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Asado; An art not a science?

27/02/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

Warning – Vegetarians avert your eyes….Now then, for those of you who don’t know the Argentines love their meat. So much so that we recently picked up an Argentine hitchhiker who knew little English but every time we drove past a cow he proclaimed excitedly “Asado!” Broadly speaking an Asado is a term used for having a barbecue – but that description in our experience doesn’t even touch the surface of what the term means to the Argentines. It’s their […]

Categories: Argentina, FOOTSTEPS, PHOTOGRAPHY, Uncategorized • Tags: Argentina, Asado, Backpacking, Career Break, Cerveza, Latin America, Meat, Parrilla, Patagonia, Photography, South America, Travelling

Fin Del Mundo – King of Crab!

24/02/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

Over Christmas we headed to what the Argentines call the end of the world – Ushuaia. The guide books suggested that a steady 18 degrees could be expected with a bit of sunshine. Oh how they were wrong! It was Baltic! Proper cold. In fact it actually snowed for a time on Christmas Day! Yeah a white Christmas! I think we would have celebrated if we hadn’t been rather cold in Elvis our camper van! I was ‘forced’ to drink […]

Categories: Argentina, FOOTSTEPS, PHOTOGRAPHY • Tags: Argentina, Backpacking, Beagle Channel, Campervan, Career Break, Fin del Mundo, King Crab, Patagonia, Photography, South America, Tierra del Fuego, Travel, Travelling, Ushuaia

The Wind Blows

04/02/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

It’s 5.10am on the 2nd January and I’m wide awake laying in the back of our camper van at the base of Torres Del Paine. I’m warm in my sleeping bag but the air on my face is chilled, the kind of chilled that gets your attention… In fact bloody cold! It’s not the first time I’ve been awake throughout the night but strangely I’ve not felt restless. It’s more that I’ve been awoken with intrigue as to what is […]

Categories: Argentina, Chile, FOOTSTEPS, PHOTOGRAPHY • Tags: Argentina, Backpacking, Campervan, Career Break, Chile, Footsteps, Latin America, Patagonia, Photography, South America, The Elements, Torres Del Paine, Wind

By The Fire

21/01/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

In Patagonia, on the days when it rains and it’s cold – which we found even in the high of summer can be frequent – there’s nothing better than huddling next to a wood burner, starting a fire, drying off wood on the top of the iron and passing the afternoon with a pack of cards and warming drink (preferably alcoholic!). There’s some beautifully warm days in Patagonia but it can drop cold, icy cold, and throw it down with […]

Categories: Argentina, Chile, FOOTSTEPS, PHOTOGRAPHY • Tags: Argentina, Backpacking, Baileys, Career Break, Chile, Fire, Jack Daniels, Latin America, Mighty Boosh, Old Gregg, Patagonia, Photography, South America, Travel

Back in BA

15/01/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

On our way heading South from Uruguay to Patagonia we spent a few decadent nights back in Buenos Aires. These are the images of those fun times….

Categories: Argentina, FOOTSTEPS, PHOTOGRAPHY • Tags: Argentina, Backpacking, Buenos Aires, Career Break, Cocktails, Music, Photography, South America, Travel

About Moments

14/01/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

I know this statement rolls of the tongue too readily sometimes but I genuinely had one of the best times ever when we stayed at an estancia called Panagea close to the town of Tacuarembo in northern Uruguay. Getting the chance to help on a working estancia and experience gaucho life was one of things I most wanted to do when we decided to travel South America and our time at Panagea delivered in bucket loads. Before we left the […]

Categories: FOOTSTEPS, PHOTOGRAPHY, Uruguay • Tags: Backpacking, Career Break, Gaucho, Horse, Horses, Latin America, Pangaea, Photography, South America, Tacuarembo, Travel, Travelling, Uruguay

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