Uruguay with Inés: Montevideo

Mark and I arrived in Montevideo and were picked up by Inés, Tabea's friend from university. We had dinner with her family and the next day she took us to Punta del Este.
Punta del Este

Punta del Este is a beach town - akin to Miami in Florida. Imagine high rises, parties and full beaches in the summer. In spring though it is completely dead. We stayed one night with Inés in PuntaMeer informatie
Cabo Polonio

Cabo is a very special town- you need to take a dune buggy for 7km to get to the town and it's off the grid. Obviously, there is wifi, running water, etc. - but it's gorgeous and deserted in the offMeer informatie
Montevideo

Short pit stop in Montevideo before we headed over to Colonia. Breakfast with Inés.
Colonia

Our final stop in Uruguay was in a small town called Colonia del Sacramento - one of the oldest towns of Uruguay, first founded by Portuguese settlers and then eventually taken over by the Spanish.Meer informatie
Buenos Aires

Went to visit Ari before heading down to Patagonia. We gate-crashed Cami's (Ari's) daughter's 11th birthday and stayed with Ari. Homemade empanadas from Su, Ari's mum, the first evening, then the nextMeer informatie
Bariloche v1

We stayed 4 nights in Bariloche, and had to get money, sunglasses etc. Many errands to run before we headed out for a few day trips and also met up with my housemate from London, Matteo! After havingMeer informatie
Colonia Suiza (day trip)

A nice little loop called Llao Llao takes you to Colonia Suiza, a former Swiss colony, aka amusement park (at least that's how Mark and I dubbed it! Not very Swiss in my opinion, and way too manyMeer informatie
Cerro Ventana

The next day we ventured out to hike up a small mountain. Soooo windy!! But very beautiful!
I can only upload one video per post, so adding one of the next day where I learned the hard way that anMeer informatie
Siete Lagos (7 Lakes)

First day on the road! So many people told us the seven lakes route would be epic - it was beautiful, but similar to the Alps. We went from Villa La Angostura (best pasta pictured in photo) to VillaMeer informatie
San Martin

We continued driving and ended up in San Martín in probably my favorite hostel up until now! A young couple turned her grandparents house into a b'n'b - such a pretty and comfortable place!
We hikedMeer informatie
Volcan Lanín

I completely crossed through Mark's plans to go hike up Lanín - I thought a two-day alpine mountain excursion might be pushing it for my leg :D
But Lanín was beautiful- what a perfect volcano!!
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Valle Encantado

Soooo.... I had read about this EPIC climbing spot where you need to take a boat over to rocks on the other side. Mark and I showed up at 8pm when it was getting dark and decided it was tll cold andMeer informatie
PIEDRA PARADA!!!

Piedra Parada is a canyon in the middle of the desert... there is nothing, apart from a campsite and tons of climbable rock. The famous Petzl rock trip went there in 2012 (that's how Mark learnedMeer informatie
PUERTO MADRYN

After a heck of a drive across the middle of Argentina, we arrived in the seaside town of Puerto Madryn. A few stats from the drive over:
- 700km driving
- 10 hours behind the wheel
- buzzardMeer informatie
El Bolson

El Bolson Round 2
We found ourselves on autopilot after crossing back from Puerto Madryn and were welcomed back to Odile by the German Hippy, Marcel. Back into the wooden lodge-like apartment andMeer informatie