Argentina
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Dancing Some Tango
Last night was my friend Kristine's final night in Argentina, and we tried to send her off the right way. ...
Two Worlds
The alarm went off at 5:15 am, and after showering and dressing, I hit the dark, cold street to catch ...
A Year in the Making: Then and Now
I'm getting ready to leave again, this time for Buenos Aires, Argentina. Thursday night will be my last time in ...
Dental tourism? Perhaps.
I have become an accidental dental tourist. I didn´t mean to neglect my dental health, I swear. But somehow in ...
Iguazu Falls
Crashing down from as high as 80 meters, the Iguazu Falls are considered some of the most impressive waterfalls in ...
Why hello red tape.
Today I had a real Argentine experience, one that can only be had if you decide to really stay in ...
2009 Vendimia Wine Festival
Who's ''American'' anyway?
I was eating brunch recently when an Argentine friend of a friend asked me a question. He wanted to know ...
Curious? Just ask.
Lately I´ve met some interesting characters, thanks to one tool: a camera. Sometimes I´m reluctant to bring it ...
On identity.
Something strange is happening to me lately, and I wonder if it happens to anyone else out there: When people ...
The power of mate.
Today I'd like to write about something wonderful and purely Argentine: El Mate. In Argentina, mate is not just a ...
Escaping the crisis?
Today Clarín, one of the major newspapers here, is reporting on something that I've been seeing for months: Yanquis -- ...
Floggers, the new urban tribe.
Today The New York Times tapped into a fascinating little corner of local pop culture: The lives of urban floggers. ...
Why we travel.
Supposedly I was going back to the U.S. yesterday. I had a flight, but it left without me. Here I ...
Argentina and la crisis
It's no secret that the economic crisis in the U.S. is being felt around the world, and spiraling economic problems ...
Buenos Aires, the city you hate to love.
When I arrived in Buenos Aires in September of last year I had no plan. I had no job, no ...
