Following the footsteps of a modern nomad

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Undiscovered Northwest Argentina




Northwest Argentina is South-America in a glass. Lush, green valleys, arid plains, snowcapped vulcano's, saltlakes,... When visiting this area there are two must-stays in the Salta Province: Bodega Colome near the town of Molinos and the House of Jasmines near Salta city. Colome is a wine estate owned by the excentric Swiss businessman Donald Hess who bought this estancia a couple of years ago and turned it very fast into a drinkable example of how ambitious new world wines can be. Here, at an altitude of 3002 meters, Hess experiments with high altitudes wines with lots of attitude and flavour. Bodega Colome is a dreamy estancia away from everything where gaucho's en Indo's rule the land. Perfect for the Latin America lover. If you want to discover this wonderful part of ARgentina and you live in Belgium, check out the expertise of the Latin-America Specialist Cosmic Travel. They know this continent inside out!

Lost islands in the Med














The ultimate way to discover Greece is to cruise from one small island to another.
Tussock Cruising sails to Greek, hidden drops in the Med with names like Kalymnos, Arki and Fourni... Extreme slow traveling with only the wind deciding which way to go and what to do (or not to do). Tussock Cruising is the only "Gulet" organisation who actually sails during a trip. Every day, sometimes the whole day long the sails are up and the only sound is the wind pushing the boat forward. This is by far the best way to relax, unwind and of course see and experience Greece (and Turkey) from a very unique and non-touristy side.