Buenos Aires Travel Blogs - Page 4

Day out at the Zoo seeing the animos! Saw Elephants, Lions, Tigers, Crocs, Rhinos, Monkeys and loads more.

So my best friend and I planned to take a trip together, we'd been talking about where we should go for our "reunion trip" and settled on Buenos Aires.  I knew nothing about it - figured it was like other cities in South America.  Wow, I how wrong I was...  My best friend lives i…

We did expect to leave for Uruguay today but woke up and decided sleep sounded so much better. We went to the offices where the ferry leaves to buy a ticket but we would have to wait forever until we got served and a guy told us to do it online anyway. Shame that the only ferry available is at mid…

I´ve got to be honest and admit that I was a little disappointed by Buenos Aires (BA). I´ve met loads of people who fluted on about it being the best city in South America and how they would definitely be able to live there etc. etc. OK, fair enough, I would also be …

And here we are again, back in the beautiful wonderful amazing city that is Buenos Aires. We managed to time our 2-night visit on the weekend so we enjoyed having a meander around the hippie market in La Boca on Saturday and then the San Telmo Sunday market. Very different to 10 mont…

My first destination in South America

Ahh…Argentina, the land of the gaucho, the land of beef. What better place in the world than to dine and to dine in style, especially provided that the exchange rate that for North American guarantees the highest quality meals for prices a third of those in the United States. Though my four weeks…

On this trip, I again only had a weekend to spend in Buenos Aires, so this time I decided to stay in a gorgeous B&B outside of the city in a quaint town called San Isidro.  All I did was eat dulce de leche and drink Malbec with my friends, in betw…

The most notable thing about this week's adventures in Argentina was the visit to the Congress. Yes, we visited a nuclear power plant this week too, but the legislative process is a bit more familiar to me than fusion. Or is it fission? I'm not an engineer... I digress: The visit to the Congress s…

One of the first desserts in Buenos Aires was a chocolate cookie filled with ¨dulce de leche¨. I am one of the "sweetest" people I know (HA!), that is in the sense that I really love desserts. I get this wonderful trait from my father, who always has to finish his meal off on a sweet note. Anyway…

As part of my business trip, I went to Buenos Aires. As soon as I got the confirmation about what cities I'd visit and the dates, I updated the info in my profile. Not even 2 days later, I got a message from Sammy. He's from Australia and was going to Buenos Aires too. He has been travelling around…

This was a pretty 'normal' week in Buenos Aires.  There aren't any exciting stores which is perfectly fine by me.  I have settle into a routine of getting up most mornings to run or lift.  This is followed by my toast and juice for breakfast.  I always head the the same cafe at …

Week Two   Rushing to get off buses, ferries, to be in line for anything… it’s a race here.   I do not mean to sound ridiculous, but I cannot be the only one envisioning Rowan Atkinson saying “It’s a race! It’s a race!” nearly every other moment of the day in Buenos Aires…

Woke up after 4 hours sleep, and that wasnt the best sleep. Really stuffy room and one of the english guys was snoring the whole time. Today i was meeting up with Jonas, i had been emailing him for a few months before arriving and he offered to show me around the city, i wasnt really in the mood bu…

            The theme of today is PLAYED. I say this not with a bitter tone, but with an understanding heart that today clearly was a learning experience. We spent the entire day being PLAYED by the Porteños/residents of Buenos Aires.  &…