Destination: Argentina

El Asado (the welcome BBQ party)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 | By doreen-b | Views [809] | Comments [1]

On Sunday, Gloria´s family came over for a BBQ or in Argentina its called "Un Asado."  The Argentinans love their meat!  And in the photo gallery there are pictures of the meat being cooked outside in la chiminea.  Walter and Gloria have a ... Read more >

Gallery: Buenos Aires

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Photo Gallery

Tango-tastic Buenos Aires

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Views [569]

We spent our last week in South America hanging out in Buenos Aires. The city has a strangely European feel to it but definitely keeps Argentinian hours. We discovered that clubs only really warm up at about 2am when we went to a horrendous Latino ... Read more >

08.08.08

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 | By doreen-b | Views [698]

On Friday morning I got up at 4:30 am and took a taxi to the airport.  (My itinerary is Mpls to Orlando to Panama City to Cordoba)  My flight left at 7:30 am and I arrived to Orlando, Florida where I had a 3 1/2 hour lay over which was good because I ... Read more >

Gallery: Iguazu

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Photo Gallery

Waterfalls!!!

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Views [725]

After the worst bus journey of my life from Mendoza, we finally arrived in Puerto Iguazu on the evening of my birthday. I was expecting seriously good things from the waterfalls the next day to compensate for the 44-hour bus trip and amazingly the ... Read more >

Gallery: Mendoza

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Photo Gallery

More wine...

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Views [616]

We spent a week in Mendoza waiting for Stu to get over a stinking cold so we could go wine tasting. Our time was gainfully employed settling into the Argentinean café culture and adjusting our body clocks to afternoon siestas and late dinners ... Read more >

Gallery: Mendoza, Argentina

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 | By ranizo | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Salta and Cafayate

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Photo Gallery

Patagonia, Flamingoes and Icebergs!!

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 | By the-haines-rtw | Views [546] | Comments [1]

Buenos Dias from Argentina! We´ll it´s been a while so sorry but we´ve been pretty darn busy! Whilst staying in Puerto Varas we took a day trip to Chiloe which is the main island of Chile and home to many indigenous tribes.  We visited the town of ... Read more >

Steak and wine

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Views [925]

Our final trip across the Andes brought us down into Salta in northern Argentina. We had heard that the steak and wine were good in Argentina but that hadn’t prepared us for what we ate at Viejo Jack´s grill in Salta. The restaurant was recommended ... Read more >

Gallery: Argentina

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 | By gringo_jen | Photo Gallery

on my way home already

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 | By gringura | Views [752]

A lot has happened since the last entry, classes have long been over and ended well. I had a few fun parties, one included carolina´s 21 birthday. I taught everyone flip cup and it was a big hit. One night I went to alamo and ended up inviting my friend´s ... Read more >

Gallery: a period of firsts

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 | By yu-en-me | Photo Gallery