Buenos Aires
Travel Blogs from Buenos Aires, Argentina
i'm gonna live till i die
... .. The cheeky git tried to ask for the fare too.. Everything went great for me and the flights to Argentina.. I even got a free lift from the airport into Buenos Aires after I got chatting to the guy next to me on the flight.. I was feeling excited to be ...
Fame at last, don't know about shoestring though.
... blog, either my travels stop or not. Christmas Eve has already passed, and New Year is coming up shortly. All has and will be celebrated down here in Argentina together with a few friends. I hope to get back to you with further details in a future ...
Puerto Madero Buqubus Ferry
... We secured our tickets to Uruguay and had a hot lunch in the cafeteria. The dock area was beautiful and clean, as most of Buenos Aires seems to be. The people are also immaculately dressed, trim and well groomed. Des had been sourcing a repair to ...
Time's Passing By....
... Dionne you're going to kill me when you see my hair.... Other than that we are just teaching and hanging out in Buenos Aires. Meeting new people, making new friends; it's amazing after 5 months how much our network of friends have grown and ...
It Takes Two to Tango
... lucky day, as we were upgraded to business class on the long leg to Santiago and were able to get a good sleep. Back in Buenos Aires we found our way to Retiro station and took the Mitre commuter train out to Tigre. Our first order of business: checking ...
Some Like It Hot
... , each act, each dance. El Choclo. Corazon de Oro (La Compania). Celos (Victoria y Sebastian). Arraballero (Carla y Carlos). Mi Buenos Aires Querido (Rafael). Volver. Milonga Vieja Milonga (Ines y Mauricio). Boedo (Magdalena y Facundo). Garua. Mala Junta ...
Culture shock in Buenos Aires???
... anymore. I will have to try to get it converted to a CD. They met in Café Tortoni, the oldest café in Buenos Aires, where Alejandro was singing Tango. How romantic! She does the cooking but he does all of the housework; ...
Buenos Aires - Day 24-28
Day 24 - 30/01/09 The bus stopped this morning a couple of hours outside Buenos Aires, so I rushed out to have a cheeky ciggy. While I was experiencing a strong nicotine rush from my first cig in 12 hours, a guy starts speaking to me in Spanish. My ...
Buenos Aires Free Tour!
... to Iguazu Falls, I came upon these tip for a Free Tour of Buenos Aires. It was actually rated the Top "What to Do" in Buenos Aires on TripAdvisor. After taking the morning one at 11am, I can see why. We met a young student, named Macarena, but after the ...
Montevideo
... !!!! We took a 3-hr bus tour, which allowed us to see much more than possible on foot. While Montevideo is nothing like Buenos Aires, we enjoyed the differences. Since it is a port city, and sprawled along an extensive coast line, the air was less ...
School has started!?!?!
... sun burnt, but we did need a break from all of the site seeing. We stayed around Palermo and Recoleta on Tuesday. Buenos Aires is broken into neighborhoods (just like Chicago... i.e. Lincoln Park, Gold Coast, Bridgeport). We live in Palermo and ...
Aaaaah, a bed!
BUENOS AIRES – ARGENTINA – RAIN - 21.10.09 We bought a ticket for a taxi, loaded our gear into the Citroen Berlingo and literally set sail down the freeway at a million miles per hour. Michael Schumacher has nothing on this driver, I'm sure he ...
Dock area, conservation reserve & cycling
The Dock area is new for residents and tourists alike. Along with the newly created Parque Natural y Reserva Ecologica (Ecology Reserve) and the availability of bicycle rentals - this became a full day outing - fulfilling in many ...
Pocket change, big spends and backpack ingredients
... Falls and Canaima National Park, Venezuela; US $358 - Flight Boa Vista - Salvador da Bahia, Brazil; US $417 - Flight Buenos Aires - Barcelona, Argentina/Spain; US $835 - Flight Barcelona - Oslo, Spain/Norway; US $225 Total Big spends; US $7871 ...
