San Miguel de Tucamán From Cafayate, we bounded 6.5 hours southeast by jumbo bus through some luscious green temperate rain forest, which felt like a complete godsend after over a month without, to San Miguel de Tucumán. ($11.50/each). The city is thankfully nicknamed Tucumán and not San Miguel because based on previous experience, we really don't like places named San…
Cumbrecita When you start researching La Cumbrecita, you’ll see it graced by such words as a hamlet or “Bavarian outpost,” which couldn’t be more accurate. This enchanting little Swiss & Deutschland plopped in the middle of the rolling hills of central Argentina was founded in 1934 by two German brothers and it feels like being transported to another meticulously developed…
Jesus Maria: Bodega La Caroyense From Villa General Belgrano, we rolled north two hours to a small Jesuit-founded and bodega-filled town called Jesús Maria nestled in the valley of the Sierras Chicas. Here, on our first uncharacteristically stormy day, we conveniently slid into some wine touring at Bodega La Caroyense which had a very interesting sparkling red wine, a super…
Wine Tasting Paradise We’ve had some extraordinary wine experiences around the world. Some of them include the Valley of Beautiful Women in Eastern Hungary, the wine caves of Moldova, Port tasting in Porto, and the Cascadian peaked vineyards of the Willamette Valley in Oregon, US. However, we’ve never had a wine experience quite like the ones we’ve been experiencing in…
When we visited Patagonia and the capital in 2016, we liked it a lot and recognized its potential. But, after a month in Buenos Aires and a month the northwest part of the country, Argentina has launched itself up our top ten countries list due to its breadth of beautiful terrain, pleasant weather, incredible people, off the charts wine, ease…
Bolivia may be one of the poorest nations in Latin America, but it is packed with natural beauty, once-in-a-lifetime experiences and a rich indigenous history that keeps many traditions alive today making it a must-see South American destination. That said, during our allotted thirty days in this landlocked nation equivalent to three times the size of Montana, we really only scratched…
From Sucre, we took a day trip three-hours round trip to Tarabuco, which is a village best known as the home of the tradition-keeping Yampara culture and for its weekly Sunday market. Unfortunately we missed our opportunity to go on a Sunday (because we had been having too much fun with toilet activities the last week) so we saw it…
Known as the “Silver City,” founded in 1545, Potosí surged to distinction in the 16th century during the Spanish colonial era when substantial silver deposits were discovered inside its prominent extinct volcano called Cerro Rico. The city, one of the highest in elevation in the world, rapidly became one of the wealthiest and most influential in the world. However, after…
