Time in country: 31 days
Money spent: approximately $2800 USD each
Currency: Argentine Peso
Conversion Rate: roughly 4.7 Pesos per USD, (you can actually exchange US notes on the streets for 5.5 to 6 Pesos per dollar, but we never did)
Food:
Typical Argentine steak was a big hunk of beef on a plate and sides were ordered separately (choices were usually french fries or mashed potatoes).
The region around Mendoza is famous for its wines, in particular the Malbec (a red wine). We found plenty of cheap yet good wines in Argentina.
If you see an Argentine, you will most likely see a "mate" cup in their hand. Mate is made from dried leaves of yerba mate and served in hot water. It's similar to a tea, but in our opinion doesn't taste that great.
Choripan is a popular food and is a split sausage link in between two pieces of a roll with chimichurri sauce.
Chimichurri sauce is abundant to put on meats. It is green in color, has plenty of olive oil with spices and herbs, but isn't spicy.
There were plenty of empanadas, usually meat and veggies wrapped in bread and fried, to choose from. Sometimes there were dessert type empanadas as well.
Pizzas have pretty good crusts and toppings, but lack red sauce and have tons of cheese (in a not good way).
Places Visited (in order): Puerto Iguazu, Buenos Aires, Ushuaia, El Calafate, El Chalten, Bariloche, Mendoza
Random Thoughts:
Argentina was a very nice place to be and had a pretty good feeling about it throughout the country. The buses were spectacular, and thus were pretty expensive. Not only buses, but many other things were more expensive in Argentina than the rest of South America.
Patagonia was absolutely stunning, and we loved marveling at how amazing the nature was. This part of the country is what made Argentina stand out to us as the top country in South America.
Evenings start late in Argentina, it is a whole different schedule. It's regular to see locals entering restaurants for dinner at 10 or 11 P.M., and then start to go out for a night on the town after midnight until sometimes 6 or 7 in the morning. We couldn't even pretend to keep up with that schedule.
If you're in certain parts of the city at the right time, you can catch free Tango Shows. If not, there are restaurants that will cater to tourists and charge hefty prices for dinner and a show. Tango shows are very much an Argentine specialty.
Random Thoughts:
Argentina was a very nice place to be and had a pretty good feeling about it throughout the country. The buses were spectacular, and thus were pretty expensive. Not only buses, but many other things were more expensive in Argentina than the rest of South America.
Patagonia was absolutely stunning, and we loved marveling at how amazing the nature was. This part of the country is what made Argentina stand out to us as the top country in South America.
Evenings start late in Argentina, it is a whole different schedule. It's regular to see locals entering restaurants for dinner at 10 or 11 P.M., and then start to go out for a night on the town after midnight until sometimes 6 or 7 in the morning. We couldn't even pretend to keep up with that schedule.
If you're in certain parts of the city at the right time, you can catch free Tango Shows. If not, there are restaurants that will cater to tourists and charge hefty prices for dinner and a show. Tango shows are very much an Argentine specialty.
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