Archive for February, 2006

Visit the World Discussions via Flickr

Saturday, February 18th, 2006

Flickr, that great online photo sharing site, now has an online forum for discussing international travel. Not yet a lot of content there but there are a few entries related to South America. Eventually, this might become a very good discussion forum.
One big advantage over a lot of forums is that discussions are available [...]

Quilmes - the town of the beer

Tuesday, February 7th, 2006

Quilmes itself is a pleasant town. We walked around the center of town and then visited several of the neighborhoods. There are some really nice houses near the downtown that rival any of the homes in the more prosperous northern suburbs of Buenos Aires. Also, a number of expensive boutique stores in Quilmes. But, overall, [...]

Boca - Only for a couple of hours

Tuesday, February 7th, 2006

Most visitors only need to spend about two hours in Boca. Don’t stray away from the touristy areas. Don’t spend too much money on the overpriced touristy stuff either. Do visit the Quinquela Martin museum and learn about a great Argentine painter who lived in Boca and came up with the idea to paint the [...]