I arranged a 2 week volunteer work-stay with Alejandro and Virginia at their wine farm in San Rafael of Mendoza, Argentina. The program from which I sought them out is World...

From Mendoza I boarded a bus with the O’Higgins bus company, which took us across the Andes mountains into Santiago de Chile by way of Los Libertadores highway. I gazed out...

My first night in Buenos Aires was a flashback to my first night in Paris 6 years ago, no accommodation.  Apparently hostels in Buenos Aires don’t keep reservations placed over the...

The bus ride on Los Liberatadores mountain passage between Mendoza and Santiago offered breath-taking views of the Andes Mountains, valleys, streams, tunnels, railway and villages. Snow blanketed the sides of the...