sprawling city and that’s where we headed when we left Patagonia. …
Location: El Calafate & El Chalten, Santa Cruz, Argentina Introduction: Patagonia covers a large area of southern South America, including Tierra Del Fuego where we started our visit to Argentina but it could be said that the heart of Patagonia …
Location: Ushuaia, Argentina Introduction: Ushuaia is located near the southern tip of South America and it is the southern most city (“fin del mundo”…aka End of the World). It’s a cool place and we mean that both figuratively and literally. …
Location: Peru Introduction: We finally made it to South America. This is a first for both of us. We started out in Peru because that’s where we got the best deal on airfares and ever since we heard about Machu …
Honolulu, Hawaii Introduction: We didn’t expect to be back in the good ol’ USA so soon. But, when we found that the frequent flyer mile travel deals to South America originated in Hawaii, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to …
Location: South Island, New Zealand Introduction: Spectacular is the best we can do to describe the South Island of New Zealand. We first came here in 2008 and had a great time Skydiving and Jet Boating. However, our trip was …
Location: Gold Coast, Australia Introduction: Our final stop in OZ was to visit our good friends Ann & Adam Taylor in their beautiful new home on the northern tip of the Gold Coast. It was great fun to reconnect and …