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Category: Argentina

  • Video Dump 3: Argentina, South Africa

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    Whoops, it’s been a little too long since we went back and found all the videos that didn’t make their way into a blog post, so this round-up takes us all the way back to the end of our South America leg, and into the beginning of our Africa leg! First, a huge drum troupe…

  • South America: Our Favorites

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    We really loved our three and a half months in South America, from the tropical shores of the Caribbean in Colombia, to snorkeling with sea lions in the Galapagos Islands to hiking among 6000+ meter peaks in Peru. It’s an immensely varied continent, and we barely even scratched the surface. We found nothing but warm and…

  • Buenos Aires: Pretending to be Locals

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    Buenos Aires was one of the South American sites that we were most excited to visit, because we had heard nothing but glowing reviews from those who had been there previously; and it didn’t disappoint. It’s a lively city that loves its food, drink, music, dance, handicrafts, art, and antiques, and we decided to take…

  • Yum: Yerba Mate

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    Whereas coffee is the daily morning beverage for most of the world, in Argentina it’s yerba mate, except change “morning” to “all the time”, and “beverage” to “religion”. It’s an herbal tea (or infusion for our nonexistent British readers out there) with its own unique and traditional delivery method containing two parts: a hollowed out…

  • Yum: Choripan

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    We came across El Rey del Chori (‘The King of Chori’) while wandering around the San Telmo Sunday market. On offer were three meat sandwiches, the most popular being choripan (chorizo +), with your choice of toppings: onion and tomato relish, hot pickled peppers, and a hot pepper salsa. On a sunny day, with live music on…

  • Now It’s Official (Again)

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    It’s been a few months since either of us have worn wedding rings. We left them at home because we didn’t want to risk having them stolen during our travels, and we thought it would be fun to find rings that we could wear for the year at a market somewhere in South America. After…

  • The Dreaded Mullet

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    Business in the front; hippie in the back. We saw this ‘hairstyle’ all over Argentina. Kind of like their take on the American rat tail. i present you with The Dreaded Mullet:  To see the photo gallery for this post, click here

  • Bariloche: Just the Tip of Patagonia

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    Our original plan for South America was to go as far south as the Patagonian glaciers–essentially all the way to the southern tip–but because of time constraints, uncertain weather, and the fact that Argentina is just really big, that turned out to be unrealistic, so the farthest south we’ll get is Bariloche, in Argentina’s lake…

  • Mendoza: More Wine, More Steak

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    Claudia
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    After a successful road trip up north, we again packed our bags and took a 19-hour bus south to the wine country capital of Mendoza. Nick had been there five years ago when visiting a friend who was living in Valparaíso (across the border in Chile) and remembered it fondly, and I knew I wasn’t…

  • Yum: Alfajores

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    Claudia
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    I had seen these cookies in other countries, but as soon as we got to Argentina, everyone started to take their alfajores much more seriously. Essentially it is a cookie sandwich made of two somewhat dry but nonetheless tasty cookies and filled with dulce de leche, which in my opinion is pretty much the best-tasting…