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Mon, 22 Dec 2008 | By eoghancito | Views [2470] | Comments [2]
t was always going to be a challenge to meet Marcos. I had taken the precaution of trying to text him suggesting we meet at the train terminal but without a phone it wasn't going to be easy. We spoke briefly and arranged to meet outside McDonalds but ... Read more >
Tags: delta, old friends, package, parrilla, party
Wed, 22 Aug 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [2220] | 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
Wed, 29 Dec 2010 | By sobrea | Views [1574] | Comments [2]
Our trip has changed quite a bit since the last time I
wrote! We have been spending a lot more time outdoors. We bought camping gear
when we were in Santiago and since then have camped for the last 9 nights. At
first it was hard to get used to the ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, bike tour, lujan de cuyo, malbec, mendoza, vineyards, wine tasting
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 | By brian | Views [1439] | Comments [2]
I´ve been sucking on coca leaves for the past two days. Illegal apparently, which makes all the store signs indicating Coca for sale, along with a helpful leaf to distinguish it from Coca Cola, somewhat confusing. But I´ve not hit bottom, and I´m ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sat, 1 Oct 2016 | By loloberlin | Views [1224]
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
Thu, 22 Dec 2016 | By loloberlin | Views [725]
Si supiéramos la importancia que tiene en la economía de la gente el comprar local, empezaríamos a apoyar a todas las iniciativas cercanas que nos interesen.
Pero para eso se necesita 1, conocimiento 2, consciencia y 3, dinero…... Read more >
Tags: christmas, consciente, ecofriendly, ecológico, green, navidad, orgánico, sustentable, verde
Wed, 4 May 2016 | By joshandkaren | Views [725]
A quick land border crossing from Foz de Iguasu in Brazil brought us into Puerto Iguasu in Argentina. Our first impressions were that it was nice to be back in a Spanish speaking country but that it was still stinking hot and the $10 ATM fees to get ... Read more >
Wed, 14 Oct 2009 | By royandania | Views [504]
So, now the four of us,
Ingrid, Niklas, Roy and myself have left Buenos Aires on a bus that
took us 20 hours (!) south west to the northern edge of Patagonia and
a town located by the feet of the Andes called Bariloche. The long
trip on ... Read more >
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By | Views [492] | Scholarship Entry
Spanish is very easy, just say everything with "ere". If you were a tailor at home here you’re called "sastrere". Forty years in the country you’re called "extranjere”. Have a wife and children in Europe here you’re called "soltere". -from Jevel Katz’s ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [283] | Scholarship Entry
Our plan was to get from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia by car. That was meaning more than 3 000 km of driving, a distance we covered in one week. When you travel by car your biggest adventure becomes a stop in a gas station, a funny vehicle passing by, a wild ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Sat, 26 Apr 2014 | By | Views [259] | Scholarship Entry
i decided to left everything behind, postpone my life and take a break for a few days to live a new experience, an experience that will change my destiny. I did that before, not once but twice, packed all my important stuff, collect some money and flew ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 1 Oct 2010 | By patagonia | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
During a pool game, my friend and me decided that we would do a great adventure traveling by car to Patagonia (South America). It's more than 13.500km from Florianopolis (Brazil) through Mendoza, Andes, Perito Moreno Glacier in El Calafate, Torres del ...
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Tags: #2010wnphoto, andes, argentina, chile, mendoza, perito moreno, tierra del fuego, torres del paine, travel photography scholarship 2010, ushuaia
Fri, 10 Dec 2010 | By chris_and_dusk | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 8 Nov 2012 | By vagabonds | Photo Gallery
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