Restaurante Chino, Tenedor Libre-Parilla Libre: A Chinese Restaurant in Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz, ARGENTINA
The nearest town to the famous Perito Moreno Glacier is Rio Gallegos. Many opted to stay one night at Rio Gallegos for the Perito Moreno Glacier tour, as the tour usually commenced in the morning. In Rio Gallegos town, the street is ever busy with restaurants, shops and also a casino. Shopping in this part of the region promised fine goods from Patagonia region, most notable the Patagonia wines and chocolates.

Despite the fact of the famous Patagonia …

Travel Moments: A Chilean’s Proton Wira Spotted in Argentina’s Buenviaje, Patagonia, ARGENTINA
Route 40 Argentina, the loneliness highway in the world. Completing almost the whole Route 40 took us almost 2 weeks when we were there in January. The whole expedition is made possible by 4×4WorldExplorer.com
We were stopping at this small town called Buenviaje from Route 40, Patagonia, ARGENTINA for our fuel stop. As we were queuing up for our turn my team driver, Chuan was like “Is that a Proton?”

He then blasted on the team’s walkie talkie and everyone went …

My Articles on Malay Mail newspaper, Malaysia
Malay Mail is one of the oldest newspaper companies in Malaysia. Established in 1896, it is the first daily newspaper in Federal Malay States, now Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The newspaper is available FREE in Klang Valley only with a circulation of 100,000 copies daily.
I would like to offer my sincere gratitude to them for publishing my articles on their newspaper. It was published on 4th of May, 2010 and it was a 3 full pages coverage. My humble articles are as below.

Stepping Into The …

Whisky with Glacier Ice on Patagonia Argentina Cruise, Los Glaciares National Park, Santa Cruz, ARGENTINA
This was the Patagonia Argentina cruise (pic below). Patagonia Argentina cruise is one of the few cruises that offered the glacier tour in Los Glaciares National Park, Santa Cruz, ARGENTINA.

The 6 hours cruise tour cost us around 295 pesos (US 90) excluding meal. It was a double decker cruise, air conditioned.
The highlights of this cruise were the Los Glaciares National Park which has the largest glacier in the world, the Perito Moreno (see picture below).

The …

Bardas Blancas, Route 40 – Patagonia, ARGENTINA
Bardas Blancas is a small town in Mendoza, Argentina. We passed by this small town as we travel from Malargue to Neuquen. Bardas Blancas is located along the famous Ruta 40 or Route 40. I took a lot of pictures around this area but I selected the best few to post it up here.

Traveling on the road is fun in a way that I always kept my camera close to me. Whenever I spotted something nice, I will start shooting. Same goes to the …

Route 40 – Cordoba to Mendoza Scenery, ARGENTINA
Route 40 Argentina, the loneliness highway in the world. Completing almost the whole Route 40 took us almost 2 weeks when we were there in January. The whole expedition is guided and made possible by 4×4WorldExplorer.com
After staying a night in the 2nd largest city in Argentina, Cordoba, we moved on to Mendoza, best known for its wine.

We departed from Cordoba using Route 20 and then we cut back to Route 40 before we reached Mendoza. The scenery in Route 20 was amazing (will …

Tresor Casino De Bariloche, Patagonia, ARGENTINA
Casinos are everywhere in Argentina. Almost in every town we visited. One of the most memorable casinos out of all I visited in Argentina was the Tresor Casino De Bariloche in the lovely city of Bariloche, Patagonia. Out of the few places that I fell in love in Argentina, Bariloche is one of them. I wish I could own one of the apartments to stay there during summer or even winter.
My 2 nights stay in Bariloche was memorable. Shopping is a fun thing to do …

Lake “Lago” Falkner- Camping Ground site – 7 Lakes Route, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Patagonia, ARGENTINA
The journey between San Martin de los Andes and Villa La Angostura, lies the popular 7 Lakes Route. Lake or Lago Falkner camping ground site is one of the most popular camp site within this 7 Lakes Route. We were traveling from San Martin to Bariloche.

Entrance of the Camping Falkner
As we saw the beautiful Lago Falkner, we couldn’t resist to have a quick lunch there.

Guests of Camping Falkner
As expected, there were quite a number of …

Well, even though its summer in Argentina, trust me the weather is freaking cold. This will be another short post until I have time for a more comprehensive post.

Los Glaciares National Park is located at the Santa Cruz province of Argentina. Its located at the south of Argentina. The nearest town will be El Calafate which is only 40 km away. We stayed in El Calafate for that reason. The 6 hours cruise ride cost around 295 pesos (US 90) excluding meal. We  got ourselves a double decker cruise. I …

I realized something when I’m traveling in Argentina. Small town has good food. Seriously. Our unprecedented stop at El Bolson for petrol forced us a quick bite. El Bolson is in the Rio Negro region of Patagonia. Patagonia itself is huge, we had been traveling for days at Route 40, Patagonia Argentina.

Luckily, near the petrol station we found a shop selling Empanadas. Empanadas are Latin American pastry stuffed with fillings, with the skin quite similar to our Malaysian curry puff skin.

They have lots of varieties of the empanadas on the …

I never could imagine Argentina could be so beautiful. Well, that’s a hint of what I will be posting once I’m back to Kuala Lumpur in March. Another good news I got today is I might be going to Uruguay after all. I will not be joining the other group to Rio for the annual “samba parade”, instead I will stick to my plan to go to Uruguay, fingers crossed.
Back to the story, after leaving Malargue and on our way to Neuquen, I was fascinated by the dirt desert along …