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Having been travelling on and off since I graduated in 2006, I decided it was time to settle down for a bit...
I arrived in Argentina in July of 2008 looking for work as an ESL teacher. Once the job was secured I got a little bit comfortable... and this blog has gone from being a travel blog to a space to recount the ups and downs of my life as una inglesa en Buenos Aires...

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It’s that time of year again… when my visa runs out and I have to leave the country. This time it was kind of special, as it’s almost a year since I set foot in Argentina. On the 15th of this month, to be exact. This is actually quite an achievement for me. I realised earlier today, that the last time I spent one whole year in a country was, well, years ago… I think I worked out that it was 2003… says a lot. So yeh, my visa was about to run out, and the easy option is a short [View Full Entry]

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Carmelo
Carmelo
Carmelo

Yet again, I start a blog with apologies for how long it has been… I’m beginning to sense a pattern here!! The truth is, as always, I’m lazy, I never have enough time to do anything, and I don’t think I’ve been doing anything of note. But then I do realise that what to me is “nothing of note” may actually interest some people. So what I’ve decided to do with this blog is share with you some of the things which make up my daily life over here. Since I last wrote, things have just been carrying on as normal. [View Full Entry]

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Manu Chao @ Luna Park
Manu Chao @ Luna Park

So, I finally start the long-overdue recap of my summer travels... lets hope I can remember them... Being a teacher, I get extremely long summer holidays, which is nice... so I decided to make the most of them. I had decided to go to the north-east of Argentina. I had no real plans, I knew I wanted to visit a couple of places, maybe head into Bolivia... it was more a question of how long my money would last and what I felt like doing. With that in mind I made my way, backpack on my back once more, to the [View Full Entry]

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Salta
Salta
Salta

Now, I'm well aware that I've been extremely lame at writing here ever since I settled in Shan Ishidro. The truth of the matter is a) I'm lazy b) I never seem to have time... and that's it really. To be fair, if there wasn't a huge rain-storm going on outside, leaving me stranded in this tiny shopping mall that happens to have an internet cafe, I probably wouldn't even be writing this now. It's now January, and I've been travelling round the NE of Argentina for the last 10 days or so. But this blog is going to be about [View Full Entry]

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Rosario
Rosario
Rosario

So yes, it's that time again. Time for Emma to update people on her life in the land of Diego Maradona and Evita... (I wonder how long it will be before I run out of cheesy Argie comparisons...) Since my last update (48 days ago I'm informed by the TravelBlog people) life has continued to swim along. I turned quarter of a century at the beginning of October and celebrated with a party chez-moi. I had to work on my birthday, which was rather strange as I haven't had to do any kind of strenuous activity on my birthday since I [View Full Entry]

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Jonny with one of the Tango ladies
Jonny with Cesar, our instructor
Jonny and Cesar

Well.... it's been a while since I actually sat down in front of a computer and wrote anything... so I guess it's time I filled everyone in on what's been going on over here in the land of corned-beef. Interestingly enough, I haven't actually had any corned beef since I arrived here... Since my last blog, my time has been taken up with teaching... or trying to teach. I started mid way through the school year, which, whilst being an opportune time to find employment, also creates some problems. Mainly in that the students have had since March to get used [View Full Entry]

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Picking up from where I left off on the previous blog, once I found a job, it was time to look for a place to stay. To cut a long story short, the school knew of someone who was renting a house, I went to see it, loved it, and moved in 2 days later. Somehow I've really landed on my feet. My landlord is lovely. On the day I moved in he took me out to lunch at this awesome restaurant overlooking the Río de la Plata and also took me food shopping. The groceries I had to pay for, [View Full Entry]

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Street near my house
Statue of General Mitre, opposite the Cathedral in Plaza Mitre
Looking through the trees to the Cathedral

...for a while!! Bueno, aqui estoy... or maybe I should say aca estoy! I've been in Buenos Aires for just over a week now, and it's fair to say I've fallen head over heels for the place... it didn't really take long! But let's starts at the beginning shall we? Beware tho, this may turn out to be a long one, so make sure you're sitting comfortably!! I left LA on Monday 14th July, and was flying with LAN, a Chilean airline, which apparently is the best in South America, and I would back this statement. I only have one bad [View Full Entry]

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Recoleta Cemetary
Recoleta Cemetary
Recoleta Cemetary

After arriving back at my hostel following the Cirque de Soleil show, I was looking forward to just passing out in bed, knowing the my alarm was set for 5.15am. Unfortunately, when I arrived I realised that new people had moved into the room, one of whom was sleeping in the bunk above me. However the bed hadn't been made. Therefore, they would have to make it when they returned. It was already gone midnight when I got back, so any visions I had of even 4 and 1/2 hours sleep uninterrupted were quickly disappearing. Nonetheless, I put in my earplugs [View Full Entry]

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The Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam

So I had finally made it. Los Angeles, the City of Angels, was to be the last stop of my North American tour. And it was a brief stop. I flew in on Saturday night and would be leaving on Monday morning. Once again I flew with Virgin America, and once again I was on the Dark Horse. Unfortunately, or maybe that should be fortunately, there was no entertainment from the cabin crew. I was left in peace to write my journal. It was a relatively short flight from San Francisco - less than an hour. And it was just as [View Full Entry]

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