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Bariloche, Argentina

Hello Patagonia! This post should have been about both Bariloche and San Martín de los Andes (another town) but alas we had to cancel our overnight and our full drive across the scenic “ruta de siete lagos” due to 3 upset stomachs. (The 4th wasn’t truly spared, I got it about 4 days later in […]

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Nate’s Review of Bariloche

Food The food in Bariloche is pretty good. There is a National park restaurant that is good. They have big hot dogs. There are also some more restaurants with good and bad food around the area. Generally we ate in our apartment. Sights Bariloche has great sights because there are forests and lakes and snow […]

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Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay

Colonia is a small colonial town (name might give that away;) founded by the Portuguese but fought over until the Spanish finally won and took over. Due to the old Portuguese architecture and cobblestone streets, the old town is a UNESCO world heritage site. It is just a short (about an hour) fast ferry across […]

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Buenos Aires

Ah, where to start! We spent 2 relaxing weeks in Buenos Aires. Most of you reading know by now that I spent a semester (really 3 months) in Buenos Aires in college so this part of our trip was much anticipated by me! I also had been hyping it as the land of good food […]

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Nate’s review of Buenos Aires and Uruguay

Food The food in Buenos Aries is great. There are a lot of American restaurants and they tasted like the USA. Also there are some restaurants right a cross the river in Uruguay that have giant piles of meat that you can order. There are a lot of good restaurants and grocery stores near where […]