After a few days in Fes, we board a mid-morning train to Marrakesh. The train stations in Morocco are brand-new. Airy and immaculate, they represent a huge investment in infrastructure and modernization. Our train? Not so new. It looks tired inside and out. A well-dressed gentleman joins our 6-person compartment, and remarks “it’s hot!” As […]
After Ushuaia, our itinerary took us back to Buenos Aires for a day. In BsAs we made one last stop at our favorite empanada place – Pini Empandas. From there we bid farewell to South America. We had so many wonderful experiences, and leave knowing that we’ve only scratched the surface of a continent that’s […]
After Bariloche we flew* south to the town of El Calafate in southern Patagonia. The main draw in El Calafate is the Perito Moreno glacier, about 50 miles west of the town. It’s also a jumping-off point for other treks, including to the imposing, improbably-steep Mount Fitz Roy. We’re not mountaineers nor are we up […]
After our day at the Brazilian side of the falls, we transferred via taxi to Argentina. Our hotel was a resort that was probably quite nice in the 1990s but was past its prime. On the plus side it was cheap by US standards and had a pool with waterslide that the boys made liberal […]
Inca Rail is consistently bad about assigning seats for groups traveling together on their Voyager and 360° trains. Seats are issued sequentially without regard to whether they’re next to each other – a problem for couples, families, and other groups. For example seats 16 + 17 aren’t next to each other, or even in the […]
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