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  • Argentina Day 8-9 – Leaving Iguazu, Salta & Purmamarca

    Samuel picked us up again this morning – he’s been a great driver. Kris managed a whole sentence in Spanish asking for the transfer! Today it is finally sunny here at Iguazu Falls, oh well. We flew to Salta via Buenos Aires. Same seats that Kris selected months ago – these planes are getting mighty…

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  • Argentina Day 7 & 8 – Iguazu Falls

    Iguazu means “Big Water” in the local Arani language. There are 275 separate falls from a huge horseshoe-shaped cliff on the Rio Iguazu although there can be as many as 350 in the full rainy season. We are here in the wet season when the falls are at their fullest. Our flight into Iguazu landed…

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  • Argentina Day 5 & 6 – Valdés Peninsula Day 2

    Salina Chica (the small salt lake) is one of three large inland salt lakes on the Peninsula Valdes. At 42m below sea level, the lake is one of the lowest points in the country. The lake is pink due to the tiny shrimp exoskeletons living in the salt. The road down was a little sketchy,…

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  • Argentina Day 4 – Valdés Peninsula

    Most of the Peninsula Valdes is parkland or privately owned, and many of the beaches are off limits unless you are on some sort of tour – this is strictly enforced. All roads are gravel so driving is quite slow. We had to leave early this morning to drive up to the north end of…

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  • Argentina Day 3 – Travel to Punta Piramides

    We left Buenos Aires this morning en route to Trelew on the east coast. We are definitely not ready for more flights yet but the timing is based on some other location later in the trip. The domestic airport (AEP Jorge Newberry) is only a few minutes from our hotel and much smaller than the…

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  • Argentina Day 1-2 – Flying to Buenos Aires

    Our trip has progressed with many flight updates being (what felt like) constantly updated over the summer. We scored a crazy good deal from Vancouver to Buenos Aires with AirMiles and managed to be Business Class the whole way. I think every single flight (we have 9 separate flying days on this trip) has been…

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  • Iceland Day 10/11 – Thingvellir National Park

    We may have said this before, but the weather here has been variable. Today was the bad side of variable. We awoke to some solid rain and biting wind. But our time is dwindling and rearranging days due to weather isn’t an option. So off we go with GoreTex and a positive attitude. Thingvallavatn –…

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  • Iceland Day 9 – Reykjadalur Hot Spring & Anniversary Dinner

    28 years ago today we wed. If you’ve wondered why we like to travel in May, now you know. We drove about 30 minutes through the town of Hveragerdi (try and pronounce that one – we’ve been told it actually starts with a K sound) and just outside of the town is the parking lot…

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  • Iceland Day 8 – Geysir Thermal Valley, Gullfoss, Secret Lagoon

    The Geysir geothermal area in Haukadalur Valley is a small but accessible hot spring on the Golden Circle in the western part of Iceland. The Strokkur geyser is the only one active right now. It erupts about every 5-10 minutes reaching 65-130 feet high. We stayed to watch a few eruptions. They were pretty cool,…

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  • Iceland Day 7 – Kerid Crater hike

    We woke early at the Glass House as it was sunny this morning – sleep masks can only do so much. We were treated to another great view of Hekla volcano – all that snow on the mountains is new since last night! By the time we had a relaxing breakfast and another soak in…

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