Filed under: South America | Tags: Argentina, mendoza, South America, travel, wine
Filed under: South America | Tags: Argentina, backpacking, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, soccer, South America, Spanish, travel, Uruguay, wine
I will arrive in Buenos Aires at 10:25 am Argentine time on Sunday, February 10th (Argentina is 4 hours ahead of US Central Time). I will be staying with a host family for two weeks in Buenos Aires while I attend a Spanish class.
My return flight leaves from Quito, Ecuador on May 6th and I will arrive in the USA on May 7th.
Where will I be between February 10th and May 7th? Honestly, I’m not sure but below is a list of things that I hope to experience. Obviously I won’t be able to do everything on the list due to time constraints.
- Learn Spanish and tango in Buenos Aires
- Watch a Boca Juniors match in Buenos Aires
- Drink wine at the National Wine Harvest Festival in Mendoza, Argentina
- Tour an Argentine winery
- Eat an enormous steak at an Argentine asado
- Stay at a guacho ranch
- Ride a funicular in Valparaiso, Chile
- Trek Patagonia
- See Easter Island
- Drink mate in a sleepy Uruguayan coastal fishing village
- Be the only American on a Paraguayan bus
- Celebrate Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Ayacucho, Peru
- Hitch to Cachora, Peru. Hire a local guide and mules for a 10-day trek to Choquequirao and Machu Picchu
- Learn how to surf on the northern coast of Peru
- Swim with the sea lions at the Galapagos Islands
