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Back In Mexico City 25 Dec 2009 | 09:21 am
After departing Colonia del Sacramento we headed to Punta del Diablo where we spent a week in a beach-front cabaña followed by two days exploring Montevideo before boarding our plane back to Mexico Ci...
Colonia del Sacramento 20 Dec 2009 | 06:29 pm
Overlooking the Rio de la Plata, the winding cobblestone streets of Colonia del Sacramento attract tourists from all over the world. Originally founded by the Portuguese in 1680 as a port from which ...
prohibido perros (no dogs allowed) 20 Dec 2009 | 06:11 pm
All of the signs are in place, but the real challenge is teaching the stray dogs to read them…
across the water to Uruguay 17 Dec 2009 | 08:49 am
Our final border crossing was our first border crossing by boat and, as it turns out, also one of our easiest. From the Buenos Aires suburb of Tigre we sailed across the Delta del Paraná to the Urugua...
Boca Juniors 17 Dec 2009 | 08:34 am
Independiente 2 – 1 Boca Juniors Our last night in Buenos Aires we headed to La Boca to watch the Boca Juniors, one of the city’s most popular fútbol (soccer) teams, take on Independiente. Unfortuna...
Gauchos 17 Dec 2009 | 08:24 am
the traditional Argentine cowboys
Iguazú Falls 9 Dec 2009 | 02:59 pm
Located where the borders of Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil meet and shared by both Argentina and Brazil, the waterfalls of Iguazú National Park are a truly spectacular natural wonder. The sheer size...
Argentina’s coin crisis 8 Dec 2009 | 04:55 pm
Had it not been for this sign posted at one of the kiosks along the street in Buenos Aires, the whole Argentine coin crisis may have gone without my mentioning it, but it was so amusing I couldn’t res...
Palermo, parrilla & los Colorados at the peña 8 Dec 2009 | 03:46 pm
Los Colorados at Peña Los Cardones They don’t call it the coolest city on the continent for no reason. Buenos Aires never sleeps. Restaurants don’t open their doors until around 8pm and even then m...
La Boca 4 Dec 2009 | 03:46 pm
Named after its location at the mouth of the Río Riachuelo, the vibrant, working class neighborhood of La Boca was built by Italian immigrants from Genoa. Brightly painted corrugated-metal buildings ...
