Argentina´s Bicentennial Celebration
It happened two centuries ago, though no one’s likely to forget it anytime soon: on May 25, argentina rings in 200 years since the May Revolution sent the Spanish packing. And, being a country that loves holidays and needs little more than a suggestion to throw a big bash, they’re doing the bicentenary right, with an entire year of events and activities celebrating all that is argentina.
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the May Revolution, the national government has designed the...
May 4th, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 3Filed under: Anniversary party, argentina, Buenos Aires, festivities, History & Information
El MALBA – A Must See Art Museum
... collection consists of a selection of more than two hundred artworks, including drawings, paintings, sculptures and objects by artists from argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela.
The collection allows us to appreciate both the coincidences and the differences among the great Latin American artists, and gives us a new perspective of Latin American art history.
El Malba is also a dynamic cultural center that constantly updates art and film exhibitions...
May 2nd, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 2Filed under: argentina, art museum, Buenos Aires, Latin America, The Arts
Carlitos, The Pancake King!!!
El Amanecer de Carlitos is by far one of the best places to enjoy a great breakfast in Buenos Aires, Argentine style. It has become a classic spot, no doub.
It offers more than 700 combinations of panqueques (pancakes) (salty and sweet ones), some custom made. I would kill to get the recipe for the dough, it is so soft and foamy!!! Make sure you have a dulce de leche pancake, if not you will never be able to say you’ve been there! That’s the one to get. If it is “quemado al...
April 28th, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: argentina, Buenos Aires, food and beverage, pancakes, villa gesell
Remembering The Malvinas War
Today we remember the events of 2 April 1982 which marked the begining of the Malvinas War.
The war is commemorated in argentina as Día del Veterano de Guerra y los Caídos en Malvinas (Veterans and fallen soldiers of the Malvinas Day), a public holiday in argentina, celebrated each year on April 2. It is sometimes referred to as Malvinas Day.
The holiday is a tribute to argentina’s fallen soldiers in the Malvinas War, which began with the Argentine occupation of the Islands on 2 April...
April 2nd, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: argentina, malvinas war, remembrance day
Climbing the Lanín, A Dream Come True (Part II)
The wonderful landscape of the Patagonia and the recent boom of the so-called “adventure tourism”, has led many to ascend the Lanín volcano, located around 60 kilometres from Junín de los Andes. This is exactly what I along with my friends Ale, Alberto and Migue are planning to conquer this coming February.
The Lanín volcano is surrounded by beauty in the form of lakes, valleys and mountains, of which one can obtain a panoramic view from the refuges situated in the middle of the mountain...
January 23rd, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: adventure, argentina, junín de los andes, Lanín volcano, mountain treking, patagonia
The Dakar 2010 Was a Success!
... up here in Buenos Aires this past weekend. This facinating endurance race sent hundreds of competitors roaring across the rugged landscapes of argentina and Chile for two weeks.
There was lots of dust, dirt, blood and one fatality, but that is par-for-the-course for the famous Dakar Rally, which took place here in South America for the second time after organizers deemed Africa too dangerous because of security threats.
The race dominated news here. Argentines and Chileans enthusiastically embraced...
January 19th, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: argentina, Buenos Aires, Chile, dakar rally, rally race
Breaking News! The Argentine Reciprocal Fee Starts Tomorrow
... 28, 2009, the Argentine Immigration Office is implementing an Argentine Reciprocity Fee, for Canadian, US and Australian Nationals arriving in argentina.
- US$70, for Canadian Nationals; valid for one entry only
- US$131, for United States Nationals; valid for ten years
- US$100, for Australian Nationals; valid for one entry only
Payment must be made on arrival at booths positioned in the immigration arrivals hall using either cash, ARS, credit card or travellers’ cheques. At this time, the fee...
December 27th, 2009 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: argentina, Buenos Aires, fees
Argentina Implements Reciprocal Fee
Ok, it is finally here… Beginning December 21, 2009, argentina will implement a reciprocal tourist fee. This fee will only be imposed on those foreigners whose country of residence charges Argentines a fee to enter their country such as the United States, Canada, Australia.
In the case of US citizens entering argentina only at EZE (Ezeiza Intl Airport), that fee will be approximately u$d 130 which is the same fee that Argentines are charged when they apply for a visa to visit the United States...
December 14th, 2009 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: argentina, Buenos Aires, fees, Visa
To Bring or Not To Bring… That Is the Question
... Plus there’s plenty of dogs and no one picks after them.
If your camera is APS / Advantix, bring film from home, it is not widely available in argentina(you can find it in Buenos Aires, but at much greater cost). Also, hold back from developing until you reach home. More so, bring some sunscreen in the summer, it is not cheap in Buenos Aires (a bottle of Hawaiian Tropic will run you 10 dollars). Alkaline batteries are also pricey, so bring enough along.
In argentina the voltage is different,...
December 12th, 2009 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: argentina, Buenos Aires, clothing, featuredarticle, medicine, tips, weather
The Dakar Rally Returns to Argentina
The 2010 edition of the world-famous Dakar Rally Race will take place in argentina and Chile from the 1st to the 17th of January, in an amazing course of 9000 kilometers of specials and difficulties scattered between Buenos Aires and Valparaiso, then back to Buenos Aires.
The Dakar rally, the legendary event of the off-road rally discipline, will for the second time move to South America in 2010. During the last thirty years, the race has forged itself a legendary reputation on the African territory...
