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Great report, great photos.

Absolutely amazing! Fantastic photos!

If I return I wanted to visit Montivedeo and Punta del Este. Is Colonia worth the extra days? I know many people go there; even for one day. Anyway the food in Argentina looks great. You are great at finding inexpensive good hotels. My cousin whose husband works at KLM is fantastic at this too. LOL. I am impressed! As to Salta I thought they had a famous train ride?

Beautiful photos DanielW! As always, thank you for taking us along with you ^^

Wonderful report and photos as usual. Thank you for the great read! Looks like a great trip.

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Originally Posted by Jaimito Cartero (Post 30364476)

A very entertaining report, as usual. You always do so many things!

I was a bit shocked by the peso to dollar rate. I used to go to BA every year or so, and last visited in 2009. I ended up with $200 USD worth of pesos at the end of the trip, but thought I’d just spend them on the next trip. Seems I might have enough for an airport taxi into the city. :)

Thank you, Jaimito Cartero:). I was watching the exchange a week before and it crashed another 25% by the time we arrived:eek:! Looks like it has fallen another 15% since too.

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Originally Posted by roadwarrier (Post 30364579)

Once again, an exciting TR with some amazing photos!! Thank you very much for sharing your experiences with us. Have you ever thought of consolidating all your TR's into a coffee table type of book? Will probably cost a fortune to print though.

As an aside: Reminds me of a weekend I spent at a game lodge with friends. The one guy is in Forensics, and his job is to dig up found corpses or skeletal remains. His colleague is a Forensic artist - he depicts what the victim could have looked like, or what they would have looked like years later, and his wife is a Lecturer in Forensic Pathology. And I specialise in an extremely toxic (and highly regulated), chemical product. So yes, some conversations that weekend were rather different to say the least.

Thanks, roadwarrier:). A photo book or similar would be cool, with a few of my favorites from each country.
Yes, its interesting who you meet while travelling, a forensic artist would certainly have some interesting tales to tell:).

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Originally Posted by fotographer (Post 30364810)

As usual, Daniel. you have outdone yourself again, It was a pleasure this morning for me to have my cup of coffee, and
read your wonderful report.
Keep it up, love seeing your travels

Cheers, fotographer:). I also did a recent trip to a coffee farm in Colombia and was great to see where all the beans come from.

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Originally Posted by londonfog (Post 30365193)

Great report, great photos.

Thanks, londonfog:). A great place to see some more of South America.

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Originally Posted by dcmike (Post 30365289)

Absolutely amazing! Fantastic photos!

Thank you, dcmike:).

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Originally Posted by Bretteee (Post 30365448)

Colonia is great little town to spend a relaxing day or two. Yes, good luck with the hotels so far, but not too hard these days with all the online reviews etc.

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Originally Posted by Madone59 (Post 30366144)

Beautiful photos DanielW! As always, thank you for taking us along with you ^^

Many thanks, Madone59:). It was great to spend some more time in beautiful South America after our first trip there in 2017.

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Originally Posted by 757 (Post 30367131)

Wonderful report and photos as usual. Thank you for the great read! Looks like a great trip.

Thanks, 757, can't wait to return to see the rest of the country:)!

Great report as always. When I saw the part of your trip to the falls, all I could think of was the clip of the movie Bruce Almighty. Tell the truth; do you have the same hat and did you wear it on this boat ride?

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Originally Posted by HawaiiTrvlr (Post 30369786)

Thank you, HawaiiTrvlr:). Haha:D! We didn't have an umbrella hat but we did have those disposable plastic raincoats though:).

Thanks for the Trip Report and pictures. When you flew on Ethiopian was there a choice of meals on any of the flights? Also how did the return flights go?

This is a splendid TR, and some of the photos are quite amazing! Thanks so much for sharing this with us!

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Originally Posted by Loose Cannon (Post 30375869)

Thanks for the Trip Report and pictures. When you flew on Ethiopian was there a choice of meals on any of the flights? Also how did the return flights go?

Many thanks, Loose Cannon:). They had basic choices for meals, e.g. beef, chicken or fish etc. I managed to sleep most of the way back which made it go a lot quicker:)!

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Originally Posted by 1P (Post 30376331)

This is a splendid TR, and some of the photos are quite amazing! Thanks so much for sharing this with us!

Thanks, 1P, it was a great getaway to enjoy some tasty cuisine and interesting sights:).

Thank, what camera gears did you use to take pictures?

Thanks again for another wonderful TR from you Daniel. :)

Wow at the waterfall pictures though, that looked very impressive!

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Originally Posted by YSL5577 (Post 30389726)

Thank, what camera gears did you use to take pictures?

Just a Canon 5D4 plus a few lenses.

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Originally Posted by nequine (Post 30390817)

Thanks again for another wonderful TR from you Daniel. :)
Wow at the waterfall pictures though, that looked very impressive!

Thank you, nequine:). Yes, Iguazu was really amazing, definitely worth the flight up from BA.

Loved your TR as always, thank you. Reading this one (unlike some of your others!!) I could relate to the places seen, except that you fit them all into one short trip - my style of traveling, to be sure, but I'm still impressed. For me, Uruguay & BA was a trip in October 1y ago (also fit in MVD and Carmelo), then Iguazu (both sides) & Paraguay (also Asuncion) in March, and again to BA this year probably at the same time as you (June 18). Even the things you saw in BA I've enjoyed across many visits... Thanks for bringing back lots of good memories.

I'm impressed you crossed by foot into Paraguay; we drove across going to Asuncion - from what I've read it's unsafe in AGT, especially the bridge crossing which is a "no-man's land" as far as policing.

Salta is one thing I'm missing - definitely seems like a worthwhile trip.

Waiting for the next one!