Destination: Argentina

Glaciers and big scary mountains with snow on them

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 | By lucyandtim | Views [1814] | Comments [4]

Wow! What a busy last week we've had. Before leaving El Calafate to head to El Chalten for some trekking, we thought we would be typically touristy and decided to partake in a little glacier trekking. So, we headed out to Perito Moreno (the biggest ... Read more >

¿Y si las frutas y verduras tuvieran marketing?

Sat, 1 Oct 2016 | By loloberlin | Views [1210]

Vamos a cualquier tiendita de barrio o gran supermercado y lo primero que aparece son carteles impresos a color con letras grandes anunciando gaseosas, golosinas o snacks nada saludables. Entramos a la tienda y lo que está más a la mano ... Read more >

Tags: alimentación saludable, consume local, emprendedores, marketing, pequeños productores, slow food, tiendas orgánicas

Salta

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 | By david_vanessa | Views [1177]

Hola All, Time to leave Buenos aires and check out something else. Easy to get seduced by the city.  Consider this. To get to Salta all we had to do was book the train tickets, book the bus tickets, book the hostel. What can possibly go wrong? ah yes ... Read more >

In Argentina

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 | By clarinette | Views [1068] | Comments [1]

Made it to Argentina about 2 hours ago after a fairly challenging day! I got back from my Uyuni salt flat tour last night, and decided to go this morning on a 5am trip to Tupiza, Villazon and then over the border into Argentina where I had planned to ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Steak and wine

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Views [980]

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 >

Explored Dreamed Discovered 26th August 2012

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 | By OandSoph | Views [838]

The last week was a rushed visit back to Argentina, starting with the quite fun border crossing from Bolivia.  Interestingly there is only a small barrier between the two countries that people seem to stroll through, so quite why we were in line waiting ... Read more >

Departing El Calafate - Mach II

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 | By dysfunctional | Views [785] | Comments [3]

We´re ready early to leave the America del Sur hostel in El Calafate, Patagonia, Argentina, and hoping that this attempt will be more successful. After a big night out Saturday night, listing to a solid set by some hostel guys in a local band, we rolled ... Read more >

Puerto Natales to El Calafate

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 | By travelcrazy26 | Views [729] | Comments [1]

So my trip into Torres del Paine was great, despite being congested the entire time. We got up to see the towers which were amazing. Seriously stunning. I could have sat there for hours if it was´t for the cold wind. We camped overnight and met ... Read more >

Buenos Aires: The story so far

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 | By doherty1957 | Views [619]

I arrived on 29th September, 3 weeks ago, and I checked into The Clan House. A nice place with nice people but unfortunately above a Goth disco that blasts out music until the early hours. Still, I will forget the disco before I forget the friendliness ... Read more >

Argentina - Buenos Aires

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 | By irenecabay | Views [606]

  I arrived in Buenos Aires where Len had arranged for the Sandanzas Hostel to collect me from the airport as their flight from Ushuaia would arrive for a few more hours. This was my first trip outside North America or Europe. It was a little ... Read more >

El Bolsón

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 | By megan_skinner | Views [594] | Comments [1]

I have just returned to Bariloche from the town of El Bolsòn where I was for two nights.  El Bolsòn is about 2.5 hours south of Bariloche and kind of on the boundary between northern Patagonia and the Lakes District.  It is known for its Feria Artesanal ... Read more >

Devils Throat Falls

Thu, 5 Jul 2007 | By lima_llama_loo | Views [504] | Comments [2]

July 3 - Brazilian side.  Spectacular view of the Iguazu Falls.  July 4 - Argentinian side.  View of the Devils Throat.  This is so named as the early settlers used to throw the aboriginals into the throat.  Absolutely spectacular display of the worlds ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

Other bodies

Wed, 27 Aug 2014 | By maria_luis | Views [422] | Video | Scholarship Entry

We both studied journalism before we understood the filmmaking is our passion, straight after we entered the film school of Eliseo Subiela, argentinian crazy genius. Three years ago we left our homes, our countries (Russia and Colombia) and landed in ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico

More BA!

Sun, 3 Mar 2013 | By travelcrazy26 | Views [384]

Ahhhh Buenos Aires. So week 2 of classes down, and I learned some past tense finally! I think I'm actually starting to kind of get the language in my head...just need to be practicing more. I decided not to do a third week though, because I'm a little ... Read more >

Passport & Plate - Anchi de la Puna

Fri, 6 Mar 2015 | By evelin_armella | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: 2015 Passport & Plate: SRI LANKA