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Evita’s “Permanent” Home: The Recoleta Cemetery
More Details: Evita’s “Permanent” Home: The Recoleta CemeteryIn my visit to Buenos Aires last year, our hotel was directly across one of BB.AA.’s most famous sites: the Recoleta Cemetery. Why is it famous? Well, that crazy woman, Evita, is buried there. Hence, tons of tourists and Evita lovers (domestic or international) flock to the cemetery to see her tomb. I am one…
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Happy 2016!
More Details: Happy 2016!Just wanted to do a quick post in the last few hours of the year here to share my top Instagram pictures. Some are very recent but it was cool to see some of the ones from earlier in the year – it seems so far away, like longer than a year. Sometimes, that’s how…
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2015 – A Year in Review
More Details: 2015 – A Year in Review2015 is almost over and it is time for the year in review which, I think, is an exercise not just in writing but in re-living the many blessings the year bestowed on me. Here it goes and share with me some of the travels in your 2015! In the city of brotherly love –…
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Perito Moreno Glacier: A Most Fortunate Re-Visit
More Details: Perito Moreno Glacier: A Most Fortunate Re-VisitThe day after our memorable hike around Fitz Roy, we got to visit the famous Perito Moreno glacier an hour plus from the town of El Calafate, Argentina. I got to visit Perito Moreno back in December 2010 and never expected to ever come back, except this Trekking for Kids trek brought me there! There…
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What You Will See in La Boca, Buenos Aires
More Details: What You Will See in La Boca, Buenos AiresBuenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, is composed of many “barrios“, or neighborhoods, from humble to wealthy; from drab to colorful. Few are as colorful or as well-known as La Boca, on the southeast corner of the city, close to the Riachuelo which feeds the Rio de la Plata. La Boca started very much as…
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Fitz Roy and Glacier National Park: Nature at Its Best
More Details: Fitz Roy and Glacier National Park: Nature at Its BestMy recent trek with Trekking for Kids in Patagonia, the southern part of the continental Americas, had two components: A day hike and a glacier visit in the Argentinian side of Patagonia, and A 5-day hike in the Chilean side of Patagonia, including a glacier hike. Here, I will cover the day hike in Argentina. A later…
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Buenos Aires Re-Visited (Again)
More Details: Buenos Aires Re-Visited (Again)When I sat down to write this post, my first thought was: “What can I possibly write about Buenos Aires that has not been written before?” Good question. My visit there was triggered by its being the location of two children’s homes we were going to help via a trek to Patagonia with Trekking for…
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Buenos Aires: A Monument-al City
More Details: Buenos Aires: A Monument-al CityWhile on a three-month assignment in Chile many years ago, I visited Buenos Aires, Argentina for the first time to spend the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday there. In Santiago, besides Chilean locals, my co-workers included a fellow American and folks from Buenos Aires (abbreviated in Spanish “B.B.A.A.”; leave me a comment if anyone is curious why…
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Photo of the Week – The Grandiose Andes
More Details: Photo of the Week – The Grandiose AndesThe Himalayas sound remote and far away? Well, the Andes are ALMOST as tall and with spectacular views too. You can take a VERY short flight from Santiago, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina (for peanuts if you buy the ticket in Chile) and you get this impressive view. I fell in love with the view in…
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A Long Trip to Get to a Glacier
More Details: A Long Trip to Get to a GlacierThe first time I heard about the Perito Moreno glacier was back in 1991 when an Argentinian friend mentioned having gone there and it being “espectacular!” as Argentines are prone to say when they like something enough. I finally got to visit it but, in doing my research, I was surprised at its location, well…
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Mendoza Wine Tour
More Details: Mendoza Wine TourAs I said in my previous entry about Mendoza, wines are the other good reason to go to Mendoza – the capital of wine in Argentina. Wine tasting in Mendoza I had Saturday to play around so I opted for a tour of several wineries as I didn’t feel like renting a car and driving…