Trip Blogs: Patagonia & Wine

Date: Friday, January 16
Location: El Calafate, Argentina

Rick has gotten to know Patagonia so well that he is guiding the guides! Our last morning in Chile dawned with a stiff breeze and clouds sweeping hi
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Date: Thursday, January 15, 2015
Location: Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile

They are like nothing else in the world. From 40 miles away, we glimpsed the Torres del Paine on the clearest morning yet, and stopped, awestruck to
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Date: Wednesday, January 14
Location: Torre Del Paine National Park, Chili!

Up in the refugio for breakfast. So lovely watching the mountains and the light on them but we did manage to get out the door for a few hours of hiki
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Date: Tuesday, January 12
Location: Torre Del Paine National Park, Chili!

Yesterdays constant chilling snow and wind gave way to today's lifting of clouds. Impressive as as they lifted they revealed more and more of the hid
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Date: Monday, January 12
Location: Puerto Natales, Chili

Can you say big drive day? 500 km, (300 miles) between gas stations and towns. Wow. It is big, empty, windy country. We left the mountains behind
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Date: Sunday, January 11
Location: El Chalten. Cerro Torre

The day dawn cold and snowy and continued that way. We hiked up a long, beautiful valley ending at a lake with a glacier calving at its head. We cou
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Date: Saturday, January 10, 2015 - AUDIO POST
Location: Viedma Glacier, El Chalten, Argentina

Here is an audio post from the gang. Download or listen
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Date: Saturday, January 10, 2015
Location: Viedma Glacier, El Chalten, Argentina

Holy glaciation!! We have just had an incredible tour on the extraordinary icescape of Viedma Glacier. We started out scrambling over volcanic rock ca
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Date: Friday January 8
Location: Mt Fitzroy, El Chalten

Wow! Today is probably one of the top 10 day hikes in the world. Hard to describe all the parts. You start by walking in hobbit like forest. A gig
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Date: Thursday, January 08, 2015
Location: Mendoza to El Calafate to El Chalten, Argentina

Argentina es bella! Argentina is beautiful! We all loved Mendoza's wine country with its delectable foods and wines, friendly locals and plenty of w
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Date: Wednesday, January 07, 2015
Location: Mendoza, Argentina

The taste of luxury awaits in Mendoza! Starting out today, we visited the Salentien vineyards to feast our eyes on the beautifully designed buildings
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Date: Tuesday, January 06, 2015
Location: Mendoza, Argentina

We are in wine country! After two beautiful days in Buenos Aires, our crew loaded up on a comfy overnight bus to cruise through miles and miles of moo
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Date: January 4, 2014 Sunday
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

To kick off our Patagonia tour, we started out with a beautiful tango show in a historic mansion in Buenos Aires! Talented dancers, live music and s
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