Back in Uppsala. /Jens

Back in Uppsala. It is a weird feeling to be back to something so familiar. The flight from Buenos Aires seemed too long and many of us was not sleepy enough to make use of the hastened night over the Atlantic. Even so, Uppsala appeared in front of our eyes quicker than expected and took me a bit by surprise. Could it be that we have adopted the slower outlook on travel from our Argentinian bus drivers?

/Jens

Boarding in Buenos Aires.

Boarding in Buenos Aires.

Checking out of Argentina. Godbye sunsh

Checking out of Argentina. Godbye sunshine.

Success! The meat queen strikes again!

Success! The meat queen strikes again!

I wonder how this is going to end...

I wonder how this is going to end...

Samba time in the streets of Buenos Aire

Samba time in the streets of Buenos Aires!

Dinner argentinian style. Pick your meat

Dinner argentinian style. Pick your meat and the guy grills it for you. /Jens

What do we eat? In the evening, mostly t

What do we eat? In the evening, mostly this. /Jens

Quick update. The last couple of days we

Quick update. The last couple of days we have seen whales, sea lions, elephant seals and penguins and much more. Another night on the buss brought us to Bahia Blanca where we just have been on a very nice walk looking at a pampas wild cat project. I forgot to take an interesting picture so you have to settle for a pampas field with cows. /Jens

We managed to squeeze in some political

We managed to squeeze in some political activism on the way to dinner last night. Protesting against the plans to open a new gold mine in the area. We nearly doubled the number of people, to the bewilderment of the original protesters. /Jens

Peninsula Valdéz. We saw some whales today

We saw the Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena Australis) today. A huge creature.

~Linnea~

Gregorsz searching snowy woodpeckers

Condors at dusk. Another day with amazin

Condors at dusk. Another day with amazing scenery. Swiss alps meets cowboy steppe meets asian bamboo hills. The phone could not capture the condor roost, but it got the temperature. Only a bus drive away from 38! /Jens

It is spring here in Bariloche. Snowfall

It is spring here in Bariloche. Snowfall and cherry blossom! /Jens

Bamboo!

Bamboo!

On a dusty gravel road in Patagonia, Mat

On a dusty gravel road towards Patagonia, Matt informs us from the back of the bus, "we lost a window". The driver stops to confirm, leaves the broken glass as a gift to the goats and drives on. Matt repairs the bus - macgyver style - with some duct tape, and we are as good as new.
Only ten more hours to go! /Jens

Update: Ten hours proved to be a bit optimistic. Well, we are here now in Bariloche anyway, after 15 hours of bus travel. The landscape is extremely vast and barren, we have seen quite a few bushes and cows along the way. It is a nice and cool evening here in Bariloche, and the hostel seems very good.