I guess it depends how many different kinds of crackers you can get...

Long due, i'm back on tracks and in a nutshell here are the highlights of my experiences during my month-long trip the north west of argentina and bolivia. i'm definitely not a loner and usually dread staying alone but i'm not the most social person either and will not hang out with people just for the sake of it. especially when it comes to meetin

Hour 1: (loud) snoring. hour 20: (loud) snoring. in between: (loud) snoring...and screaming! thank god i had brought earplugs!

There is something about me, when i start a new project i always think i will make things better. i don't know if it is faith (faith that each of us has the capacity to make a difference), pretention, or lack of sense of reality but i always do, and more often than the contrary, i end up disappointed with myself... i guess i should resolve myself t

After the "frey" trekking, we really wanted more! super excited about the idea of the hike on the volcano in chile, as soon as we are back from frey, we hop on a bus in the direction of san martin de los andes (4 hours, dusty road and very dusty bus), from which we are planning to take the bus (7 more hours) to chile the next day. no luck, this sam

After 20 hours of bus, three incredibly lame movies (spiderman 3, 2012 and i forget the third), a big snoring man, two disgusting meals, but a pretty good sleep and a fun ride, we arrive in bariloche, the very beginning of patagonia, the region of the lakes and low moutains, the argentine' switzerland. we have nothing organised, have just booked th

La demora... nothing to do with "dementia" although i guess it could be related... "disculpa por la demora" literally translating into "sorry for the delay" seems to be the imperative sentence here. it's part of the culture, and it could explain why the economy is so slow. in argentina people are definitely not in a hurry. if you go to a restaurant

I was hoping to be given change in chocolate at this time of year but didn't happen....

All around south america, countries are celebrating their independence. the 25th of may, argentina celebrated its 200 years of age. i don't remember much of the french bi-century celebrations because i was a little young at the time but here they sure did it the real way! 4 days of non-working, only celebrating la patria. people came from all over

The portenos (people from buenos aires) have the reputation of being arrogant, show-off, proud of their culture and their looks, and convinced that they are the best people in south america, including the rest of argentina. they never get tired talking about how great there culture is...you will never have heard enough about the tango, the mate, th