Adventures in South America

Trip Planning - Argghhhh!!

Seth and I are thrilled that our first visitors to Buenos Aires will be Natalia and Usama. They are arriving on January 28th and returning on February 7th. As they will be coming soon, we have already begun the process of planning for their trip. Out of the 10 days that they will be in Argentina, they would like to spend 5 or so days in other parts of the country. Requests have been made by Nat and Usa to visit regions of Patagonia (to see Glaciers and Penguins) and perhaps a little hiking (in Mendoza or other regions). The challenge is actually putting these requests into reality within the time frames of their visit! Traveling from the extreme south to the north is tricky as Argentina's domestic airline travel is not as developed as in the states. It looks like to get from many destinations we will first have to travel back to Buenos Aires and then travel to the next stop. ARRGHHH!! I have been communicating with a few travel agencies, but the responses have been generally slow. Looks like we will have to do most of the planning immediately after we arrive in Buenos Aires.

While in Buenos Aires with Nat and Usa, we are looking forward to eating some good food, hitting the Evian Agua Club and Spa in Palermo for some R&R (www.aguaclubspa.com), seeing the sights and checking out the nightlife. As Usa is someone who can function on very little sleep, smokes and loves espresso, the life in BA should suit him well!! For Nat, being in a meatlover’s country, we will have to choose some culinary selections that will appeal to her vegetarian sensibility J! As the food scene in BA is becoming more and more international and sophisticated this shouldn’t be too hard.

Can’t wait to see you guys!!

posted by Kathy T @ 5:50 PM