Almost packed :)

Little stressed cause i have sooo much left to do. Like have dinner w Richard and JC :) and prepare swedish word cards to practice on the flight/bus drives. Get a cd too. What else. Cu all very soon :):):)

Ready, steady, ...

I've officially left Stockholm

At least in my mind... by changing my blogger account to publish my mobile blogs to THIS BLOG and not my own. Yeaaaay!!!

P.S. I will go diving with seals in Puerto Madryn. How cool is that?
http://www.aquatours.com.ar/buceo.htm

Over and out. See you soon.

Flight back and weight

The answer from aerolineas argentinas about weight on the plane:

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Thanks for contacting us, according to your request, there is no limit for the luggage you can carry, it depends on how complete is the flight and the weight it has to carry. If you are no exceeding 23kg for sure you won´t have any problem, the excess is charged per kilo and it´s 12 argentine pesos per kilo.
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That should do it ;)

Practicalities

Aerolineas Argentinas
Just spoke to my half-Uruguayan friend, and she said we should check up on possible schedule changes with this specific airline. She just came back from Uruguay and Argentina and their schedule was changed 4 times.

Internet
Getting wifi on wifi capable phones was pretty easy for her (i assume in larger cities) as many networks were open.

Food
My other friend who came back from Chile and Brazil said that we should only drink bottled water and be careful with maybe meet (sausages) bought on a street. Otherwise, she ate cakes and fruits carelessly and had no problem.

Weather
It can get very warm in Puerto Madryn, well above thirty in cases as it almost never rains there. So before packing we really should check all the weather at the places we go to =)
Down south, rainwear could be a good idea, I think.

Money matters

Converting your currency to AR$...

US$ -> AR$

EURO -> AR$

£ -> AR$

thought it might help :)

Updates from Szilvi:

HUF -> AR$

SEK -> AR$

Power and plugs

For those who do not know about the power down there, its the same than in most European countries.

220V 50Hz, and standard plugs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_power_systems

but it seems they also have a funky one like follows.
Maybe that would be a good idea to get an adapter just in case for your electronics!

Weather

We are going to have a real hot weather over there... From now on, you can check yourself the current conditions and forecast on the right side of this blog :)

Itinerary

Just as an addition to Pilot's post on the stop-overs:


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bringing down this todo list

Sanyi got our plane tickets from El Calafate back to Buenos Aires on the 13th! Great!

That's a big item off the list, I need to check car rentals to get to El Calafate now :p

"No rush" but...

... lets get cracking!

After the festive season, everyone is trying to recuperate, but there is no stopping in the planning.

The trip is now agreed with a rough plan of places to visit and times to spend here and there, bus and planes tickets get bought and the mood is skyrocketing again with the prospect of a great trip!

Here is the plan: PLACES | JOURNEYS

2nd-3rd: Buenos Aires

3rd: night bus Buenos Aires -> Bahia Blanca

4th: Bahia Blanca: beach!!

4th: night bus Bahia Blanca -> Puerto Madryn

5th-7th: Puerto Madryn, Peninsula Valdes

7th: night bus Puerto Madryn -> Ushuaia/Rio Gallegos

8th-10th: the south end of the world: Ushuaia

10th (11th): car from Ushuaia -> El Calafate

11th (12th)-13th: El Calafate, glacier and and hiking.

13th: evening plane El Calafate -> Buenos Aires

14th-15th Buenos Aires for a last view before heading back home