Bar 6, Buenos Aires
... table. Bagels (a rarity in BA), fruit, espresso coffee, fresh-squeezed juice, maybe some smoked salmon and of course, champagne (hey, this is argentina!) Sip your coffee after, bring a laptop to check your email on the high speed wireless and it might take you so long to eat you’ll be there for dinner—equally as well done.
Bar 6 has more than a few low tables with couches, big comfy chairs, some on a catwalk above the bar so you can watch the fashionable crowd, others in a little glassed-in...
June 24th, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: argentina, Bar 6, Buenos Aires, eating
Rooms to let for 50 cents…or, Apartment Rental in Buenos Aires
... home (and kitchen!) for the time can’t be underestimated—especially if you’re away from your real home for an extended time.
We’ve used ByT argentina both times, and found them helpful, professional and have done almost everything in English. There are many more agencies out there, and a quick search on the Internet should turn up some.
Prices tend to bottom out at about $200 a week, so if your budget is rock-bottom hostel you may not be able to save. However, for only slightly more (especially...
June 20th, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Apartment rental, argentina, Buenos Aires, Sleeping
Bus Travel, In Style
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Seem like a contradiction? If it does you probably haven’t travelled long distance in argentina, cama class.
Bus travel in much of Latin America is like train travel to Europeans, (or Indians, or Japanese): for everyone, rich or poor. The only difference is what type of bus you pick—how fast, and how comfortable.
An important note: this doesn’t apply everywhere. Examples of places this does apply include Brazil, argentina, Chile, Mexico and international bus companies like Ticabus in Central...
June 16th, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 2Filed under: argentina, bus, transportation
Paragliding Argentina!
... the pilots drive out themselves, usually at 8:00 a.m. Call for information.
www.parapentelacumbre.com.ar
toti_lopez@hotmail.com
phone from within argentina: 03548-494017 or 15636592 (cell – talk loud if he’s flying!) Ask for Toti.
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June 13th, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: adventure, argentina, culture, La Cumbre, Paragliding
La Cumbre, Cordoba, Argentina
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... if you go to visit) Le Cumbre is famous for one other pursuit: paragliding… More about that shortly.
Some La Cumbre info sites:
http://www.enjoy-argentina.org/cordoba-road-of-la-punilla-la-cumbre.php
http://www.argentinaturistica.com/2lcuiresenia.htm
JUKU Cerveceria
Camino de los Artesanos
03548 15465710
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June 4th, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: argentina, Camino de los Artesanos, City Review, Cordoba, drinking, eating, La Cumbre
Sayta Estancia
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One of the greatest highlights of all my time in argentina was a stay at a working estancia. Less than an hour’s drive south of the northern Argentinian city of Salta, Sayta is smack in the middle of tobacco country. The ranch has drying racks, sheds and fields, and still produces tobacco during the season (which had just ended when we arrived).
We were looking for an authentic dude ranch-style experience, and were having trouble finding info on anything other than hotel-style properties, which...
May 30th, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: adventure, argentina, estancia, Sayta
The Estancia
... the day to day rides and roundups of a working operation, a few days at an estancia makes a great foil to the chic shopping and wine tour version of argentina (again, not to imply that there is anything wrong with that).
Hundreds of estancias have opened their doors to tourists in recent years, and there are plenty of agencies and websites out there that can help you track one down that is right for you. Or you can read my review to follow.
A word of warning: for the most part, estancias are on...
May 25th, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: argentina, culture, estancia, Sleeping
Destination: Argentina
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It has become cliché to say that argentina is as much European as it is Latin; yet to arrive in Buenos Aires and discover this is actually true still surprises. And thanks to the country’s recent economic woes, argentina offers travellers European quality at distinctly South American prices. But argentina is so much more than this. With the Patagonian Andes as its glacial backbone, it is a land of extreme wilderness, while its vast pampas are still home to roaming gauchos—the original South...
May 22nd, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: argentina, Destination Overview
Iguassu Falls!
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Not much to say about Iguassu (or Iguaçu) other than go if you can.
There isn’t much to recommend the cities on any side of the triple border between Brazil, Arentina and Paraguay, except that they are close to one of the greatest falls in the world.
My only advice is to make sure you have at least 2 full days so as to have time to spend a day on each side of the falls–the Brazilian side offers the best overalll panoramic view, while the Argentinian side is much more intimate, with...
May 9th, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: adventure, argentina, Brazil, City Review, Iguassu Falls, nature
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