Blogs from Entre Ríos, Argentina, South America - page 4

Oh, how could I anything but love the Gaucho culture? Alright well, I guess that I should first explain for everyone exactly what constitutes gaucho culture! Basically it is the local version of cowboy culture. The men work on estancias and have a long history in the country. They are know to be hard workers and to know everything about the land, tracking, local wildlife, horses, and of course raising the some of the best beef in the world! The entire program spent the day on an estancia close to Victoria in Entre Rios. It was one of the most gorgeous places that I have been in this part of the country. I tend to start missing hills and mountains most of the time when I look at a landscape around here, but this was an ... read more

Just returned back to Santa Fe yesterday after a few relaxing days at Martin´s Family´s holiday appartment in Maria Grande Thermal Baths! We left Santa Fe on Friday for the 1&1/2 hr drive east through a tunnel under the Parana River, and through the town of Parana in the Province of Entre Rios (translation - Between Rivers - as the Province lies between Parana and Uruguay rivers). Then we passed many sunflower, soja and wheat fields. I´m constantly reminded of Australia - the southern cross, vast plains, eucalypts, jacaranda and even bottle brush trees! Oh, and the heat! The Maria Grande Hot Spring Resort is quite new, and appartments are still being built. If anyone is coming this way for a holiday, the Defagots are renting one of their cute little appartments for a meagre ~$25 ... read more