Trisha's posts with tag: argentina
|  | I lived 2 months in Buenos Aires in 2002 and studied Spanish in a school there. The beautiful city with the highly-intellectual and emotive culture touched me deeply. I grew to love the city and the people so much and feel so comfortable there that I call Buenos Aires my second home.
After Christmas, I travelled to the very south of Argentina - Ushuaia and slowly headed up to the glacier region around Calafate, El Chalten, before stopping by the wine region of Mendoza and making my way to the northern somewhat Andean towns of Cachi, Humahuaca, Tilcara, Iruya, and through the spectacular canyons, highlands and salt-pan near Salta.
In 2005, I returned again to Mi Buenos Aires Querido to visit my old friends and meet new ones. I thoroughly love it here, great literary culture, tonnes of activities happening in the city, highly creative handicraft fairs... I felt absolutely at home. Only when I forced myself to leave Buenos Aires did I feel my journey actually begin. On my return, I dropped by Mendoza, Cordoba, Mar del Plata before returning to Buenos Aires again for Christmas and New Year.
Special thanks to Pablo, Natalia and families... truly my BEST friends, to Claudia, Claudio, Leo, Raquel and Nadia for hosting me, to Anabel, Diego, Sabrina, Carla, Dario, Cintia, Rodrigo for spending time with me, exchanging a few laughs and for making me feel so welcome and so comfortable in their gorgeous country!! |
Link: http://blogs.bootsnall.com/trisha/May 28, 2005 - Jan 1, 2006 (219 days)
I made an impromptu return back to South America, starting with my gorgeous second city - Buenos Aires.
I meandered up the coast of Brazil, headed upriver into the Amazon before bursting out to Venezuela for some Caribbean sun.
Then, I crossed to Colombia, meeting amazingly friendly people and headed south through Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, encountering wonderful indigneous cultures and stunning landscapes.
A short hop to Chile to visit some old friends and then, back to Buenos Aires to spend Christmas and New Year.
Link: http://www.travelpost.com/itinerary-overview.aspx?itinid=485Apr 27, 2002 - Apr 26, 2003 (365 days)
It's great to be a little unnerved by new countries, new experiences, new currencies, new languages, new food, new ways of doing the same things... I love it.
After plucking up the courage to resign from my job, from Singapore, I made my first hop to China, then north across to Mongolia and took the train through Russia. I then journeyed to Western Europe to meet up with some friends.
I flew across the Atlantic to Brazil next, before overlanding to Argentina and wandered up the length of Argentina and Chile up to Peru, being turning back to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I headed to Mexico and made an unexpected stop in Cuba, then, I crossed the other large ocean mass, the Pacific, from Los Angeles in USA to the beautiful French Polynesian Islands. Then, it's off to HOME...
Gosh, had it been a year already!?!!
| Category: | Books | | Genre: | Literature & Fiction | | Author: | Julio Cortazar |
Whimsical short stories that will no doubt put a smile, albeit slightly quizzical, to your face. Some stories are about strange fantasy beings called Cronopios, Famas and Esperanzas. In Spanish, a struggle for me, but thoroughly delightful nevertheless when I finally understand the stories.
| Category: | Books | | Genre: | Literature & Fiction | | Author: | Jorge Luis Borges |
Teases your mind with highly imaginative and brilliant stories, swarmed with philosophical plots, paradoxes, images, infinity, magic, labyrinths, riddles and mazes. After concluding a tale, you may wonder if you just had brain surgery done. May need a few re-readings to get it!
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