We stayed in Mendoza for three days. The streets resembled any European city, with lots of cafes and restaurants.i found a place on airbnb at this house in downtown. The owner's name is Karma, and he rents rooms in his house, and cooks for his guests. He also has his own wine (called Karma). The place was charming and we really enjoyed the food and the atmosphere. We met other backpackers there as well, and really enjoyed their company. I was dying to visit some ...

On our wine tour in Mendoza we visited three places. First was boutique olive oil maker. It was a small family business, with a beautiful garden, filled with olive trees and lavender bushes. We really enjoyed the tour of the facility, and learned a lot about olive oil production. At the end of the tour, they offered us tastings of various olive oils with breads and spreads and sun dried tomatoes. It was delicious. Then we headed for an organic winery, which was q...

My favorite part(s) of the trip (so far): breaking the routine, living on the road, getting to see and experience those places that I have been wanted to explore for 3, 5 or 10 years. The dirty hostels, heavy backpacks and other shenanigans are all worth the incredible experience. Every day is novel and exciting! (photo from Palermo, Buenos Aires: a 2CV, the car of my childhood) JN

JN and his new best friend... In South America, dogs follow you everywhere. We picked up some meat to make burgers for dinner, and this dog followed us all the way home. Notice that JN is carrying boxes, since the supermarkets here don't give you plastic bags. We got lots of attention back at the hostel when we were preparing our burgers because they looked pretty damn good. A few Israeli guys who were very friendly, asked us how to prepare the burgers, where we ...

Today I went to Glacier Viedma for trekking, which is accessed by one-hour boat ride from El Chalten. It was a very pleasant ride, sunny and not too windy. As we started to approach the glacier however, the storm seemed to be forming right at the exact spot of where we were supposed to trek. We saw very impressive icebergs, some bigger than the boat. At some point, we couldn't even stand outside anymore to take pictures, because of the rain and the wind - it wa...