Punduck Hostel Buenos Aires

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Puerto Madero: the newest district in Buenos Aires. Known for its canal system as well as for the brick-layed paths that seem to stretch for a mile or two down the side of the river. Chic shops and good restaurants with a view over the water.

Museo de Bella Arte: the first museum that we went to in the city. Located in Recoleta the museum is dedicated to mostly hosting art from the 19th and 20th century. They also had exhibits up of modern ...

... order your tix in one line and pay in another) and right before we were at the front a different dude comes through the exit and walks right up to the counter! Finally, we were at the bus station and were already talking to the agent about getting our tix. He was looking something up on the computer and another guy comes up on the side and starts talking to him. The agent goes and helps him before he comes back to us! Can someone please tell me how to say "no cuts" in Spanish?

... br>If you need to take a break and want to come back to this later, feel free!! I still have lots more to write but want you to read it all! So now I think will be a good breaking point, get up, maybe stretch a bit, get back to the work you should be doing… J

Mendoza: The end of last week into last weekend a few friends and I traveled to Mendoza which is northwest of here, quite close to the Chilean border. This is considered the ...

... He offered to sell the house and all its art and furnishings to the Argentine government for a museum. Fortunately, the government took advantage of this offer, and today this magnificent building is available to all as the National Museum of Decorative Arts. Unfortunately, the museum does not allow photos of the interior. Here is an historic photo at the link below that gives you a since of the grandeur of the building when it was new, as well as my photo of the exterior.

... and more new friends were made there than at any other city thus far. Now, on to continent #2: Australia! ~Peyton "A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles." ~Tim Cahill ~~~~~~~~~~~ As I depart South America, my tallies include: Countries visited: 4 Flight segments taken: 9 Bus rides (non intercity-1 hr+) taken: 12 Train rides (non intercity) taken: 2 New friends made on FB: 30 (from at least 10 countries) Pairs of sunglasses: 4

... even at this early stage, but we are now sorted. This means we only have one more place to book, Rio, then it's all over!!! We want to try and treat ourselves in Rio and rent out a small studio apartment for the 10 days we are there, but funds may restrict this! Please note, all contributions are welcome!! We watched the highlights of yesterdays footy and it was all mainly concentrated on Argentina's 6-1 thrashing....very funny! We then got our stuff ...

... Later we went to a museum coffee shop and ordered lots of icecream, chocolate, coffee and other sweets. Here is a picture of it Interesting group of people, differet backgrounds, different nationalities, and different ages. Only spanish was allowed during these excursions, so it was funny how everyone tried to communicate in Spanish and lannded up with a lot of Spanglish.

... up the pace in terms of the workload and this week we have to read a mega 60 page (complicated!) piece of 20th C literature as well as other daily homework like one page opinion essays and completing grammar exercises-- i dont know how/if im going to get through the novel this time but im trying!! All this relentless homework and heat has prompted me to desire nothing more than to sit on a beach once all this is over! SO i have booked in to go to Uruguay for 10 ...

... Wednesday Jan 07th- Sunday Jan 11th Iguazu, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay What a pair of turncoats! After billing ourselves as adventure travelers, here we are down at the closest travel agent booking ourselves a hermetically sealed package tour with all the uncertainties and impurities removed. Oh well, it's kind of a justified decision as we just want to get the hell out of town. And besides, we face 4 months of living day by day later on. Land at Iguazu airport and the first ...

... der Kathedrale von Cusco. Noch eine Nacht in der Waerme und dann geht es los, wir kommen nach Hause! Nach 4 Monaten Suedamerika sind wir voller schoener Eindruecke, freuen uns aber sehr darauf, viele von Euch nun bald wieder sehen zu koennen und gemeinsam Weihnachten und Silvester zu geniessen. Also bis bald, und allen, die wir vorher nicht sehen, wuenschen wir auf diesem Weg schon mal frohe und erholsame Weihnachten! Liebe Gruesse, Sandra & Sascha