With all the excitement of the Eurozone crisis and the extraordinary economic climate currently I decided it was time to dust off my old undergraduate textbooks on International Economics. I had intended to re-build a deep understanding of the influences on exchange rate movements, and critique the different theories on the competitive advantage of […]
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Hiking and ice trekking around Mount FitzRoy
In November 2011 Sarah, Amy and Felix flew into El Calafate for 5 days in Patagonia and went hiking and glacier trekking in the area around Mount FitzRoy. They were kind enough to send some photos and share some thoughts on ther trip, and on Walk Patagonia who supported them. What did you […]
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Hotels Reviews
Hotel Buenos Aires: Legado Mitico, customer review
Tim and Carla spent their honeymoon in Argentina and Chile mixing Buenos Aires luxury with some great adventures in Patagonia. They’ve been kind enough to share some of their experiences on the Swoop blog. This first one is about a fantastic hotel they used in Buenos Aires called Legado Mitico. After a long flight from […]
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Iguazu Falls: some alternative accommodation options
Once you’ve flown most of the way around the world to get to Patagonia you might as well savour some of the other places that the region has to offer. In Chile there’s the wine region around Santiago, Valparaiso and of course the Atacama Desert. In Argentina there’s obviously Buenos Aires, but also Mendoza at […]
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Cost of a Patagonia Holiday
We’re often asked to help people with the budgets for their trips, and help them understand whether (with all the different factors and variables) a trip is at the ‘cheap’ or ‘expensive’ end of the spectrum. So I thought it was time to try and answer the all important question: how much will my Adenture […]
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Perito Moreno: the man, the glacier, the town, the national park
The first time you try to get to grips with Patagonian geography Perito Moreno can be the cause of great confusion. Why on earth is the National Park 332km from the town! And why, oh why, is the town 695km from the Perito Moreno Glacier! Why is the National park by the name of Perito […]
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Hotels in El Chalten
El Chalten is a fantastic base for hiking around Mount FitzRoy in Argentina’s Los Glaciares National Park. You’ll find more thoughts about the town itself in my previous post about El Chalten, but here I’d like to make 4 recommendations for places to stay in El Chalten, for a range of different budgets. For more […]
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