 | Day 2
2008-06-22, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: osukels | | June 22, 2008 – This morning we took a short bus ride to the domestic airport in Buenos Aries. Check in was a process and we found out that our bags weren’t supposed to weigh more than 30 lbs for a d... |
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| Day 1
2008-06-21, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: osukels | | June 21, 2008 – We arrived in Buenos Aries a little behind schedule around 9 a.m. Our luggage was the last to come through baggage claim, we were all a little worried! It was very easy to get throug... |
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 | Cope de Leche
2008-04-26, Mendoza, Argentina. By: saradekker | | So there we were...in a poor barrio on the outskirts of Mendoza, Argentina. We arrived earlier in the day and helped serve the kids a cope de leche (cup of milk) and some bread. A couple hundred kid... |
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 | Argentina
2008-04-15, Mendoza, Argentina. By: saradekker | | Thanks again so much for your prayers, especially those in response to my last email. I am doing unbelievably well. It is miraculous. I also want to thank Dylan specifically for the gift he gave me... |
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 | Expedition: Ushuaia
2006-02-16, Ushuaia, Argentina. By: juchem | | [b]What:[/b] Expedition to the Southernmost city in the World
[b]When:[/b] January 2006 - February 2007
[b]Why:[/b] Just for fun
[b]Who:[/b] The 3 Stooges (Me, Ricardo and Thiago)
[b]Where:[/b] Ar... |
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 | My 3rd World Hospital Experience
2008-03-06, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: lmae613 | | No I didn't get sick! lol, My teacher set up for me to go to a hospital for a couple of hours. I toured the hospital and spoke to the nurses and doctors. Everyone was very receptive and friendly. My l... |
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| Goodbye to Buenos Aires
2008-03-09, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: lmae613 | | Wow, I can't believe my time here in BA is ending. It's been absolutely amazing and I don't want to leave.
I had an awesome week. Class was a disaster for our teacher because she couldn't really p... |
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| Back in Buenos Aires after an amazing long weekend
2008-03-03, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: lmae613 | | Sorry, I have been silent, I will write more later. Since I last wrote, I finished out the week here in Buenos Aires with classes, hanging out, etc., nothing super eventful.
I had gotten a Brazili... |
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| Things Very Argentine
2008-02-25, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: lmae613 | | - Mate – Their version of tea, it has this “herb or whatever?” called Yerba in it filled to the brim and you drink it through a straw that’s only open at the top, but it has holes so that you can drin... |
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| Things I Miss
2008-02-25, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: lmae613 | | Things I miss most from back home
- My Family and Friends
- Being able to understand menus/ knowing all the foods
- Being able to cook with the ingredients I’m used to
- IHOP - Pancakes and Fre... |
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| Man can’t live on bread alone
2008-02-25, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: lmae613 | | I am worried that I am going to gain so much weight here. I am having a little trouble getting adjusted to the food. I feel like I eat nothing but empanadas, bread, soda, and ice cream, and meat. The ... |
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| He’s got the whole world in his hands
2008-02-23, Iguazu, Argentina. By: lmae613 | | I love the diversity! There was a girl from Whales, 2 from England, 1 from France and the rest of volunteers were from the States, Me from Washington, DC, Texas and “The Other Washington” on the other... |
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| It Takes a Village to Raise a Child – Literally
2008-02-18, Montecarlo, Argentina. By: lmae613 | | I just got back from Peruti, the village described in a previous journal entry. It was about a 16 hr bus ride, (longer on the way home because of complications). It was an amazing, rewarding experienc... |
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 | Eternal Spottiness of a Confused Mind
2008-02-12, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: sauntering | | It feels like a dream, waking up in Buenos Aires. I walk down the city streets not fully grasping how the buildings lead only to more buildings. No beach, no mountains, no vines and orchids hanging ... |
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| Life - One of the organizations I work with
2008-02-14, Peruti, Argentina. By: lmae613 | | Life - Luchamos por una infancia feliz y con esperanza
Humanitarian Assistance Trip to the Indigenous Village Perutí
Life offers volunteer opportunities almost daily to cities nearby Buenos Aire... |
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| Skype is Amazing
2008-02-08, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: lmae613 | | The students here introduced me to skype. It's a pretty sweet program. You can download it onto your computer for free (google: Skype). It's a program that with a headset, you can talk to other skye m... |
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| I am not from Brazil!
2008-02-10, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: lmae613 | | You can live a pretty sweet life here in Beunos Aires. It's fairly cheap to get by here, considering the conversion. It's 1 USD : 3 Pesos, which is prett awesome, but when you buy anything American, i... |
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| Oh how I love the Spanish Language
2008-02-11, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: lmae613 | | Class is going well. I'm slowly adjusting to the different spanish pronunciation of words. Calle - instead of pronouncing 'll' as a 'y' as in spain and most of latin america and how I learned, they pr... |
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 | Last Days in Buenos Aires
2007-12-20, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: sauntering | | After I received my visa to Brazil (and you can bet that I’m omitting plenty of tedious details in the statement), it really began to sink in that Argentina would no longer be my home.
I had to ask... |
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 | Pushes and Pulls
2007-12-15, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: sauntering | | Jacey, gone. Stanley, gone. Just when I made peace, a new wave crashed its crest full of shit over me. At least, that’s how it felt. I had seven days left in my apartment before the lease ran out.... |
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 | The Strategy (Or Stratagem)
2007-12-03, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: sauntering | | Mechanism for survival: Try something new every day. Whether it’s strolling into an unfamiliar neighborhood (shoddy La Boca), or eating a different kind of empanada (carrot in whole wheat), the novel... |
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 | Reevaluation
2007-11-31, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: sauntering | | Let me get this straight. I’m “stranded” in Argentina…without a serious job…without anybody to answer to… with a bit of savings and the sympathy (thus potential for monetary support) of my parents… I... |
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 | Significant Departure
2007-11-29, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: sauntering | | She’s gone. She left me. Let the sappy violin music start to swell, for I am now alone in this gigantic city. Jacey was supposed to leave in December or January, but on Monday she told me that she ... |
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 | Thanksgiving in Argentina
2007-11-22, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: sauntering | | Honestly, most days I feel pretty smug about being in Argentina; sifting through the news to discover another moronic thing Bush has done to fuck over the USA, and how Britney has escalated into a new... |
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 | Springing Forward, Limping Away
2007-11-19, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: sauntering | | I can't find Stanley a home. I have put ads on websites, posters in shops, I even attached a sign to his back that says, "Necesito Una Casa" and paraded him down the city streets for a live public sh... |
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