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Eating Beef in Buenos Aires

Thu, 5 Mar 2015 | By jgreghenry | Views [1680]

Buenos Aires is like no other city I’ve been to. I was told to expect a city quite like Paris with its wide boulevards and fashionable apartments overlooking the chicest shopping areas. While it’s true that Buenos Aires has both those features, ... Read more >

Living La Vida Boca

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 | By joannawong | Views [1214]

I'm on my way to Iguazu on a 17 hour bus with Via Bariloche. Sitting in a cama seat is like business class on a bus. Leaving Buenos Aires was difficult. I made a wise choice picking Federico's home on AirBnB. Not only was I blown away by his very ... Read more >

Tags: airbnb, argentina, bohemian, buses, cities, dance, food, friends, music, sightseeing

We're here

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 | By iainjosim | Views [929] | Comments [7]

After a great weekend in Nagambie for Phil and Bec's wedding, we've arrived in Buenos Aires, staying in an area called Palermo. It's the quiet part of town and we're in a great hostel with a good bunch of travellers who we are shamelessly interrogating ... Read more >

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Argentinian Detox or not?!!!!

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 | By helenhughes | Views [654]

After the excesses of Christmas and New Year we decided it was time for a detox! We also worked out that we've budgeted 1000 pounds per month and we're away for 7 months and yet we only have 4000 pounds each!!!!! Who did the maths?!!! I'm not quite ... Read more >

El Campo

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By thetravelingseed | Views [588] | Scholarship Entry

Over the melody of two guitars José closes his eyes. He inhales and slowly exhales a poem. It's a Cantata Riojana, tradicional sang poems from La Rioja, Argentina. He is 70, hefty white hair, prominent belly, thick eyebrows. I don’t know what these words ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

In the middle of the Ocean

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [292] | Scholarship Entry

When I got on that ship, I knew what I would have seen, but I couldn't predict what I would have felt. I remember the capitan, Edoardo, he had that kind of glance in the eyes that one would never forget, ice-blue eyes penetrating my dark eyes. I remember ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

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

Nothing but the road

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