Tango, Eh
... antique and art market on the main square. In addition to the stuff for sale, there were several street performers. In true Buenos Aires character, we heard lots of tango music and watched some talented dancers. We then spent the next few days walking ...
A day of rest...
A day of rest a stroll through residential neighborhoods and parks until we arrive at the Congreso Buenos Aires (the National Argentinian Congress). On a restful day like today, it was perfect to at last stroll down and give justice to it by becoming ...
Parks, Zoo, Caleche, %#$@ouch!
... my estate in a will when I buy something!); uh, and then... Jumping over loose bricks and tiles much more abundant in Buenos Aires than those actually touching each other, or embracing any sort of solidity - we look at each other with that expectant ...
Walking Tour with Eveline - Tigre
HOSTEL SUITES FLORIDA – BUENOS AIRES - SUNNY - 22.10.09 Co-ordinates – S34.6395 W58.37524 First day we had the hostel staff ring the shipping agent about the motorbikes (motos), which had not arrived yet, so we booked a walking tour, set out ...
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A DOMINEY FAMILY VACATION
... 're gassy. No, no, no, Steve´s mom is not gassy. And for the record... yes, it's true that on my first day in Buenos Aires, a bird shat on my head. But isn't that supposed to be good luck?? At least I was the one eating a steak and ...
Touch of Tango
I haven t been taken aback by Buenos Aires as much as I was expecting... discrimination between foreigners and locals is at its best here, with foreigners paying up to double for everything than that of the locals... if you fly to Argentina with Argentina ...
Evita Peron museum and Japanese Gardens
... Perón to house the 2nd Transition Home, a site that would lodge women from the provinces during their pass through Buenos Aires. Across thirteen permanent exhibition rooms and one temporary display room, the museum reviews the history of Eva Duarte from ...
Back to Buenos Aires
... in the square, it is such a cool dance - I would love to learn. The next day we did a bit more hanging around Buenos Aires before catching our evening bus to Viedma just in the north of Patagonia. Despite the lack of photos we have loved Buenos Aires. ...
DOMINEY FAMILY VACATION - Photo Edition
... though, right guys? Phew, that´s what I thought. Now, it´s time to stroll through lovely Buenos Aires. Sara´s been taking photos of me mimicking statues in streets, churches and parks all over South America, but with ...
The Paris of South America
Friday Up late we head out in the heat (about 29 degrees), the city is bustling and a marked contrast to Antarctica or even Ushuaia! We wander around through a park with lots of heart sculptures decorated differently and then towards the beautiful old ...
Walking the streets of B A by day & Tango at night
Wow, has this city opened up its stories to us, chapter by chapter, pausing at each line and stopping often at certain words. The comprehension of what this city can mean to an inhabitant, a tourist, a historian or a casual viewer represents each on its ...
Jan 29. 1st night
Iguassuooked an apartment for 11 nights in Buenos Aires through BA Apartments Inc. With side trips to Montevideo and the Iguazú Falls as highlights and visiting a ranch of friends, we then move on to Santiago and..... We are seasoned enough ...
Estancia Santa Rita
Check out the Estancia where we stayed! http://www.estanciasdebsas.com.ar/ingles/santarita_i.htm Tired from the hustle bustle of BA (yeah right) took a few days off from it all to relax the bones and round up some cattle at our estancia Santa Rita. ...
Argentina Economic Crisis
... a bank account. So credit is not very widespread, although I have seen many advertisements in Buenos Aires in that regard. One of Argentina's biggest problems is corruption. The current president is the wife of the previous ...
Buenos Aires
Before setting out for Argentina we had 2 set plans. 1) Study Spanish 2) Relax and drink plenty of vino. We committed ourselves for 2 weeks to a full Spanish immersion school in the heart of Buenos Aries. Every morning we attend class ...
Buenos Aires, new beginning part II
... last few months, I know better what I am looking for and will surely go for the head faster. This trip will take me to Argentina, Antarctica, Chili, Bolivia and Peru. Then, we will see :) Lots of love ...
