Archive for the ‘Argentine Northwest’ Category
Friday, March 19th, 2010
Chris Moss offers a guide to Argentina, ahead of this year's celebrations to mark the bicentenary of Latin America's fight for independence.
Argentina was ready for a scrap in the early 1800s but it took a couple of British captains to stir it into action. In 1806 and 1807 the ...
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Cordoba, Argentina by Fernando Gutierrez
Catamarca, Argentina by Pablo Castagnola
San Juan, Argentina by Denise Giovaneli
Salta, Argentina by Pablo Castagnola
Buenos Aires Province by Vera Rosemberg
Jujuy and Santa Cruz by Xavier Martin and Guillermo Avogadro
Chubut, Argentina by Soledad Gil
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SOURCE:
"Fotoshock: rutas y caminos de la Argentina"
Lugares de viaje
http://www.lugaresdeviaje.com
http://www.lugaresdeviaje.com/nota/fotoshock-rutas-y-caminos-de-la-argentina?pid=8289388&toi=6717
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Friday, February 12th, 2010
The Argentine Republic is a large country with an area exceeding 2.60 million sq km/1 million sq mi, about one-third the size of the United States and almost as large as India.
It extends between 22° and 55° S and occupies the southern portion of South America, east of the crest-line ...
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Sunday, February 7th, 2010
When a local winemaker is asked to define themain or outstanding characteristic that identifies quality Argentine wines, more and more frequently the answer includes the enigmatic phrase vinos de altura. This can be loosely translated as high altitude wines, although the altitude refers more to the vineyards than to the ...
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Go Explore : If you believe it is the journey rather than the arrival that matters, nothing beats the train. After all, hop on a flight and you could be going anywhere. Settle back in a railway carriage, however, and your voyage unfolds outside your window the moment yoyu leave the ...
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Next Stop: 18 hour bus ride to the Iguazu waterfalls.
There are two ways to travel around Argentina - mammoth bus rides or short sweet aerial transport. Unfortunately the second way requires a bigger bank account so my friend and I braved the manic and massive bus station in Buenos Aires ...
Posted in Argentina, Argentina Meals Food, Argentine Northeast, Argentine Northwest, Buenos Aires Argentina, Iguazu Falls, Salta Argentina, South America | 2 Comments »
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
Beef and malbec are on the menu on a boy's own trip to Argentina, reports Andrew Hildebrand.
Argentinians take their meat seriously. "The cow is what we say the cow is," insists Alejandro Frango, Buenos Aires' self–proclaimed "gastrosopher". Alejandro should know. Besides hosting his own television cookery show, he teaches at ...
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Reporter Ilan Brat on what to do, where to eat and where to stay in Salta, Argentina.
What to do: Nicknamed Salta the Pretty, this city in the far northwest of Argentina draws tourists with its well-preserved Spanish colonial architecture, as well as the jagged rock formations and multicolored mountains that ...
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
LATIN AMERICA has long enticed budget-oriented travelers with its low prices, and as the global economic crisis lingers, the bargains are increasingly tempting — especially when it comes to a luxury vacation.
Meals are often half the cost of their European counterparts, hotels are generally more luxurious than what you’d get ...
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Emily Dunn follows a high-altitude wine trail through the foothills of the snowcapped Andes.
The horses are in siesta mode, untethered and with their noses low to the red sand. We, meanwhile, are sitting in the shade of a lonely thorn tree in the foothills of the Andes watching condors ...
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