Destination: Argentina
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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.
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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 | By escape_artist | Views [31] | Comments [3]
I´ve been in Argentina for 4 days and have already seen so many amazing things! I arrived in Buenos Aires on Friday evening after 23 hours of travel. I was hosted by the lovely Nick & Joanna who gave me an excellent introduction to the city and ... Read more >
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 | By royandania | Views [47]
In order to renew our visas
so that we can stay in Argentina a few more weeks, Roy and I took the
ferry from Buenos Aires to Uruguay and the little port town Colonia.
It was such a pleasant surprise to after only one hour on the ... Read more >
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [14]
Cost pp: bus to Buenos Aires semi-cama 4 hours 51p We arrived in Buenos Aires around 3pm on Friday 13th and in celebration the skies opened and all the water that ever was stored in any cloud anywhere descended on the city. We caught a bus outside ... Read more >
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [12]
Costs pp: bus from San Luis overnight 9 hrs 90p, staying at the Hostal Rosario on the corner of San Luis and Laprida streets dorm bed 35 is new inside an old building and has free WI-FI internet & a kitchen. Rosario is on a huge river and has ... Read more >
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [32]
Costs pp: bus from San Juan 39p 5 hrs We got woken at 5am by another couple leaving so Carol got up then and Kent an hour later and we got to the San Juan terminal with only 10 minutes to spare to catch our 7am bus and still had yet to buy the tickets.... Read more >
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [36]
Costs pp: bus from La Serena to Santiago 7000 chil pesos, bus across the border to Mendoza, Argentina 10,000 chil pesos. Bus to San Juan 20 arg pesos. Dorm bed at San Juan Hostal in Avenida Cordoba 30p includes free internet and breakfast. www.sanjuanhostel.... Read more >
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By royandania | Views [67] | 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 [57]
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 [166]
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 [70]
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 [62]
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 [258]
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 [359] | 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 [64]
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 [57]
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 >
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