Archive for the ‘Antarctica’ Category
Monday, March 19th, 2012
All tourist and travel aficionados know that knowledge about a certain place or destination could spell the difference between an enjoyable and fun filled vacation to a boring and monotonous holiday. If one wants to experience the latter, experts suggest to have a tourist’s thirst for adventure and a local’s ...
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Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Expedia, Inc., the world's largest online travel company, discussed newly-released data today at the annual Feria Internacional de Turismo (FIT) showing positive growth in bookings made to Argentina on the company's more than 100 Expedia®-brand and Hotels.com®-brand travel booking sites worldwide this year.
"Argentina is an increasingly popular travel destination, with ...
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Argentina and Antarctica
Journey Latin America has an 18-day trip to Argentina and Antarctica. Start in Buenos Aires and go on to visit Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego in Patagonia, followed by a cruise to Antarctica aboard the MV Antarctic Dream - explore the Antarctic Peninsula with stops at Deception Island, ...
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Friday, September 9th, 2011
Everybody needs to "get away from it all" from time to time, and what with all the pressures people face nowadays - job (or lack-of-job) stresses, the exploding cost of raising and educating their kids, and so on - they need that escape more than ever. Unfortunately, what with the ...
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Monday, August 29th, 2011
Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) will travel today to Salto, Uruguay, to meet with her Uruguayan counterpart José Mujica. Together they will preside over the opening of a new train line that will connect passengers in the two countries.
In recent years only cargo has crossed the Argentina-Uruguay border ...
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Monday, August 15th, 2011
Now travel agents looking to book honeymoon tours to South America for their clients have a partner with the incoming tour operator and travel agency, SouthAmerica.travel. This company has just recently begun promoting its wide selection of South America Honeymoon Tours. These fully customizable, private tours were handpicked from SouthAmerica.travel's ...
Posted in Antarctica, Argentina, Argentine Northeast, Buenos Aires Argentina, Cuyo, Iguazu Falls, Mendoza Argentina, Patagonia, South America, Tango | Comments Off
Monday, August 1st, 2011
With the goal of boosting relations between Italy and Argentina, Minister Franco Frattini is on a two-day mission to Buenos Aires, where he will be meeting with President Christina Kirchner and Foreign Minister Hector Timerman. The mission agenda will range from economic relations to defence cooperation.
The Italian minister’s visit to ...
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Friday, May 6th, 2011
TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Destinations Awards - Top 25 - Central & South America
1: Machu Picchu, Peru
It's no wonder Machu Picchu is Peru's most-visited site. Dating to the mid-1400s, it's a marvel of mortar-free limestone architecture perched on a high plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle. Get there via train from ...
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Folks who brave the rough seas on a voyage to Antarctica are kind of nutty. Getting to know them is almost as fun as spying penguins and whales.
You won't find this information front and center in your Antarctic tour company's brochure: Even if perfect weather enables all of the scheduled ...
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Thursday, January 27th, 2011
Antarctica is not a popular vacation spot. But, for one local resident, it was the trip of a lifetime.
Sunita Puri, a doctor at the MedCare clinic on Madison Boulevard, visited the Earth’s southern most continent in December 2010.
It was incredible,” Puri said. “I’m planning to go again.”
Puri took a 12-day ...
Posted in Antarctica, Argentina, Cruises Argentina, Patagonia, South America, Tierra del Fuego Argentina, Ushuaia Argentina | 1 Comment »
