Thanks, Kerry, for the information. Those bus rides sound very long!!
When you say 'luxurious' - what does that mean: sleeper seats that go
all the way down? Why didn't you fly?
On Sat, 08 May 2004 18:35:20 GMT, kdlangley@shaw.ca (Kerry Langley)
wrote:
>Ann,
>My husband and I just returned from 5 weeks in Argentina. It's a verry
>large country. You don't say how much time you will have there. We
>managed to see selected areas from Iguazu and Salta in the north to El
>Calafate in patagonia. It was a fair amount of moving about. We used a
>combination of some internal flights (not cheap) and overnight bus rides
>which are quite luxurious. We never felt at all threatened anywhere.(we
>are also 50ish). Buenos Aires is an amazing vibrant huge city. We spent
>a total of a little over a week there and wished we had more time. Iguazu
>was well worth the 24 hour bus ride from Salta and the 14 hour bus ride
>back to Buenos Aires. As I said, the country is big. You really only need
>a couple of days at the falls, but there are also some impressive Jesuit
>ruins not far away that we didn't have time for. The highlights of our
>trip were probably Buenos Aires, Salta(our favorite area and not very
>touristy), Iguazu, and Peninsula Valdes. We also went to the Lago
>Argentino/Glaciares area which was very impressive but expensive,
>touristy, and crowded even in April. We felt that to really explore that
>area, you would need a couple of weeks or more and camping/hiking gear.
>There is apparently some spectacular hiking in the area. Another area we
>visited was Mendoza, the wine area. It was also very nice and we did some
>good day tours with a company called Huentata Tours. We are not normally
>"tour people", preferring to explore on our own, but we found in Argentina
>that it was often better to do the tours in order to see outlying areas
>from the towns. I guess an alternative would have been to rent cars. We
>found all our tours to be very good value. We didn't go to Montivideo on
>this trip ( we can imagine many more since we only managed an overview in
>our time in Argentina). It is a ferry ride from Buenos Aires. As far as
>I know you have to go back to Buenos Aires from Iguazu. The internal
>flights mostly work that way there, which is a bit frustrating since it
>would be nice to be able to do more of a circuit by air instead of more
>expensive back and forth to BA. Let me know if you want any more detailed
>info on anything.......Kerry
>
> article <2bjn90h75oieml0c1v5dr5kc3b4hjte2b1@4ax.com>, Ann B.
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm planning a trip to Argentina and Uruguay in March-April '05.
>> (Have an award plane ticket that I want to be able to use so am
>> booking the flights early). Am planning on starting the trip in
>> Buenos Aires, going to Iguazo Falls, and ending in Montevido.
>>
>> Some questions I have:
>> 1) Any recommendations for other areas to visit on or convenient to
>> that route would be welcomed.
>> 2) Will I (single woman, in my 50's) be able to travel on public
>> transportation in the cities and between destinations without being
>> hassled, accosted, etc? Is it generally safe?
>> 3) Can I go from Iguazu directly to Montevido, or must I backtract to
>> BA?
>> 4) How is the weather in Iguazu in late March?
>>
>> Thanks much for any information & suggestions.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ann
>>
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Cheers,
Ann
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