TRAVELLIVE 3-2016
Getting up as the first rays of sun enter my room, I can feel in the air that the days of bitter cold and damp have passed and that days of warmth and sunshine are upon us. Good weather is a lucky sign for my upcoming journeys with friends. In this century of technology and high-speed connections, you can travel around the world with the click of a mouse. All the data you could ever want to form an itinerary, from the cuisine to the cultural development of the land, are on your screen immediately upon typing a few characters into the search box. But how long will this stay with you? The things you have just seen, the dreamlands of your fantasies, all fade away someday. Few things in life are more inevitable.
Getting up as the first rays of sun enter my room, I can feel in the air that the days of bitter cold and damp have passed and that days of warmth and sunshine are upon us. Good weather is a lucky sign for my upcoming journeys with friends.
In this century of technology and high-speed connections, you can travel around the world with the click of a mouse. All the data you could ever want to form an itinerary, from the cuisine to the cultural development of the land, are on your screen immediately upon typing a few characters into the search box. But how long will this stay with you? The things you have just seen, the dreamlands of your fantasies, all fade away someday. Few things in life are more inevitable.
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NOTE<br />
ü TIME: November to March or<br />
April is the best time to travel to<br />
Patagonia.<br />
ü ITINERARY: You can fly from<br />
either Hanoi or HCMC to Argentina<br />
with Vietnam Airlines, United Airlines,<br />
Bangkok Airways, or Thai Airways.<br />
There are no direct routes from<br />
Vietnam to Chile. You can fly to<br />
Santiago, Chile with Qantas Airline<br />
from Sydney (Australia) . In Chile,<br />
Navimag (www.navimag.com) is the<br />
most popular company for operating<br />
ferries from Puerto Montt to Puerto<br />
Natales, Chile, near Torres del Paine.<br />
ü CURRENCY: 1USD ~ 14.79<br />
peso (Argentina) ~ 708.79 Peso<br />
(Chile)<br />
ü<br />
NOTES:<br />
ü Patagonia is the most expensive<br />
place in Argentina. In big cities, a<br />
high-class hotel room costs about<br />
USD180 for a couple. In provinces,<br />
you can stay at a good hotel for<br />
USD90/room/couple and USD20-50<br />
for extra services.<br />
TRANQUILITY AT THE END OF<br />
THE WORLD<br />
Known as “the end of the world”, Patagonia is<br />
1,000km away from the South Pole. Interestingly,<br />
this land is shared between two countries, Chile and<br />
Argentina.<br />
There are so many marvelous things to experience<br />
on your journey, such as enjoying lunch in the Anes<br />
along a massive stone mountain or relaxing by the<br />
icebergs on Perito Moreno - a gem of Glacier National<br />
Park. It’s also a little known fact that Patagonia is one<br />
of the best places on earth for whale watching.<br />
Moreover, when you reach “the end of the world”,<br />
don’t forget to visit Ushuaia, the southernmost<br />
city in the world, or stop by the marble cave on the<br />
chrystal clear Carrera Lake on the border of Chile<br />
and Argentina. Another location, Torres del Paine<br />
National Park with its strange scenery has been<br />
described as a gate leading into another world. You<br />
can walk, sail, ride horses, and go camping to explore<br />
all the diverse beauty that Torres del Paine has to<br />
offer. Interested in Patagonia cuisine? You can<br />
visit Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina to taste<br />
traditional dishes such as pasta, grilled lamb, and<br />
corn cakes.<br />
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