Destination: Argentina

North Argentina 3/03-20/03

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 | By lionel14 | Views [1617] | Comments [2]

ENGLISH Hi guys, After few days in BA (thank you so much Nico for putting me up in Cabildo), I am now in the North of Argentina and feel that i kept the best for the end (as far as Argentina is concernat at least). It s a fascinating ... Read more >

St Patrick´s Day - Argentina Style

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 | By sarahkeane | Views [690] | Comments [2]

Hey Folks, This is just a quick email to say "Hola".  I´m here in Ushuaia - the end of the world.  Climate has changed big time, just as I was getting used to the sun!  It took five days to get from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, we stopped off ... Read more >

Gallery: North Argentina

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 | By lionel14 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: El Calafate

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 | By luchinko | Photo Gallery

The Gauchess

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 | By luchinko | Views [563] | Comments [1]

Peoples, I have a dream, I want to be a cowboy! In about 24 hours I will arrive a ranch near Mercedes, where I will commence this amazing transformation. Actually I'm just volunteering there for 2 weeks (volunteer for the previlege of working with ... Read more >

Glaciars, Lagunas and the Flu

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 | By bagen | Views [760] | Comments [3]

Well hey again. A couple of pre ramble points: 1. Photees will have to follow shortly.  Sorry - current internet is painfully slow (read; Ange tries not to smash head into screen repeatedly). 2. The COMMENTS function has been switched on.  For all ... Read more >

San Ignacio Mini and Posadas

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 | By katrinamckeever | Views [1470]

Another marathon bus journey saw us take 36 hours from Puerto Madryn to Posadas, the capital city of Misiones at the very top of Argentina. The luxury travel, three course meals and bar service eluded us yet again and we were offered only a ham sandwich ... Read more >

Tags: argentina, heritage, iguazu, jesuit mission, misiones, paraguay, posadas, restaurant, san ignacio, unesco

Classes....finally

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 | By gringura | Views [1253]

Friday morning I had my first real class, Latinamerican Political Systems compared.   It turned out to be boring so I’ve decided not to take it.   Monday I had my first class, Social History of Argentina and Latinamerica at the Public University.... Read more >

Tags: education, friends

Gallery: Patagonia

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 | By steeve | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Argentina - Aconcagua

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 | By ctcski | Photo Gallery

The world is a beautiful place

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 | By luchinko | Views [652]

The last couple of days has absolutely affirmed my reasons for travelling. This world is beautiful. Down here, at the most southern point of South America, "El Fin del Mundo" (The End of the World), you are reminded of the majesty of living ... Read more >

Gallery: Ushuaia

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 | By luchinko | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Buenos Aires

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 | By marsrimbaud | Photo Gallery

My Pilar Express Experience

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 | By gringura | Views [1475]

Tuesday, I wanted so badly to go to class but my attempts to arrive failed. It was supposed to be my first class, fitopathologia (plant pathology). I planned far in advance how to get there since the class is in Pilar, a town in the provincia about an ... Read more >

Tags: machismo, transportaion

Ruta 40

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 | By katrinamckeever | Views [944]

Calling something legendary tends to overlook the fact that 36 hours of spine bashing discomfort on an unpaved road through the middle of nowhere is very few people´s idea of fun. We should have known when the bus we were travelling on dissapeared for ... Read more >

Tags: argentina, bus, bus journey, coach, condors, on the road, route 40, ruta 40, travel