December 9th, 2009 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: argentina, Buenos Aires, Chile, competition, dakar rally, featuredarticle, rally race
Climbing the Lanín, A Dream Come True (Part I)
I was once told: “When you explore the summit of a mountain, in fact you are exploring yourself”. This brief and challenging maxim is the motivation for myself and three of my friends (Ale, Alberto y Migue) to conquer next February one of the most attractive and mythical Andean massifs in the Patagonia: the Lanín volcano.
El Lanín is within everybody’s reach, from 10-year-olds to 70-year-olds. At 3,776 meters above sea level, the air is more pure, the sun shines brighter and the view is...
November 22nd, 2009 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 2Filed under: argentina, climb mountains, Lanín volcano, neuquen
Lunfardo, the Language Porteños Speak
Languages evolve and change all the time, everywhere. Spanish in argentina, and in some cases in Buenos Aires only, is a little different from the mother-tonge Spanish. It is called Lunfardo, practically a whole language of slang Porteños speak.
It developed in Buenos Aires and Montevideo beginning in the 19th century. It was used particularly among the lower classes of newly arrived immigrants, and it borrowed words from many other languages such as Italian, Portuguese, Quechua, French, Arabic,...
August 31st, 2009 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: argentina, Buenos Aires, History & Informationi, language, traditions
Artisan Chocolate vol. 2: Bariloche
... as you could ever imagine.
Here are some of Bariloche’s top places to indulge your sweet tooth:
Chocolates Del Turista
Mitre 239
Bariloche, argentina
tel: 422124 – 422595
lat/long: -41.14058, -71.30946
Mamuschka
Bartolome Mitre 216
Bariloche, argentina
tel: 423294
lat/long: -41.14074, -71.31051
El Reino de los Chocolates
Bartolome Mitre 356
Bariloche, argentina
tel: 433048
lat/long: -41.14011, -71.31104
Abuela Goye
Quaglia 211
Bariloche, argentina
tel: 423311
...
October 4th, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: argentina, Bariloche, chocolate, City Review, eating
Bariloche Brewpubs
Some more great Bariloche Brewpubs to try (there are lots more!):
Antares
naturally (see last post)
The Map Room
Fun little pub with lots of good local brews on tap, including the excellent La Cruz
www.themaproom.com.ar
Berlina
Good food, close to Blest
www.cervezaberlina.com
Blest
Avenida Bustillo Km 11.600
Good beers to try:
Antares – of course
La Cruz
Valais – cool bottles with the big swiss cross on the front
Blest
...
October 1st, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: argentina, Bariloche, beer, brewpub, culture, drinking, eating
Bariloche Beer 101: Antares
I have to admit, beer was the last thing on my mind when I was planning the South American part of this journey. Being a craft-brew fanatic, it was with heavy-hearted resignation that I steeled myself for months of decent, but not exciting, beers of the Corona variety—thin and watery. Good for a hot climate, but not so much for the palate.
Enter Antares. I suppose in retrospect it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that chilly, mountainous Bariloche—home to generations of homesick Europeans—would...
September 28th, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 4Filed under: Antares, argentina, Bariloche, beer, brewpub, drinking
Bariloche Active – Lake Nahuel Huapi
Surrounded by mountains, lakes and forests (and sitting within a national park), Bariloche is a veritable natural playground (and a familiar-feeling place for a homesick Canadian in Latin America!) If you want to work up a sweat or just get out into the famously clean clear air of the Argentinean lake district, there’s no end of options.
The natural first option is skiing—the whole place seems geared for skiers, and Cerro Catedral boasts the largest ski centre in South America. But what if you...
September 25th, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: adventure, argentina, Bariloche, Bosque de Arrayanes, Nahuel Huapi, nature
Bariloche, Argentina – Land of Chocolate and Beer
Variously touted as the Aspen/Jackson Hole/Whistler of South America, the scenic town of Bariloche is the kind of place you never forget. Surrounded by jagged, snow-capped mountains, blanketed in giant pine forests and sitting on the edge of massive Lake Nahuel Huapi, Bariloche’s natural draws are instantly obvious—the place is absolutely stunning. Bariloche is many a traveller’s first taste of Patagonia, and it certainly makes an impression.
One thing that comes as a surprise to many is the...
September 21st, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: argentina, Bariloche, City Review
Dining in Mendoza – Final Mentions
... visitors eating beside you than you are Mendocinos. Ambiance: 9/10, Food: 9/10, Service: 9/10
Azafrán
Av. Sarmiento 765
Mendoza City
Mendoza, argentina
(0261) 429-4200
El Palenque
Another Mendoza city favourite is El Palenque, a casual fun place for dinner or drinks that always seems to be busy. With a great patio and a mix of locals and travellers, El Palenque seems a solid choice; despite the fact that our meals were twice on the mediocre end, I will give them the benefit of the doubt and assume...
September 17th, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: argentina, eating, Mendoza, Restaurants
Dining in Mendoza – Cava de Cano
... until you can barely move. Bring friends, and don’t eat breakfast!
Cava de Cano
San Martin Nº 2488
Mayor Drummond, Luján de Cuyo
Mendoza, argentina
+54 261 154549862
+54 261 156295534
...
September 10th, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: argentina, drinking, eating, Mendoza, Restaurants
Dining at the Wineries of Mendoza – Terruños at Club Tapiz
... stop indeed…or even a good overnight base for exploring closer to the vineyards.
Terruños at Club Tapiz
Pedro Molina s/n, Russell
Maipú, Mendoza
argentina
+54 261 496-0131 / 154531760
terruno.resto@tapiz.com.ar
Download a detailed .pdf on the Club Tapiz property, including directions and contact info here.
...
September 6th, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: argentina, culture, drinking, eating, Mendoza, Terrunos
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