La Feria de las Colectividades, Mar del Plata

We visited La Feria de las Colectividades, a big tent filled with stalls selling food representing the cultures that sent immigrants to Argentina. We sat with a man who said, "Yes, please, do sit here, I am just about to leave" and then didn't leave at all. I think he spends his evenings this way. I saw him go through three 'tablefuls' of people in our time at the fair.

Once upon a time in Mar del Plata

July 18th 2011
Geo: -38, -57.58I am still not entirely sure how I went from sitting in my flat in Buenos Aires chatting on Facebook with no plans for the weekend to, 24 hours later, carrying a pantomime outfit, complete with a big spongy fake bosom, into a theatre in Mar del Plata…but therein lies something of the magic of Argentina.Everyone I meet here seems to do interesting things on the side. Peop ... 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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