Argentina

From a day hike along Patagonia's Fitz Roy Trail

Recalling the Falklands War With a T-shirt and a Battered Mannequin.

An in-depth guide to Argentina's southernmost national park featuring more than a dozen images and a video notebook, too.

A regularly updated resource on the fees travelers can expect to face when visiting South America

Posing patiently.

If your masters haven't served you yet, you might want to nudge them gently from their slumber. Another year is a long time to wait.

Nature's finest snap, crack, pop and crash.

A tour of the murals from the planet's southernmost arts high school.

Technically, this isn't a vending machine in the sense that it will spit out a nice hot stream of Argentina's national beverage. Rather, it's a machine that provides hot water for mate, the pick-me-up that’s as much a national obsession as it is sign of friendship and comeraderie in Argentina and elsewhere in the region. Mate (pronounced ma-tay) is…

I've been in a dry, dusty desert setting for the past eight days, which reminded me of one of my favorite trees.

From Roman times, the art of celebration.

Patagonia pastoral.

I posted a 32-photo gallery and notebook yesterday about the La Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires, considered one of the most beautiful in the world. Here's a…

Last year a CNN correspondent listed Buenos Aires's la Recoleta among the world’s 10 most beautiful cemeteries. As pomposity, style and grandeur go, the final…

Or as the locals call it, the subte. The city’s underground opened in 1914, marking Buenos Aires as the 12th city in the world to open underground train service.  It’s efficient and currently at 4.50 ARS a ride, about fifty cents US, inexpensive. Today's Pic du Jour was snapped in January 2013

Wrapping up this three-post series on a pair of day hikes from El Chalten, Argentina, is this mini-gallery of the Glaciar Grande and the lake it overlooks,…

Catching with more birds today - this is a Kelp Gull that kept us company as our boat crossed Lago Frias in Nahuel Huapi National Park, west of Bariloche,…

Laguna Torre Trail Trailhead: El Chalten, Argentina Duration: Approximately three-and-a-half hours to Laguna Torre, one way; distance about 10km (6.2mi), one way Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Elevation gain: about 250m (820ft) Like the Mt. Fitz Roy Trail I posted about a few days ago, this one too is an easy day trip from El Chalten, Argentina’s…

An illustrated guide to Patagonia's Fitz Roy trail from El Chalten, Argentina. Video, too.