Yerba Mate gourds and bombillas

National drink of Argentina--everyone here drinks mate. You fill the gourd with the dry leaves, then add hot water and sip it through a special silver straw with a filter at the end called a bombilla. It's a very social thing here. Everyone shares their mate and it's really very pleasant.

San Telmo fair

March 10th 2013
Geo: -34.6118, -58.4173We've been to the San Telmo fair several times, but this time, feeling very smug that we were learning our way around, we took the bus. As nothing in Argentina turns out to be as easy as it sounds, it was quite an adventure just getting it.Our doorman gave us detailed instructions: go to the corner kiosk and buy the tarjeta (card) that you can then use on either the ... read more

South America » Argentina

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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