Buenos Aires
Travel Blogs from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina Final thoughts, Costs & Tips
... do you really get an understanding of how massive it is. I think around 40m people live in Argentina but most of those are in Buenos Aires and Cordoba there are vast areas of the country that just seem unpopulated. The Buses Argentina also has a ...
Park & Garden photos
Photos of the many parks and gardens throughout BA, placed here rather than attempting to identify them with individual blog ...
Street photos of Buenos Aires
These are a collection of photos of the streets and buildings of Buenos Aires. More for our own desire to recall, but for aficionados of architecture, design, etc. these will serve also. Readers may note the contribution by a loocal architect/tour ...
Palermo, Recoleta and La Boca
... commodity at this time of my trip. I definitely want to make the most of my last night, being Saturday night here in Buenos Aires. Today I visited two main touristy areas... Recoleta and La Boca. La Boca was definitely my favourite area with a wide ...
Tired of Working Already...
Nothing to new or exciting to report this time. We've started working 30 hour weeks teaching at Citibank, Prudential, Bank Boston now bought by Standard Bank, and Ten Roses (a programming company). We teach 40 year old business men and women English. We ...
A case of the hare and the tortoise
... We spent 2 1/2 sorting things out with the very rude staff who between pointing fingers and slamming doors organised accommodation in Buenos Aires for everyone for the night and booked us on the 6.30am flight the next day - the next flight ...
Riding with the Gauchos
... which blows between a horse's ears." ~ Proverb The food at the estancia was the best we had in Argentina...a meat lover's paradise accompanied by fresh vegetables grown on site. The wine did flow at will. The building itself ...
Well I thought there was going to be a show
I think that mornings in Buenos Aires don't actually start until around noon. After a leisurely breakfast at the hostel, noon(ish) is about when Travis and I began our second day of wandering. We first ventured up to the Plaza de Mayo and ...
In Zumo we trust
... off quite easily with good roads. Des had set the Zumo according to Lou’s co-ordinates towards Monte Hermoso. We knew we had to skirt Buenos Aires and make our way to Rute 3. But when Zumo took us out to Rute 9 and then Rute 12, we had to take a ...
Reflecting
... was also an issue that needed to be addressed more than once. Today is January 1st, 2008 and we are in Buenos Aires. It is blistering hot outside and it does not feel like our usual Canadian festive season. Oddly, I do miss ...
Back on the Atlantic side of the world!!
... our last steak because tomorrow we are on a buis heading towards the Brazillian border to see the amazing Iguazu Falls. Buenos Aires is a very European style city, the architecture in particular could be straight out of Paris or London. Buildings line ...
Tango in the Night!
... into Uruguay. From Colonia we did a bit of a loop north through Uruguay then over the border into Argentina taking us back to Buenos Aires. We travelled through rolling green pastures and farmland dotted with small houses and through some small towns each ...
Buenos Aires
... we went to sleep. We actually got a decent night sleep thanks to the bus being quiet and the big comfy chairs. Buenos Aires So we had met so many people who kept warning us to be careful not to get mugged especially at bus/train ...
Tango, Candombe and Polo
... of about 30 bands all gathered to parade in an annual celebration of Candombe that happens once a year on this Sunday in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. They parade through the streets in the early evening in celebration of their religion which crossed the ...
Bienviendo a el cuidad grande
... trees lining most roads breaking up the usual city concrete jungle. It is difficult to distinguish a distinct feel or flavor to Buenos Aires that is markedly different from many of the great European capitals and if parachuted into the heart it would be ...
Lucky Escape
... porn and the boys wasted no time in filling their rucksacks!!! We waited by the roadside till around 8am when a replacement coach from Buenos Aires finally arrived to rescue us.... to add insult to injury, we stopped in a town called Blue an hour or so ...
Peruvian Chinese Food
... there were three... TEFLocal students are all gone * Where in the World is TEFLocal? * Do Peruvians Know Chinese? * Inside Look: Buenos Aires in the A.M. and La Boca * SPECIAL REPORT: You'll never guess who's coming to town!?!?!?! Sarah's Down ...
Survived the 1st week of Buenos Aires!
... me that some of the mothers have the children to put them to work, that its a money maker for them. The people of Buenos Aires are called “portenos” . They led a totally different lifestyle than what we are used to; they eat late, ...
The Last Six Weeks....
... traveling and exploring the southern region of Argentina. When we return form Patagonia we will have a little over 3 days in Buenos Aires before departing on Sunday October 21st to CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA!!!!!!!!!! It's scary, unbelievable, exciting, ...
Into the nations Capital
... get away from this film. Saw it first in a cinema in Australia, then on a bus in Chile and now on a bus in Argentina! We arrived into Buenos Aires at around 12 noon. This was an hour later than expected, but it didn't matter too much as the journey was ...
Day 3 - We are alive and well in streets of Paris!
Today, is day 3 and if I limp, Ingrid is threatening me with molar tooth extraction as both my veritable wisdom and, my wisdom teeth were taken Ļa long time agoĻ according to her. We start the day at this internet cafe. Our afternoon is more ...
Sunrise, Sunset and Espaņol.
... jump-ing up and down! Boy, and they didn`t stop jumping till gone 8am when we finally decided to leave. Our taste of Buenos Aires club culture definitely did not disappoint. The people were friendly and just out to have a good time and the Dj was ...
The good winds
... to make you stumble and in the more exposed areas the trees have a permanent stoop in their backs. Buenos Aires is very much the economic centre of Argentina. Other cities may claim to be the cultural centre or the education centre of the country but ...
Back in Buenos Aires
... a good local handicrafts market. Paul went to a Copa Libertadores football game between Banfield and River Plate - two teams from Buenos Aires. The game was a sellout, the atmosphere electric and there was no love lost between the fans.. Luckily the ...
Chilling in BA
Have I said this before? Probably but I'll say it again....I love Buenos Aires! I arrived here from Salta exactly a week ago and stayed at a cosy B&B in the San Telmo neighbourhood. San Telmo is the bohemian quarter of BA, full of antique and design ...
Recoleta Cemetery
... : The biggest news is that we are not going to go to the Iquazu falls, there is just TOO much to see and experience in Buenos Aires. This city reminds us of a history book, as one turns a page, more is discovered to add to the previous pages of knowledge ...
We've got the motorbikes...Hurray !!
MOTOS ARRIVE IN BUENOS AIRES – ARGENTINA – HURRAY – 26.10.09 At 2pm we caught a taxi, with a much more sedate driver this time, to Lan Chile Cargo, to get the paperwork finished regarding the motorbikes. Much walking around the ...
