Before Argentina, if someone asked us what our plans were we would get a misty, slightly confused look in the eye and respond, ¨South¨. More than a simple direction, we’ve never had much of a plan for this trip. A general outline and some goals yes, but never a plan. We learned the hard way when we first got to Ecuador that well laid plans usually just implode.

Argentina though was a different story. With my mom on her way to visit us, we needed to make an itinerary and stick to it or we risked not making it as far as we wanted to.

So in Bolivia we made a plan. We laid out the places we wanted to go and how much time we thought we would need for each. Our goal was to make it to Bariloche by December. At this point we though Mom would be visiting around Christmas time and we wanted her to fly into Bariloche.

Salta was a pleasant surprise, as we were efficient and felt ready to go in only 4 days when we had budgeted a week. It was also a surprise that as we went along, things got taken off the list but rarely added on, mostly a time and cost thing.

Argentina. A totally different country, a totally different plan.