Destination: Argentina
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Wed, 6 Sep 2006 | By will | Views [6674]
Unlike every other South American country I’ve seen on this trip, Argentina is a country I have visited before, on a two week holiday in which I went to Buenos Aires and Patagonia, flying around the country in order to see as much as I could in the ... Read more >
Tags: Observations
Wed, 22 Aug 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [2189] | 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
Tue, 18 Sep 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [1432]
The British transport system is shocking. If it was a child, the parents would be imprisoned for neglect. Our trains are dirty, crammed and rarely on time and its been proven that cattle in transit for slaughter have more favourable conditions than ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Sun, 8 May 2011 | By ejpredny | Views [1297]
South America curls around the curve of the globe as though Antarctica is a drain pulling it closer with each orbital turn. Ushuaia is “El Fin de Mundo,” the End of the Earth. The closest city in the World to Antarctica-... Read more >
Tags: emily predny, patagonia, seals, tierra del fuego, ushuaia
Tue, 7 Jun 2011 | By runningkites | Views [961]
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
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 | By mel_mel | Views [921]
I quite like Buenos Aires as a city. Much more western than anything in I-have-the-population-of-your-entire-country-in-my-capital Mexico, but still with its own distinct personality and Latin America feel. We only spent a couple of days there (we will ... Read more >
Thu, 26 Sep 2013 | By charline_thomasson | Views [912]
I have been in Buenos Aires for a week now and I am moving on later today although I somehow felt like I could have stayed much longer here. Somehow all my Argentinian friends and other foreigners had been bragging about Buenos Aires so I was keeping ... Read more >
Tue, 1 Apr 2008 | By luchinko | Views [887]
I'm in this massive flat flat land, lots or horses, lots of cows, lots of chickens, ducks, turkeys, birds, toads etc, and lots of insects. Been here a week now, have a few riding lessons, helped the experienced guys train horses. Riding, catching horses, ... Read more >
Tue, 8 Jan 2008 | By j9fabre | Views [756] | Comments [3]
Oh boy... it is hot today. 36deg today, tomorrow & Wednesday. Then change with rain Thursday & Friday. This morning I went to Recoleta to the Cemetary & saw Eva Peron´s tomb. All the crypts, tombs, whatever you call them, are so impressive ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sat, 7 Feb 2015 | By jugap | Views [591]
Well I'm sorry it has been so long between entries. Due to my stupidity I dropped our tablet in Rio de Janeiro and thus rendered it unusable.So as it was beyond my patience to do a blog on the smartphone I left the final 55 days of our trip til home ... Read more >
Tue, 29 Apr 2014 | By | Views [317] | Scholarship Entry
One compelling reason people do Study Abroad programs is that they do not know a language well enough to live in and contribute to a city without studying its language. I did not think about how compelling this reason was when I signed up to go to Salta, ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [279] | Scholarship Entry
When I was 19 I travelled to Argentina with a punk band, but I wasn’t punk at all. I was a scared child. I had only left Colombia once, and with my parents. Besides, I was flying with my band mates only until Ecuador, from there on, I was on my own. ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Mon, 7 Jul 2008 | By sarahandphil | Photo Gallery
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