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South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Tandil January 16th 2008

We travelled down here on Sunday afternoon across nearly 400 km of dead flat but heavily cultivated pampas, the trip only interrupted by the bus breaking down about three and a half hours into the trip. Some problem with the brakes! Fortunately a local mechanic with a couple of pliers and a bit of wire got us sorted in about 30 minutes. On our first evening we met a lone German, Jurgen, who was travelling through Argentina with a camper van he had shipped from Hamburg. He seemed a bit surprised to find that not all Argentina´s roads are asphalted autobahns. He will have fun on some of the roads. Nice enough but with some funny ideas about the country and what is wrong/right with it. Tandil is actually on the edge of a range of ... read more
Sanson and Toby
Montamos!
Tandil Monte Calvario

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Tandil May 30th 2007

Well, there is a catch to the title "the town that rocks and rolls" and it has to do with the history and what this town is proud of....... Tandil is a town located 6 hours away by bus from Buenos Aires and is well known for its beautiful countryside, its rocking rock and not forgetting its tasty cheeses. For the long public holiday weekend, Katharine, Emily and I decided to visit Tandil and take time out to get some fresh air, hike a little and indulge in some gourmet lip smacking cheese. We left on a Thursday evening by bus and learnt an important lesson about leaving town in the evening. Don't! It took us an hour just to move 3 km's and what a long ride it turned out to be. We were however ... read more
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South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Tandil October 25th 2006

Lots of photos in this entry and each of them tells a story. If you click on the photos you get to find out what they are about!... read more
Tandil
El Cristo
The Rock That Used To Move

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Tandil October 24th 2006

Tandil is a 5 hour bus journey from BA but don't let that put you off. It's one of very few places in teh province of Buenos Aires that actually has hills. That's really why we went as the flatness of the pampas was getting to us a bit. How lucky we were with the weather though. BA was sweltering in 30-odd degrees of Spring heat and Tandil was only a few degrees below. It was great. We stayed with Kathleen who has so many amazing stories to tell. She breeds budgerigars and you can see more at her website where you can contact her too. Her house is amazing and we had the annex to ourselves. That made for such a relaxing weekend. The city of Tandil is quite picturesque as you can see from ... read more
Guard Dogs
The Cathedral
Standing Tall

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Tandil April 15th 2005

Last weekend we went to Tandil with half the group. Tandil is about 5 hours south of Buenos Aires by bus, but still in the province of Buenos Aires. It lies right in the middle of the "sierras"(hills). The province of Buenos Aires is completely flat except for Tandil which has many hills. Tandil is known for its moving rock that doesn't move anymore. The main attraction of Tandil was a rock that used to move when it was pushed. It was an enormous rock, but it fell in the early 1900s, so now people go to see the rock that used to move. Tandil is more of a place to go and relax and is where a lot of Argentines go for a quick outdoorsy vacation. It also seems like a lot of people in ... read more
The rock that used to move
Repelling




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