Argentina was one of our ‘must visit’ countries when we embarked on our trip and we’re so happy we did as it has left an indelible impression on us. Here’s our rundown of useful tips for visiting Argentina. Safety – Overall, Argentina felt very safe. There were some pockets of bad neighbourhoods or questionable characters…
Hello people, this is Ewan here for another graffiti post. You may have noticed some of our previous posts have a shot or two of the street art we come across, and I’ve posted before on the works we’ve seen in Toronto, Bogota and Valparaiso. I really appreciate discovering creative artwork in perhaps unlikely locals.…
Buenos Aires seemed like that unreachable far away destination…not only by distance when we left Toronto and started our trip, but also because we knew it would be the last place we’d see in South America before moving on. It was months away and seemed to be a faint dream that would always be in…
A visit to Buenos Aires is not complete until you tour the famed Recoleta Cemetery. Here you can see the tombs of the wealthy and famous (i.e. Eva Peron). We came across beautiful works of architecture, some eerie pockets and some local cats. Here’s a look at what we saw:
Okay friends, we are probably late to the game of closed door restaurants, underground restaurants, puertas cerradas or supper clubs (or whatever you may call them). For those of you who are like us and had no idea, the concept is this: a dinner party experience in someone’s home. You pay for your meal and…
La Boca is one of the barrios (neighbouhoods) in Buenos Aires, so called because Boca means ‘mouth’ and this barrio is located at the mouth of the Riachuelo River. The area started off primarily as shipyards and home to Spanish and Italian immigrants. We were drawn to the area for two main reasons. One, the…
South America boasts two of the ‘New Wonders of the World’: Christ the Redeemer in Rio and Machu Picchu in Peru. It also holds some of the ‘New Wonders of Nature’, Iguazu Falls and the Amazon River. We’d known long ago that we HAD to see Iguazu Falls as we knew we’d end our South…
When travelling, we like to think we are very open to new experiences and happy to explore whatever the locale has to offer. In fact, it is a rare occasion when we reach a place and find ourselves hating it. The closest we came to saying “never again” was likely when we were stuck in…
Cordoba, Argentina is one of those places that just feels comfortable. We spent a good four days there and we don’t have many things to boast about during our visit. We did a lot of wandering. We went to the Museo Emilio Caraffa & Museo de Bellas Artes Evita Palacio Ferreyra, we went into the…
After our laid back time in Bariloche, it was time for us to move on to Argentina’s wine country: Mendoza. This was a destination we were looking forward to for a couple of reasons. First off, as mentioned, Mendoza is smack in Argentina’s wine country. We lived a few years in the Okanagan Valley and…