Am I behind the times?

Well, it's literally 20 minutes until I need to turn the lights off, switch the heating off, sling on my coat and head to the station to get to Heathrow for my flight to Argentina, and in my usual "Oh that's a good last minute idea" I decided to create this blog space so friends and family can keep up with what I'm doing and where I am on my travels.

A few years ago I went to Vietnam and started sending emails to a distribution list of friends who were interested in what I was doing, why on earth I didn't think of creating a blog then I don't know, it would have made everything so much easier, so better late than never, I decided to create this.

seenbychris, my chosen URL ties into my space on SmugMug - a kind of pictoral blog for want of a better description, and it seemed fitting to keep this blog in the same theme.  So as the name suggests, whenever I travel I'll post blogs and let you all know what I've seen (See what I did there!?)  I'll also post a few pics etc too!

OK, time is ticking and I have two mouthfuls of wine left and I need to make a move.  If you hadn't guessed form my numerous facebooks updates, I'm heading to Argentina for 3 weeks.  The original trip was planned back in 2010 and was supposed to incorporate a 12 day Antarctic cruise, sadly that got canned as the boat company went bust and the alternative dates I was offered didn't fit with my, already planned, flights.  Through various twists of fate, this actually worked out for the best as it meant I had the chance to go to Australia in January to be Best Man and celebrate the wedding of two amazing friends, Tom and Jo.

So my plans, in a quick summary...

I fly tonight to Buenos Aires and arrive there around 8am tomorrow morning (2nd Feb) I'm staying there until the 9th, where I will be joined by another awesome couple - Steve and Leigh - I fully expect lots of drinking and lots of laughter!

On the 9th I fly up to Iguazu for 4 days visiting the falls from both the Argentinian and the Brazilian side.

Then I fly across to Mendoza on the 12th - those that know me know I like my wine and I will be making full use of my time here visiting vinyards (Hopefully on horseback) and sampling some amazing wines.  I then travel south into Patagonia on the 16th and spend a couple of days in Bariloche, before heading further south to El Calafate on the 18th - the main stopping point for visiting the "Glaciers National Park" - Very excited about this!

I then head back to Buenos Aires on the 21st before heading back to London on the 22nd.  So sit back, tune in and enjoy my ramblings!  Until I arrive in BA...I bid you "Adios"

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