30th December 2024
Today, we woke up early at 7 a.m. and quickly gathered our belongings to leave the dorm tent, avoiding further interaction with the eccentric person sharing the space with us, who bizarrely tried to buy our sleeping bags as we were packing. After breakfast, we attempted to call the restaurant to modify our New Year’s […]
29th December 2024
Today, we planned to sleep in and have breakfast at 10 a.m., but that proved easier said than done. The wind howled all night, rattling the tent, and my sleeping bag—damaged with a cut—released feathers everywhere, causing me to cough constantly. By 8 a.m., we gave up on trying to sleep and got up to […]
28th December 2024
Today began with my alarm going off at 3:45 a.m., after a night of trying to get as much rest as possible. As soon as the alarm rang, we rushed to get dressed, putting on all the clothing we had kept warm inside our sleeping bags overnight. Within 40 minutes, we were fully geared up […]
27th December 2024
Today, we woke up at 7:30 a.m. and slowly began packing, figuring out what we would carry ourselves and what we would send with the porters. We decided to share 20 kg of gear between us, and by the end of it, we had packed 21 kg for the porters and 12.5 kg for me […]
26th December 2024
After a rough night of sleep due to cold feet, a headache, and constant trips outside to pee. We got up at 8:30 a.m. for breakfast at 9. For breakfast, we were served bacon, which was a nice treat. Afterward, we enjoyed some downtime and managed to access a different Wi-Fi network. This allowed us […]
25th December 2024
Today, we woke up at 8 a.m. and began packing our belongings in preparation for the day ahead. By breakfast at 9 a.m., we had packed all our gear, leaving only the tent empty. My backpack weighed in at 16 kg, ready for the hike. Breakfast was quick—tortillas with cheese—before we dismantled the tent and […]
24th December 2024
Today, we woke up earlier than planned at 7:30 a.m. for a 9 a.m. breakfast. We spent the extra time relaxing in the tent until 8:30, when we put on our Christmas hats and headed to the mess hall dome. To set the festive mood, we played Christmas music and enjoyed a breakfast of bacon. […]
23rd December 2024
Today, we woke up at 7 a.m., ready for our hike to Camp One. The morning began with an hour spent packing up the inside of the tent, including sleeping bags and mattresses. Once that was done, we organized our belongings into three separate bags: one for the hike up, one to be sent to […]
22nd December 2024
Today was a slow, lazy day. We woke up at 8:30 a.m. and headed down to the mess hall dome for breakfast at 9. We were served pancakes with dulce de leche, which were a delicious start to the day. After breakfast, we stayed in the dome, relaxing and chatting until 11 a.m., when it […]
21st December 2024
Today, we woke up at 7:30 a.m. and made some final preparations before heading to breakfast at 8. We were treated to some tasty cinnamon buns to fuel us for the day ahead. After breakfast, we went to the other dome to put on our double boots and finalize our bags, including adding the ice […]
20th December 2024
Today, I woke up from the best sleep I’d had in days, even though I got up a couple of times during the night to go to the bathroom. At 9 a.m., we headed to the main dome for breakfast, where we had toast with spreadable cheese and more cheese. While eating, we drank plenty […]
19th December 2024
We woke up at 5:45 a.m. and had to rush to pack up our tent and gear, ready for the mule drivers to pick everything up by 6:30 a.m. This early deadline was because the mules needed to cross the river, make it to base camp, and return by 1:30 p.m., as the mountain prohibits […]
18th December 2024
Today, we were woken up by the sun at around 6:30 a.m. Since there was no point in trying to sleep for an extra 30 minutes, we decided to start packing right away—a necessary choice given that it took us almost an hour to pack up everything, including our tent, just in time for breakfast […]
17th December 2024
Today, we woke up early and enjoyed one last free shower before heading down for breakfast with all our equipment. We made the most of the buffet breakfast before loading up onto Alele’s Land Rovers. One vehicle carried all our bags, while the other transported the group, with everyone sitting in the back facing each […]
16th December 2024
Today we woke up quite early and went for breakfast around 8 a.m., enjoying some delicious pastries to start the day. Once fueled up, we ventured into the city to collect our equipment. Since we were early, we took the opportunity to visit the iconic Mendoza sign and snapped some photos before heading to the […]
15th December 2024
We woke up on our flight just as breakfast was being served—a ham and cheese sandwich, which was a definite improvement over the last one we’d been served on a previous flight. As we approached our destination, we had the privilege of flying alongside Aconcagua, offering us a breathtaking view of the mountains under our […]
25th December 2022
Today is Christmas day which made it a bit more complicated to travel, as there were practically no taxis in the city, and after struggling to order one by phone or uber, I downloaded a local app and managed to find one that bought me to the airport, earlier than planned but better early than […]
24th December 2022
Today I woke up early and decided to get ahead on my logistics before having to go to the hospital to get checked out. I ended up calling my insurance to start getting everything sorted, and managed to get my flight changed for free to leave the next day. After breakfast, I met with someone […]
23rd December 2022
Today I woke up not feeling so great after having had a difficult night, where I felt sick nd couldn’t drink any liquids in the night/ sleep throughout the night. I went to breakfast to see the group and talk to my guide so he could give me some recommendations on what to do. After […]
