iguazu waterfalls

iguazu falls are actully a few dozens of waterfalls , very wide, 80 meters high.

the biggest stream is called - graganto del diablo (the devil´s throat).

bye bye gatques!!!

we went back to the warm north of argentina, to iguazu waterfalls. iguazu parque has the largest waterfalls in the world. it is a huge parque, it spreads over both brazil and argentine, so we dedicated a day to each side.

we saw lots of tropical animals :)

El Chalten & Fitz Roy

we had an awful weather in El Chalten (wind blowing at 108 kph, -3 degrees), so we spent 1.5 days playing remi with 2 new israeli friends - dorit and eyal (in the picture). on the second day we had enough - we just had to trek! so we went to a 6 hours trek in a snow storm!

torres del paine

we crossed the border to chille, to a small sleepy town called puerto natales.

chille is muy expensive!! it was worth it because we had a lovely weather in the national parque torres del paine. the parque has 4000 guanacos (an undomesticated kind of Lama), waterfalls, caves, glaciers, but the most amazing view is of big steep granit hills , that are called - torres.

Glacier "Perito Moreno"

the next day we went to see the famous "breaking glacier".

this glacier is still growing and moving, so all the time it has pieces of it breaking and shattering into the water every once in a while.

first we took a boat trip to get in front of the galcier and to see the crashes from up close - it`s impossible to get it on camera, so what we have is the piece that arose from the water after the fall (this is the big blue one).

after that we went up to some viewing points and just gazed at the amazing glacier from those nice "balconies" wowing all the time and waiting for a major break.

todos glacieros

we took a katamaran (big yacht) to sail between 7 huge glaciers near El-Calafate.
the size of upsala glacier is 4 times bigger than the city of buenos aires!
the pictures speak best for themselves...

The welsh ppl of Patagonia

as strange as it sounds, the are a lot of welsh ppl here .

they imigrated more than a century ago to argentina in order to save their tradition after the british didn´t allow them.

here we are in a traditional tea house drinking... tea... and eating a lot of cakes. notice the kneated sweater on the tea-pot :)

Pinguins at Punta Tombo

yesterday we went to visit the second biggets pinguin colony in world - 500,000 pinguins!
we got to stroll among them and got to see how they live during the summer time. now they are hatching their eggs and at the beginning of November the babies will be born.
each time - one of the parents goes to sea for 2-3 days to bring food for his family. they can go 600 km from home to bring anshovies or their favourite squid. the average dive of a pinguine lasts 1 minute and reaches the depth of 12 meters. when the pinguine that´s left to watch the children misses his/her partner or is hungry - they lift their head to the sky and scream the weirdest sound we´ve heard, to call their partner back home. so we heard lots of pinguins talk that day :)

The right whale

On the same day we sailed between whales which are called "the right whales".

they are very easily hunted due to a few disadvantages - they sail slowly, only 15 kph, and when they come up to breath (they once lived on the earth) they spray a v-shaped fountain of air and water and can be easily detected from a distance.

we sailed in the rain in an open tiny boat and froze our ass off (!) but we got to see those whales up close and personal :)

the average whale is in the size of a bus and weighs 80 tons, 18 meters long...

very impressive and beautiful, especially when they are in groups like a mother and a baby. we couldn´t stop taking video clips...

Pennisula valdez

Now we are in the east coast in a small town near several natural reserves with a lot of sea animals.

the first trip we took here was to the half island "Peninsula Valdez" where we took a boat trip to see whales and elephant seals.

an elephant seal weighs about 6 ton, and reaches up to 6.2 meters long. we also saw a female breastfeeding a baby...

a really heavy lazy animal :)

Bariloche - "capital" of Patagonia

now we are in Bariloche - the touristic

center of the area. It looks exactly like the pictures on puzzles - with a lot of lakes snowy mountains and small wooden houses.

except from how cold it is and the occasional rain everything here is nice. there are a lot of breathtaking views and attractions (yesterday we did "canopy" - sliding from trees...), good food (ice-cream, asados + a lot of chocolate) and a lot of israelis :)

Mendoza Park and the long road to Patagonia

On the last day at Mendoza
we went to the beutiful city
park. The city is in the middle
of a desert so the entire park
including the lake - are artificial.


On the same night we took the
bus to the land of the lakes - Patagonia.

A joyful 19 hrs ride with great scenary. the skies here are the widest in the world...
it's no wonder that so many movies were filmed in patagonia, even ones that aren't even about argentina (such as "7 years in tibet") .

Mendoza and "alto montania"

after a long night bus (12.5 hrs, but what a delux ride) we arrived at Mendoza - the captial of the wineries of argentina and the gate to the famous Andes.

After using the first (very chilly day) to rest the next day was a big WHOA. We took a trip called "alto montania".

This is a day trip from Mendoza to the Chile border passing through all major sceneries of the area - including a natural bridge made of minerals and a view to the highest mountain of the Andes (and all of the americas) - Aconcagua, where a UFO-like cloud makes it even a cooler sight

Next days in BA

the next two days were a bit rainy so we did our best to do what the city could offer us:

- a bit shopping in great malls they have

- we took a little stroll in the japapnese gardens

- we spent several (cold) hours at the old harbour which is now the most colourful place called La Boca

- we saw a beautiful sensual tango show

- and we ate... and then ate some more...

buenos aires

we landed at buenos aires- the capital of tango dancing, with 13 milion ppl.

we started at the plaza gardel antiques and handicraft fair, and then continued to the recoleta fair and the recoleta cemetary. it is the most importnt cemetary in argentina - only the rich and famous got it - meaning evita peron got in but juan peron didn´t...

each grave is a small castle with beautiful sculpting...

welcome

in this blog we'll keep you- our dear ones- updated about our "where-about's" in our trip to argentina & chille, which happens to be our honey moon as well...

out first post will be in the beginning of november. c u!