Feature Destination: Argentina
Argentina's pleasures - stunning natural wonders, an elegant capital with a European-flavored sophistication, and a passionate culture - are as tempting as ever. The silver lining to the financial cloud is that it's now one of the best travel bargains around.
This is one Latin American country where Europeans and North Americans can feel at ease and travel relatively inconspicuously. An interest in soccer and some nimble foot skills may be all you need to blend in with the locals.
Latest Stories from Argentina
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By royandania | Views [33] | Comments [1]
Yoga on the terrace this
morning. In the sun. My body awaking and energy start flowing through
it. My racing brain relaxes and I feel more like human being with a
brain AND a body. Beautiful.
Listening to The Great
Freedom Teaching ... Read more >
Sun, 1 Nov 2009 | By royandania | Views [31]
After
we have returned back to Buenos Aires both me and Roy have been ill.
For Roy we are talking one of these nasty stomach illnesses, with
effects that are not worth mentioning here. I got it too, but my
version of it was not so bad on ... Read more >
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 | By workandholiday | Views [108]
I always knew that I wanted to study abroad when I went to college. So as my time at the University of Pittsburgh began to come to a close, it only made sense that I chose a program that took me to another part of the world for the summer. I ended ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, buenos aires, study abroad, homestay, travel, work and holiday, iguazu falls, south america, university
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 | By doherty1957 | Views [27]
I wanted to see this match which the Guardian, according to one tour video, described as the most exciting sporting spectacle on the planet. At 300 pesos (£50) for a ticket with a coach to the ground and a guide I couldn’t let the opportunity pass. ... Read more >
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 | By kevin_sanderson | Views [31]
A tearful goodbye to Bs As on an overcast Saturday afternoon and then it as onto the bus to the town of Rosario. Karen, another student from Expanish, is travelling with us and we´were looking forward to some chilled times as we travel into the country.... Read more >
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 | By workandholiday | Views [122]
So you’re thinking of spending some time in Argentina but you want to make your experience a meaningful one – have a think about volunteering or studying abroad. Volunteer Volunteering abroad, sometimes called voluntourism, is a great way to ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, travel, volunteer, work and holiday, voluntourism, study abroad, study spanish, argentina homestay
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 | By travel-tips | Views [236] | Comments [1]
One two, miss a few, ninety-nine, trescientos millones . That’s the number of people who hable Spanish: Three hundred million, almost five percent of the world population. While the suits are battling Mandarin, travellers of every strain are turning ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, spanish, buenos aires, language, latin america, travel-tips
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 | By kevin_sanderson | Views [30]
Two weeks of luxury in the Art Deco hotel was leaving the bank balance a bit the worse for wear so booked an apartment share with Expanish with an argentine girl called Carolina. All seemed well the apartment was a turn of the century building close ... Read more >
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 | By kevin_sanderson | Views [26]
Ok maybe we should all have been speaking Spanish not English with each other but together the friends we met at Expanish certainly helped us experience real Argentine culture. Such as Mate- introduced to us by our teacher Eduardo- a herbal drink introduced ... Read more >
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 | By kevin_sanderson | Views [31]
Two weeks in the language school grew to four which then grew to five weeks as we became more and more ambitious with what we wanted to learn. From simply wanting to ask for a bus ticket we now wanted to have full on conversations about love life and ... Read more >
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