Destination: Argentina

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Plane Crazy

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [2195] | Comments [1]

I dreaded flying over the Andes Mountains. What would happen to the plane? Ever seen the film, Alive? It was however, not the mountain range that evoked fear amongst passengers on this flight...... The towering snow-capped Andes surrounding Santiago ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Prison, bombs and much much more

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 | By augustwilson | Views [1132]

Well it has taken a while for this update but since the last one we have been to prison, detonated some dinamite, visited an underground mine, re-entered Argentina, drank a 4.7liter bottle of wine, visited Che Guvara country, eat loads of steak and that ... Read more >

I hope bugs hate Campsuds more than they like toothpaste...

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 | By forgettable_blue | Views [1062] | Comments [4]

So it took me a whole 8 hours of traveling to Miami for me to be glad I´d overpacked and brought lots of soap; I had an eight hour layover and my bag was covered in toothpaste because the pressure had magically unscrewed the cap. Orange, sticky, everywhere.... Read more >

Steak and wine

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Views [972]

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 >

Buenos Aires - Getting Stuck In

Tue, 7 Jun 2011 | By runningkites | Views [969]

Buenos Aires is a city that takes you captive as if by some intense sensually infused magic stroke. Avenida Indepencia is lined with 16 lanes of traffic, the sidewalk cafes of Palermo are bursting with a vital energy, noises fused by busquers and choripan ... Read more >

Tags: argentina, buenos aires, la boca, palermo, polo, tango

Gletscher wandern

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 | By cisa | Views [959]

Der einzige Aktions-Tag während meines Aufenthaltes in El Calafate war die Gletscherwanderung. Wir sind zum Nationalpark "Perito Moreno" gefahren, ca eine Studne. Die Gegend drumherum war erstaunlich und zugleich todlangweilig. Wie ich später ... Read more >

Tags: gletscher, perito moreno

Hiking Warm-Up

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 | By bagen | Views [956]

Figuring that we´re in Patagonia and that the BIG THING to do in Patagonia is hiking.... we thought we betta get some practice in! Around here it´s all canals, lakes, mountains and forests. I KNOW! Ho-hum, I hear you say... :-) I confess ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

El Chalten

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 | By j9fabre | Views [759] | Comments [1]

I am now in El Chalten which is a town about 3.5 to 4 hours drive from El Calafate. We drove up here the day before yesterday and are staying in a hotel. The town itself is quite young, only started I think in the mid-80´s. All the houses are very ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

tango update

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 | By pilgrim192 | Views [563] | Video

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Last thoughts on BA

Fri, 5 Apr 2013 | By travelcrazy26 | Views [548]

Wow it's been a while. So much has happened since I left Argentina. What a life! So BA now holds a special place in my heart. I had moments in BA where I felt the comforts of home, which hasn't really happened anywhere else. But BA is special to me ... Read more >

Other bodies

Wed, 27 Aug 2014 | By maria_luis | Views [412] | 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