Blogs from Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America - page 9

After my terrible bus ride from Sao Paulo to Foz do Iguacu I decided that for the 20 hour bus ride to Buenos Aires I would buy the most expensive ticket I could get. For $150 USD I received a full cama-suite (cama=bed) spot on the bus to Buenos Aires. This bus was incredible. I had a full reclining leather seat/bed, personal LCD TV screen with on-demand movies and television shows (in English), I was fed fine h'orderves, served fine whiskies and cocktails. I even had Wi-Fi! Talk about the bus of the future. Totally worth it and 20 hours later I arrived in the capital of Argentina refreshed and ready to explore. My old business client and friend Mariano of El Centro de Investigaciones Toxicologicaswas even nice enough to pick me up from the bus ... read more

Day 1 At the last minute I decide to decline staying with a Couchsurfing host as they're too far from the city centre of Buenos Aires. Luckily, I find a really good last minute deal for a 4 star hotel right in the heart of Buenos Aires at GBP 120 for three nights. The hotel is Park Silver Obelisco and very close to the Obelisco monument on the main road called Avenida 9 de Julio which translates to 9 of July Avenue in English. When I first arrive in Buenos Aires; it's dark, raining lightly and rather chilly. It's the start of winter in Argentina and it's strange to comprehend why I have come here when June is summer back in the UK. I may be mad, but I wanted to visit Machu Picchu in the ... read more

Im a 21 backpaker from Israel, traveling since 20.1 and right now on Argentina, buenos aires. I have a diary and it told me to share our secret with the world so here I am. Always listen to your diary. Here is me img=https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/13000353_10208320747832606_2662997841842347675_n.jpg?oh=08385daa08d28dca77a95a8ca02d6146&oe=57DA4C74&__gda__=1472785329_da142ce30d0b2ac53534b536540863bb... read more

10 years after my first time in Argentina I came back to this beautiful South American country. My first stop then was Buenos aires and now, in 2016, that was my first stop once again. I have traveled for 3 weeks, starting in the famous ski location and city of Bariloche in the West, following 3 more weeks of volunteering in Buenos Aires - throw a great and very well organized and managed local social organization called "voluntario global". *** In the pictures: Floralis Genérica, moving sculpture made by eduardo catalano in La Plaza de las Naciones Unida at Recoleta neighborhood, a very calm and beautiful plaza. Also, a very peaceful sticker at the first hostel I stayed in - "sabatico hostel". The sticker Is only one word in Hebrew, but it says so much - ... read more

The wind blows gently through the forest. Birds sing in the branches. Lush green mountain sides fade into snowy peaks, The trees get consumed by the high slopes. We are running. Higher and higher we run until the mountain stops. A towering peak soaring above the dark clouds. An incredible view - the end of the world and beyond. The dynamic path crumbles. Loose rocks dislodge beneath our feet. We stagger back down a narrow ridge. Misty and rainy. A river crossing, A muddy bank. Gnarly roots carpet The soggy ground In a woody tangle. The smell of autumn, The golden leaves, Wild mushrooms, The wilted remnants of a once-beautiful flower. Solitude is anywhere... An old bicycle is propped against a rusted railing. There are snakes on the rail, worn and bent, the iron, serpentine fence ... read more