22nd December 2022
Today we woke up at 5:45 am, and straight away had to pack all of our stuff and tent, ready for our 6:30 am breakfast. Following breakfast at 7, we started walking down to the river where we were met by some mules. The mule driver armed with his 3 mules, ferried us 2 by […]
21st December 2022
Today we were woken up by the birds chirping outside at around 6am and had to start packing the inside of our tent, putting away our sleeping bags and organising everything into our bags. Once that was all done, we took everything out of the tent and started dismantling it and packing it away, before […]
20th December 2022
Today after being woken up by the birds chirping and the trucks roaring from the highway next door, we got up and finished packing all of the bags we would need for today. We first dropped off all of the equipment that would be carried by the mule before making our way to the mess […]
19th December 2022
Today we woke up after 10 hours of sleep, finally catching up the previous days of sleepless nights. We went down to breakfast and visited the local hire shop to get our rented equipment and finally complete our equipment checklist. Good thing we did because directly following it our guide came to our rooms to […]
18th December 2022
Just past midnight we boarded our flight to Argentina, a quick 3 hours in the dead of night. Thankfully i was able to take one of my 1000 naps of the day. We landed in Mendoza at 6am and after breezing through the Argentinian border, we were able to find all of our bags had […]
17th December 2022
Today we woke up at 4:30am and quickly finished packing before driving to the airport, there even though we arrived about 2 hours early, we were stuck in a long queue for checkin, which unfortunately took us an hour an a half to complete. This meant that when we finally reached the checkin counter, we […]
4th December 2014
Today 3 of us went on a 4×4 escursion throught the mountains of Ushuaia, which ended up in a lake where we got to canoe and then in a lodge where we got a Parilla ! , at one point our driver even got out of the car while it was still running, and was […]
3rd December 2014
Today we went to the port to take a boat through the beagle channel, where we got to see , sealions and penguins, aswell as a landmark of Ushuaia ( the lighthouse) !
2nd December 2014
Today we took another bus to go to Ushuaia the southern most city in the world, the bus took us throught the argentinian border ( where i got my 11th argentina stamp (they love to stamp) ) and on a little ferry , finally 12 hours later we arrived in Ushuaia !
25th November 2014
Today we were supposed to go ice climbing, but unfortunately due to to much wind, we were unable to go , and therefore decided to go hiking to a local waterfall, after getting a breakfast crepe ! after the hike, we took a bus to the city of el calafate ( the city where we […]
24th November 2014
Today we met up early at 8:30 to go on our first hike of our trip to go to Fitzroy mountain , a 22 km round trip, we got really lucky because when we got to the top , the mountain was completely clear, and aparently this only happens every 3 days, so only 30% […]
23rd November 2014
Today we woke up super early and took a bus to the airport at 5 am ready for our flight at 8 to el calafate !, when we got on the plane there was a lot of free places, so i got to sleep on a whole row of 3 seats !, we landed next […]
22nd November 2014
Today was the First day of my tour, so i packed my stuff and headed to the hotel, where i met my group. after an introduction the the trip we would be taking, 5 of us went to a good parilla, before going back to the hotel, ready to wake up at 4am the next […]
19th July 2014
today we went back to argentina to visit the argentinian side of the falls, but due to a flood about a month ago, half the bridges were broken and we werent able to see everything, after some walking around, we went on a 4×4 through the jungle to the bottom of the river where we […]
18th July 2014
today we finally finished the last night bus of our trip and arrived in Foz de iguassu, the city the closest to the iguassu falls on the brazillian side, we went to our hotel dropped our stuff and grabbed something to eat quickly, before going to the falls on the brasilian side. once at the […]
11th July 2014
today i was met in the morning by the g adventure ceo i had talked to the night before who owns an apartement, and after a brief introduction we started walking towards the apartement ( a 20 min walk from the hotel ) during which i was shown the important places on the way and […]
10th July 2014
today i spent the day on internet looking for accomodation online and had almost given up until my previous tour guide gave me the contact details of another g adventures tour guide who owns an apartement and planned to show me his apartement the next day . in the afternoon, i went to the 4th […]
9th July 2014
Today we woke up super early (4am to take our 6am flight) to buenos aires, but unfortunately it was cancelled so we had to wait until the next flight at 10 am which was 30 min late, but at least we got a free breakfast. once we arrived in buenos aires, we took a private […]
8th July 2014
Today we were met by taxis to take us to a ranch about an hour outside of the city, where we got breakfast and started our horserinding tour around the village and fields for 3 hours , starting off by walking and then learning how to trott, after that just before going back, we got […]
7th July 2014
Today we took a bus n the morning to argentina , which took us 12 hours including a 3 hour stopover to pass through the argentinina border, which was torture as it was super slow, and super boring . we finally arrived in salta at 10pm argentinian time and had just enough time to go […]