Baroque theatre turned bookstore

August 15th 2010
The Big City My one-way ticket to this southern-most American capital brought me a couple of portenas (residents of Buenos Aires) as companions on my second plane, and my first opportunities to speak Spanish, my new language. They provided lots of tips--water was potable, organic veggies were rare, but obtainable, and my hostel was located in the dodgy Abasto area where I needed to be ... read more

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more

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Tara Cloud

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I´m a one-way ticket, slow traveler, relishing the freedom of the open road and trusting serendipity to guide my journey. When I was younger, I used to travel for a year at a time. Then a few years ago, I roamed Europe and North Africa for three and a half years and liked that even better. On August 1st, 2010, I left my peaceful Mission Canyon paradise in Santa Barbara's mellow summer and emerged from a couple of planes a day and a world later in the teeming, sub-zero streets of Buenos Aires´winter. Now, with the Andes, Amazon and Galapagos between here and home, will three years be enou... full info

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