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 | Drunk Cross Country Rally
2004-06-20, Mendoza, Argentina. By: David2004 | | The last few days have been interesting to say the least. We took off from Arequipa to try to make it into Argentina as quick as possible. The route back down through Santiago (Chile) was definately f... |
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 | The Garden of the Republic
2004-06-05, Tucuman, Argentina. By: chefortune | | The interior province of Tucuman, in the northwest of Argentina, is known as "the Garden of of the Republic." Despite its diminutive size (it is the nation's smallest), the province has a wealth of ag... |
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 | Welsh rarebit and rarities
2004-04-04, Esquel, Argentina. By: chefortune | | Esquel is a pleasant city in the interior of Chubut province, in the centre of Argentine Patagonia. It is a good deal less touristy than its neighbours to the north, Bariloche and San Martin de los A... |
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| Out on the Lake
2004-04-01, Bariloche, Argentina. By: chefortune | | A wet and cold start to the day caused us to seek shelter in Bariloche's Patagonia Museum, which is housed in a handsome stone and timber lodge on the main square downtown. Besides local arts and craf... |
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| Little Switzerland
2004-03-31, Bariloche, Argentina. By: chefortune | | En route to a Rotary conference in Esquel, Chubut (Patagonia), I decided to stop off for two days in Bariloche. The famed ski resort town, this area is increasingly popular amongst Argentines as a sum... |
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| A city of Parks
2003-12-29, Mendoza, Argentina. By: chefortune | | On our last day in Mendoza, we decided to take advantage of the city itself, to walk around and see the proverbial sights. The irrigation system of Mendoza is to be admired, for the locals have done s... |
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 | A Museum of Memory
2004-03-24, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: chefortune | | Starting a new chapter of Argentine history, President Nestor Kirchner today officially apologised on behalf of the state for the "disappearance" of more than 30,000 people in the 1976-1983 Dirty War ... |
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| On to Wine Country!
2003-12-27, Mendoza, Argentina. By: chefortune | | After the week at the beach, it was time to do some travelling again, so we headed back through Buenos Aires, catching a flight at Aeroparque to the interior Andean province of Mendoza. Here we would ... |
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| Vamos a la Playa!
2003-12-20, Mar Azul, Argentina. By: chefortune | | After handing in the final papers, and finishing up the first year of the Master's Degree in Buenos Aires, I took some time off to enjoy my family visiting me in Argentina. To start with, after a ligh... |
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| Dia de San Patricio
2004-03-17, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: chefortune | | Had my first Latin American St. Patrick's Day, which is a festival that has been catching on rapidly in recent years in Argentina. On the morning of the 17th, I attended a small ceremony near the Casa... |
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 | Trying to reach Chile for Christmas
2004-03-27, Northwest Argentina, Argentina. By: rarms | | II. Travels in Argentina and Chile
In the midst of wrapping up studies and tying loose ends in Buenos Aires, I went about the business of planning holiday travels. I knew I wanted to see my dad ... |
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| Gaucho Central
2004-03-20, San Antonio de Areco, Argentina. By: chefortune | | While McDow was in Argentina, I decided to take advantage and finally make a trip I had been meaning to do for the last year...out to Areco, one of the centres of Argentine gaucho lore. Located in the... |
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 | More glaciers!
2004-03-02, El Calafate, Argentina. By: khart | | Yesterday, Rachel and I went on a whole day tour to the Moreno Glacier in El Calafate.
The first stop was the view points where we saw the 60 metre, sheer face of the glacier coming out of the wat... |
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| At the end of the world - again!
2004-02-28, Ushuaia, Argentina. By: khart | | After a lovely (and blisteringly hot) week in Buenos Aires, we have retreated to cooler climes of ´Tierra del Fuego´at the south of Argentina.
Usuhaia is a pretty little city/town, in a fantastic... |
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| Back to School!
2004-02-21, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: khart | | I am currently in Buenos Aires, and really enjoying it! It is the longest I have stayed in one place since I started on my travels, which is a nice feeling.
I haven't been doing anything too stren... |
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| South American Bus Journey
2004-02-18, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: khart | | I normally wouldn't write about things as mundane as a bus journey, but as far as bus journeys go this was reasonably entertaining (or not!)
Paul left on Monday, and not really wanting to spend muc... |
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 | End of First Year in Buenos Aires
2004-01-17, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: rarms | | I. End of First Year in Buenos Aires
The first year in Argentina seemed to end so quickly. I remember the great anticipation I had before going to Buenos Aires, how long the wait seemed, especiall... |
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| Corrientes
2003-10-25, Corrientes, Argentina. By: chefortune | | The mighty River Parana separates the provinces of El Chaco and Corrientes, having joined with the River Paraguay about a dozen miles upstream. Later it will go on to become part of the humongous Rive... |
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| Halloween Cacerolazo
2003-10-31, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By: chefortune | | Halloween is not necessarily a widely celebrated event in Argentina. A few nightclubs and bars picked up on the event in Buenos Aires, especially the Irish pubs, but for the most part it was business ... |
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 | El Chaco!
2003-10-23, El Chaco, Argentina. By: chefortune | | After a 12-hour bus ride from Buenos Aires to the balmy north of the country, I disembarked with another Peace Scholar in Resistencia, the capital of the province of El Chaco. This was one of the toug... |
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 | Auf wiedersehn Oktoberfest!
2003-10-21, Belgrano, Argentina. By: chefortune | | After a good night of drinking the fine ale that Oktoberfest had to offer, and enjoying the variety of German, Eastern Europeand and other assorted dances and music (a personal favourite was the Galic... |
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 | Cervezas and el Che
2003-10-19, Belgrano, Argentina. By: chefortune | | During our visit to the "National Beer Festival" of Argentina, with all of its German and Central-European music, costumes, architecture and beer-foamish pomp and circumstance (not to mention the Quil... |
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