Iguazú/Iguaçu Falls

Why the two names? Iguazu Falls span the Iguazu River, which is also the border between Argentina and Brazil. Cataratas (waterfalls) del Iguazú is the Spanish name used in Argentina, while Cataratas do Iguaçu is the Portuguese name used in Brazil. In English, they are generally referred to as Iguazu Falls (or Iguazú Falls). In... Continue Reading →

Buenos Aires, Argentina

We woke up in Buenos Aires in the middle of an active commercial port and then boarded a shuttle bus that took us around several roads defined by stacks of shipping containers and past massive cranes before dumping us out at the terminal. We picked up our luggage and took a short Uber ride to... Continue Reading →

Cruising: South America and Antarctica

We had visited the northern part of South America some years back, but Argentina and Chile were still on our list of places we wanted to go (very creatively referred to as The List). Lately we'd been tiring of our style of months-long slow travel (long-ish stays in each location, public transportation and lots of... Continue Reading →

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