South America

Looking for the best things to do in Buenos Aires, Argentina?  Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, is a vibrant and beautiful city.  However, I must admit that Argentina was never on my travel bucket list.  I visited the country because my dream expedition to Antarctica was sandwiched between two 24-hour layovers in Buenos Aires and Ushuaia, Argentina.  I was initially surprised not to see myself reflected in the faces of the people of the…

Looking for things to do in Ushuaia, Argentina?  Ushuaia (pronounced Oo-swi-yah)  is dubbed, the “World’s Southernmost City” and “El Fin del Mundo” (the “End of the World”), and is the closest city to Antarctica.  For most adventure-seeking travelers, Ushuaia is the gateway to the 7th Continent, which is what brought me to this small town. The itinerary for my bucket-list adventure to Antarctica included two layovers in Ushuaia (before and after).  This city is right…

I went to Antarctica y’all!!!  Antarctica -the white continent, land of ice, home to the South Pole, and my 7th and last continent. I visited earlier this year on an 11-day cruise with Quark Expeditions.  Even though I’ve had months to process the trip it was such a fantastic journey that ironically I – a travel journalist and woman of many words – have struggled to find the right words to adequately describe it. Antarctica is…