Whether you plan on sipping wine in Mendoza and Salta, snapping photos of glaciers and granite spires as you backpack across the Fitz Roy Range, or dancing the tango in Buenos Aeries, you can get to Argentina on one of the world’s safest airlines. Aerolineas Argentinas just announced that SKYTRAX named them one of the [...]
Chile’s Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano continues to disrupt travel in South America, although activity has lessened in recent days.
Travel in Argentina and Uruguay has been the most severely impacted, with airport closures yesterday in Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
While many towns in Chile have been doused with ash, air travel has been less affected. But as the ash cloud spreads over the Pacific, travel between Australia and South American is the latest casualty. Qantas in particular has chosen not to operate under the current conditions.
If you are scheduled to fly to Buenos Aires or Montevideo within the next week, please keep in close contact with your Exito agent or the airline. While the situation seems to be improving, there may still be flight cancellations or delays.
Lounging in the pool, staring out into the darkening tropical jungle, I contemplated my difficult choices. A drink before dinner, or stay in the pool? Decisions, decisions. On a small group tour, that was about the toughest one I had to make.
I consider myself an independent traveler. From my first trip as an adult, backpacking across Asia and Australia, to current jaunts with my family, I like to do it myself. But a recent trip to Costa Rica reminded me of the pleasures and advantages of small group tours.
I was in Costa Rica for business, so was traveling alone. I had an open weekend, but only the weekend – I had to be back in San Jose on Monday morning. I decided to maximize my time by signing up for a tour to Tortuguero National Park. And I, super independent traveler, had a fantastic time.
I have been mulling a recent comment on an older blog entry. The person wrote “I was told by a wise woman not too long ago (who runs an ecological farm – Permaculture based) that: ‘There is no such thing as Eco travel. You wanna be Eco? Good – Stay Home!”
Is she right? Is travel itself intrinsically bad for the environment?
There’s no denying that flying is bad for the environment. Pollution from jets contributes approximately 3 to 5% of annual carbon dioxide emissions worldwide. By getting on a plane and flying somewhere, you are immediately contributing to that total.
But there are things you can do to mitigate it.
When hearing “Argentina“, many people think of the tango, or wine, or good beef. But for me personally, nothing symbolizes Argentina more than yerba mate. Yerba Mate is a tea made of, you guessed it, yerba mate. It can be consumed hot or cold. It is made from the leaves of the yerba mate tree, [...]
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