Showing posts with label buenos aires. Show all posts
Showing posts with label buenos aires. Show all posts

Come fly with me
Friday, March 09, 2007

We arrived at the airport at 8am to catch our 9:30 flight to Buenos Aires. Very excited. The flight was delayed slightly but we ended up having enough time to grab a quick coffee and tostado (toasted sandwich). Luckily this flight was short (only about 1.5 hours) and the views are amazing. I wish I had my camera but we were seated in an exit aisle and had to stow our luggage in a really hard to get to compartment. Maybe on the way home.

We got to Buenos Aires around 12.30 in the afternoon and things are reasonably organised here. I didn't feel as pestered here as we did arriving at Santiago by taxi drivers etc. We waited in line at the ATM and had some problems with our cards, but after a short walk and some broken Spanish/English queries, we managed to find another ATM which worked. One of the tips we had was to use the remis service rather than the taxis as they can be safer and you don't have as many problems with the fare... only problem is that they are run by private firms who charge a lot for the privelige. Oh well... $85 pesos lighter (AUD$35) we arrived at our apartments in the Downtown area of Buenos Aires. I hope that in the next few days I might have time to post some images as it is very cool.

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[Article] Steak and tango done right, with a little Evita on the side
Tuesday, February 27, 2007

"The sizzle of B.A." Steak and tango done right, with a little Evita on the side.
by Alan Solomon, Chicago Tribune
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BUENOS AIRES - There's something about this place ... Maybe it's the tango. Those of you who have witnessed the real thing know tango - when done right - is not a dance for sissies. It is aggressive, moody, seductive, sometimes beautiful and maybe a little dangerous. Like Buenos Aires. read more...

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Steak, steak, steak.... and more steak!
Monday, February 26, 2007

Steak, steak, steak.... and more steak! Beef is said to be the national food and I have a premonition that there will be a lot of it involved in our dining experiences. Plus Empanadas, which are pastries filled with different ingredients. Maybe a salad or two if we can fit it in. I'm a little more worried about us coming back heavier - not just our luggage. Dancing at all hours may negate the effects of all of the excess calories... here's hoping anyway.

The parillas (steakhouses) in Argentina are meant to be awesome and serve an amazing amount of food (read beef). Cafes have parilla menus but the actual steakhouses are meant to be better.

It sounds like most places start serving dinner from about 8-9pm each night which may take some getting used to. We are staying in apartments during our stay in Buenos Aires so we can always buy some stuff to help us acclimatise. Really looking forward to eating out though. We've been warned off of the local pizzas, but I'll give anything a go once.

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A few articles about our desinations
Thursday, February 22, 2007

Have found some local newspaper articles on some of the countries we are visiting.

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Google Maps and Local Live
Wednesday, February 21, 2007

I've had a little bit of fun in the last few days looking at the physical locations of where we are staying and visiting on the Google Maps (GM) and Microsoft Local Live (LL) tools. Both have their limitations (GM doesn't have street details but decent satellite imagery of Buenos Aires, where LL has the reverse) but between the two I have managed to get a good idea of what the areas are like.

One of the major highways in Buenos Aires is called 9 De Julio and it is a monster.... 12 lanes of traffic ... don't want to be caught in the middle of that one. The area around our apartments looks nice with some parks and city squares in the area of both. The Recoleta cemetery is visible and just looks just like another neighbourhood in the area from above.

Map for Buenos Aires Downtown centred near where we are staying during CITA. Google Maps, Local Live

Map for Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro where we stay for 6 days before flying home. Google Maps, Local Live

You can click and drag around the map to change the view point and also zoom in and out. A cool feature they both have (if the data exists) is to overlay the street map onto the satellite imagery. All you need to do is click on "Map/Road", "Satellite/Aerial" or "Hybrid" to see the different view points.

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