Since we’re casual fans of several types of beverages, and because it’s been raining for several hours, I thought writing about food and drink would be a good way to pass the time until dinner.
We’re in El Bolsón right now, a small town in the mountains where we came to relax for a few days before heading back to Bariloche. This section of the country seems to be the place for beer, there are five or six local breweries in Bolsón, but I’ll get to that later. I suppose …

No regrets is what they say, right? We couldn’t pass up the chance to go hiking in the Patagonian Andes, or trekking as it seems to be called in the rest of the world.
We had talked to the guys at the National Park office and at the Club Andino Bariloche to find out where to go and what to expect. There is a pretty popular 3 day/2 night hike with stops at refugios along the way. The refugios offer food, overnight stays and cooking facilities, all for a slightly elevated …

Safely off the boat and back in Ushuaia, we have been busy checking out the town and mountains of Tierra del Fuego. We spent a couple days here before Antarctica and already had time to find the good coffee shops, and visit a few museums, so this week we decided to do a little hiking. Luckily the weather gods supported this plan and gave us a few beautiful, warm, sunny days.
The Martial Glacier was a bit underwhelming after seeing the giant glaciers in Antarctica, but it was nice to …

We made it! On time and everything still in one piece. The only trouble was that we didn’t have the name of the hostel we had reserved. No big deal, but we did put down a deposit. After looking at a small map we took a taxi to an intersection that we thought was close and walked about 6 blocks and found it.
Within 2 hours of our arrival, we were invited to a toga party to celebrate the birthday of one of our roommates. The catch is we had …