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Happy Independence Day

A travel blog entry by jimstephkrueger

Happy 4th of July. We all slept in today....staying out past 2 a.m. and getting up at our usual time of around 5:30 or 6 just wouldn't cut it. Fortunately most of Buenos Aires is also sleeping in a bit after such nights. We wanted to go down and check out the waterfront area in greater detail and more specifically a hotel here called the Faena …

Our last days in Buenos Aires

A travel blog entry by lisaludwig

Here we are... Our last days of our trip. I cannot believe that it has come to an end. It has been an incredible journey and what better way to end it than in the fashionable, modern, relaxed city of Buenos Aires. We had two goals on Wednesday... one was to go to the Recoleta Cemetery, one of the most well known attractions in BA and the other to …

A Zen Moment in Buenos Aires

A travel blog entry by mikerbh

Greetings from Montevideo, Uruguay! All has been extremely well and Buenos Aires rocked! En route from Encarnacion to Buenos Aires proved to be more adventerous than expected. As we boarded the bus at 6pm, the ETA was 6am. A twelve hour tour, nothing a couple of seaoned backpackers couldn't handle. We got off the bus at noon, 18 hours later. But …

Sisters of Mercy

A travel blog entry by patches_mcgee

They say start in the way you mean to go on - oh how I wish I could! The starting point of this trip has been my obscenely generous sisters bringing me to stay at Faena Hotel, perhaps the coolest and fanciest hotel in all of Argentina - Philippe Starck outdid himself on this one! Last time I was here, we went to Faena for a drink and dreamt that …

If it's Sunday, we'll be in San Telmo

A travel blog entry by ricf964

... and street performers. We took the subway over to the Plaza de Mayo and as we were walking through the station Doyle felt something wet on his leg. I happened to turn around at the same time and there was a guy behind us. He said something to us, but Doyle and I turned on him which scared him off. Come to find out, he had squirted mustard on us hoping that we'd stop and he would help ...

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