Buenos Aires Travel Blogs - Page 3

Every Sunday in San Telmo, one of the very oldest barrios in Buenos Aires and close to downtown, there's a huge street fair on Calle Defensa that runs from Avenida Belgrano all the way to Plaza Dorrego. It's famous for the antiques sold there, but there's also a huge number of amazing street music…

I caught a flight to a long-desired destination: Buenos Aires! continued to Uruguay, Chile and Peru from there.

In less than five hours I will be on that cramped little airplane back to the U.S. of A. I am pleased to be going back to what is normal and familiar but still none the less, wishing that I could explore South America tons more. Despite all the events that have made this trip something similar to C…

My first trip outside North America... and completely fell in love. I'm going again this year. There's just so much to see and do in Argentina!

On arriving back in Argentina the heat immediately hits us again.  We learn that it is around 42 degrees Celcius and thankfully have the roof top room this time with it's own shower and toilet.  Do our last bundle of washing in the sink and go out for dinner.  While looking for a par…

Our flight gets in about 9am, we were picked up by the tour agents, and taken to the hotel. We had a city tour in the afternoon, where we visited a cemetery/park, Evita Peron's tomb was here with lots of fresh flowers. We also toured a neighborhood where it's famous for tango dance halls, and color…

Yesterday was a wet one here in Buenos Aires.  There was a lite rain falling all day in the city.  Fortunately, it did not affect mine or Lauren´s plans at all, considering we only wanted to sleep after dancing all night on Saturday.  We did find the energy to leave the comfort…

            Argentina’s economy has been steadily improving since the economic collapse of 2001. At this time, Argentina’s economy requires movement and diversification to continue to grow. The Chilean model, while it has its advantages, is…

After several days of hording coins for the bus I had finally accumulated enough to take one today. Rather than go through the effort of figuring out which bus to take to a specific destination, I decided to let the bus be the destination. I went to the bus stop and hopped on the first bus that pas…

        After a long 10+ hour flight, Luqman and I arrived in Buenos Aires, early Friday morning. Customs and immigration were very pleasant and fast. Thankfully our luggage got to Buenos Aires safely and we proceeded to take a car to our apartment in town.  …

BUS JOURNEY After missing one bus we were determined to not miss another. We made sure we were at the station in plenty of time, crossing the Bolivian border as soon as it opened at 7am and booking our ticket on the Argentinian side this time. The bus was amazing, very comfortable seats and the r…

Todo va a horario, la mochila pesa 13 kg, espero volver con mas peso =)  . 8.05 am tomamos el LAN a Aeroparque (Bs As). El vuelo sin novedades =)  el desayuno del avion malo =( pero bueno, es lo que hay. En Aeroparque tomamos el Tienda Leon para ir a Ezeiza, a 45 pesos. Ya en Ezeiza a e…

Though we set no alarm, we were up at 7:30 and had breakfast on 17. We waited until shortly before 10 so the shops would be open, then headed for Avenida 9 de Julio and turned right. After several blocks, we crossed to the center to take pictures of this fabulous avenue. I stopped at an Internet pl…

Unless you want to count the obligatory ¨¿Que tal?¨ as smalltalk.  After that, however, you´d be hard pressed to find conversation that isn´t productive or interesting here when chatting with locals.  They don´t discuss weather, and the lack of tabloid news is quite impressive. &…

I decided to celebrate America's Independence Day in Argentina.  I know that I definitely take my independence for granted.  Many of my Argentine friends could only dream of being able to travel as freely as I do.  The thought of being told that I am not allowed to …