In less than five days time Laura and I will be in the air on our 14h:25m direct flight to beautiful downtown Buenos Aires in Argentina. It has apparently been described as "The Paris of South America" but to be honest the only reason we are going there at all is because when we decided to go to South America, Aerolineas Argentinas were having a great special on direct flights from Sydney. Otherwise we would probably have left Argentina to a separate trip because we have a lot to get through in five weeks as it is.
We are basically doing a big anti-clockwise circuit that goes Buenos Aires - Iguazu Falls - Rio de Janeiro - Lima - Cusco - Machu Picchu - Puerto Maldonado (Amazon Basin) - Lake Titicaca - La Paz - Solar de Uyuni - San Pedro de Atacama - Valparaiso - Santiago - Buenos Aires. For a little over two weeks of that time we will be above 2,500 metres where altitude sickness can be a problem, as well as facing the possibility of "Montezuma's Revenge". However, with appropriate precautions we hope to keep both at bay.
This will not be a (boring) daily diary like Gullible's last blogging effort. This is partly because the daily diary became a real effort last time, so I figured I'd try for a less demanding episodic approach. The other consideration is that although most of the accommodation we have booked boasts of free WiFi, online reviews suggest that this is often more a case of wishful thinking than reliable actuality - which just seems to be the harsh reality of the region. So I'll just go with the flow and update this blog when I have the enthusiasm and the means to do so.
Stand by...
We are basically doing a big anti-clockwise circuit that goes Buenos Aires - Iguazu Falls - Rio de Janeiro - Lima - Cusco - Machu Picchu - Puerto Maldonado (Amazon Basin) - Lake Titicaca - La Paz - Solar de Uyuni - San Pedro de Atacama - Valparaiso - Santiago - Buenos Aires. For a little over two weeks of that time we will be above 2,500 metres where altitude sickness can be a problem, as well as facing the possibility of "Montezuma's Revenge". However, with appropriate precautions we hope to keep both at bay.
This will not be a (boring) daily diary like Gullible's last blogging effort. This is partly because the daily diary became a real effort last time, so I figured I'd try for a less demanding episodic approach. The other consideration is that although most of the accommodation we have booked boasts of free WiFi, online reviews suggest that this is often more a case of wishful thinking than reliable actuality - which just seems to be the harsh reality of the region. So I'll just go with the flow and update this blog when I have the enthusiasm and the means to do so.
Stand by...
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