http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Argentina , Buenos Aires en-us Tue, 01 Dec 09 07:55:59 +0000 Tue, 01 Dec 09 07:55:59 +0000 dfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdf ffffffffffffd fff Dear Phil Simpson Katherine Gray http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/blog-457168.html Arrived 10 am local. Taxi into backpackers.Checked in met Jessie and Steve. Pizza and chop for dinner.Day 2 hasta nocheCafe breakfast with Jessie.Coupe of pool games afterwards and then a walk through the city found a cool gun shop and a vegetarian ensalada takeaway. Bought a book of isac asimov short stories. Siesta before a pubcrawl tonight. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-456332.html Street Corners 2Lestra JuarezChascomus Argentina16 November 20091521I sat at the base of a tree in the wide leafy boulevard which led down to the laguna in Chascomus. A hundred kilometres or so south of Buenos Aires and set on the edge of the pampas this town developed with the rise of the beef industry and the gaucho culture which came with it.Still an agricultural cente the town now show http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Chascomus/blog-454685.html Street Corners 1Calle 6 Avenida 51La Plata Argentina15 November 20091620I had spent the afternoon exploring the plazas and churches of La Plata the state capital of Buenos Aires province. I was now beside a bench in the Plaza San Martin. In front of me were the main government offices housed in an ornate whitewashed building decorated with sme occasional reddish brown brickwork. The constru http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/La-Plata/blog-454676.html We crossed the river Plate on a fast cat a surprisingly large body of water took about an hour and a half with free wifi... Have to confess that I wrote one of the earlier blogs from there Buenos Aires was really not what I expected... it started when we got off the boat and had our luggage xrayed.... wrong way around I feel Then it was a cab ride to the hotel moderately tame and it b http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-454174.html It's hard to know where to start with Buenos Aires BA which is just a fantastic city It's by far the most European city we have been to thus far in South America with architecture that wouldn't look out of place in London or Paris. The majority of people here are of Spanish or Italian descent and so for once we didn't stand out too much walking around and were even mistaken for Argentines a c http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-451022.html Quedan solo 4 das para partir con Mer y Pachi para NZ. Tenemos muchos nervios por lo que esta por venir pero estamos super entusiasmadas por vivir todo eso yaLa despedida la hicimos el sabado todas juntas a pesar de la lluvia tuvimos gran convocatoria para la fiesta...se ve que nos van a extraar. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-450364.html ... back again in Buenos Aires.Ueber die Stadt gibt es nicht mehr viel zu sagen. Wir sind nochmal nach Buenos Aires gefahren weil es in der Umgebung die schoensten und urigsten Estancias gibt und wir eigentlich vorhatten eine davon zu besuchen. Nun ja das Geld hat uns im Stich gelassen und wir mussten unsere Plaene aendern.Stattdessen haben wir ein paar ruhige Tage dort verbracht und nachgeholt http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-449534.html How to Spend 48 Hours Without Doing Anything We left our hotel in Osaka around nine am on Sunday 11 October. We took two subway lines to reach the main train station. From there we hopped a bullet train back to the Tokyo main train station. Then we took the airport express train to the Tokyo Narita airport for our 4pm flight. After a twelve hour flight we killed about six hours in Washingto http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-448708.html 1.20 am awake listening to astor piazzola remixes the reinventor of tango. For once I am inside at this hour and not discovering the deeper meaning of malbec. My days comprise mainly of lounging around the city as if I was an architect enthusiast lamenting over which european influence was most present but no head firmly on the street activity and yes debating which girl has the most beaut http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-448527.html Days 149 168 Buenos Aires Arg El Calafate Arg Torres Del Paine National Park Arg El Chalten Arg Buenos Aires Arg New York USAExecutive SummaryStatus At the end of an amazing tripCurrent location New York New YorkNotable incidents Stayed in the best hostel of the trip camped in the frozen tundra of Torres Del Paine National Park lost our food to a Puma had my watch sto http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-447827.html HolaI arrived in Buenos Aires on Saturday 17th October and what a whirlwind it has been so far... The family I am living with live just outside la Capital Federal of Buenos Aires. Its a large suburb but I have not had time to explore it yet. I was picked up by Mariano at the airport on Saturday and taken back to their casa. Like true latino style they made me feel so welcome. Nina is Marianos mot http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-447092.html We then moved to Stuart and Ashley's place in San Telmo. They were Americans living in Buenos Aires working in wine tastings and buying and they had a really sweet pad. A nice house with a big sunny kitchen three levels with a Parilla and a table up top for drinking wine. They also had flatmates from Germany and France so quite an international bunch. The first night we went and bought some meat http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-447050.html Next Derick and I moved onto a Couchsurfers place out in Flores a suburb just out of the city. We met our host Bent from Mexico and his French girlfriend Cecile on arrival and looked around the place. It was a bit shabby with outsidelooking bricks on the inside and two Estonians were surfing there already so we had the floor. They had a great rooftop though and Parilla BBQ machine up top. We http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-447038.html It was only four and a half months ago and I am back to where I started. Being back in Buenos Aires seemed like a breath of fresh air compared to some of the places I have visited and certainly after that bus journey from La Paz. After that journey from La Paz the only thing which was keeping me sane was the thought of drinking some nice wine and eating some of the world best steak.As it so happ http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-447034.html So on our return to BA we became city tourists once again. If you like Paris youll like Buenos Aires. By far the most Western of any city we visited in South America and stacked with culture. If you like museums galleries red wine steak and tango you will be in your element in BA otherwise you might struggle after a couple of days. We stayed in San Telmo and spent a few days around the city. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-445872.html Hey BloggersIn The city of BA been here since Monday I think geez we are only 2 weeks in to travelling and the days are already blending in to one another. It is a really nice city but it is massive 3 million live in the city alone with big roads running through the centre of it which makes you want to cough up fumes Apart from that its very different to Rio. 1. You feel safe to wander a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-445871.html We are in a neighborhood called Palermo Viejo in a studio condo 300 USDweekfound it on Craigslist.com. Think Hawthorne District Portland Oregon but older and edgier. It is a ridiculously charming city in the European sense. Visually it is like mixing San Francisco Portland Oregon and Madrid Spain but it is cheaper to be here. A four course dinner for two with drinks costs 50 http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-445501.html In Buenos Aires there are 132 museums of different kinds art history science technology to name but a few.They range from those designed especially for children to the Museo de la Pasin Boquense Museum of Passion for Boca which recreates the history and sports achievements of the Atltico Boca Juniors Club located in emblematic La Boca neighborhood. There are some other museums of theate http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-445186.html Hi All...Jess here. Last you heard we were leaving for Iguazu Falls AR side. This is one of the sights I have been looking forward to the most and it did not disappoint The day was hot and sunny...perfect for visiting such an awe inspiring body drenching site. The sheer power and magnitude of water was humbling and no pictures could ever do it justice. After strolling the catwalks of the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-445043.html