Destination: Argentina

Los Libertadores border crossing Mendoza to Santiago

Fri, 8 Feb 2008 | By katrinamckeever | Views [3099]

The border crossing from Argentina to Chile  at Los Libertadores sort of summed up Argentina as a whole. It is breathtakingly beautiful, pain stakingly slow and strangely requiring of tips for customs officials! It was probably our own fault for taking ... Read more >

Tags: anacongua, argentina, border, chile, latin america, los libertadores, mendoza, mountains, road trip, santiago de chile

Off the bike for almost a week and then a 50 hour bus ride to Buenos Aires

Sat, 12 Jul 2014 | By margitpirsch | Views [1649]

The time has come, the time is now....we are heading back north on a bus. There were moments in time when I was hurting on the bike. I looked longingly at one of those big touristy busses (or any bus for that matter), thinking how wonderful it would ... Read more >

Butterflies and Toucans

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 | By jess_dan | Views [1368] | Comments [1]

Dear all,   This entry shall be considerably shorter as it only covers a few days.   After arriving back in Ushuaia we had a night there, during which we slept, slept, relaxed and slept a lot more. Antarctica was full on everyday, ... Read more >

Tags: butterflies, hi, hostel inn, iguazu falls, toucans

¿Y si las frutas y verduras tuvieran marketing?

Sat, 1 Oct 2016 | By loloberlin | Views [1197]

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

Paragliding

Tue, 16 May 2006 | By robin | Views [851]

Tags: Adventures

Buenos Aires

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 | By tspani | Views [560] | Comments [1]

Hey! I arrived safe and sound to BA, Almalija and Robin met me at the airport and we went out site seeing near the hostel. They had met Dave Matthews in the cemetary the day before and found out that he was playing in the big Pepsi music fest thats on ... Read more >

Devils Throat Falls

Thu, 5 Jul 2007 | By lima_llama_loo | Views [498] | 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

The Cloud Forest Day Three

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 | By jenc | Views [410]

We woke the next morning to the sound of the cloud forest raining on our tent.  Not raining as such, but more sort of steadily dripping large quanitites of water on us.  This wasn´t great news for teh clothes we´re left out to, somewhat optimistically, ... Read more >

Day 22 (7-26): Argentina Jujuy

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 | By cee_402 | Views [324]

- Woke up at 8:30 am for breakfast (breakfast included in hostel)- each person was allocated a basket of two pieces of bread, jam, butter, and dulce de leche. Dulce de leche is something that looks like caramel but made of milk. Camilla told me Argentines ... Read more >

Slippers and suit

Mon, 12 May 2014 | By | Views [291] | Scholarship Entry

It was 10 pm and I was returning by walk to my hotel. It was my first night in Buenos Aires and I was wondering arrive at my hotel and sleep. I was tired after walking the tourist areas all day in the capital of Argentina. When I was about two blocks ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Gallery: Iguazu Falls: Argentinian side

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 | By sarahandphil | Photo Gallery

Photos: 2010-05-21, Feriado em Mendoza-AR

Thu, 27 May 2010 | By mandybr | Photo Gallery

Photos: Argentina - Buenos Aires

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 | By tomanddanioverseas | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Fitz Roy

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 | By alpiner84 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Ahhhh Buenos Aires! :-) ...

Thu, 23 Jul 2015 | By finally | Photo Gallery

Tags: buenos aires, colonies, laura, marché bleu, montevideo, uruguay