Archive for the ‘Cuyo’ Category
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
Indians too are now travelling abroad a lot more frequently than they did say a decade ago and they are looking aggressively for deals, discounts and freebees. While there are budget holidays which are cheap and affordable there are 'value' holidays which apart from offering some great financial bargains also ...
Posted in Argentina, Argentine Mideast, Argentine Northeast, Argentine Northwest, Buenos Aires Argentina, Cordoba Argentina, Cuyo, Iguazu Falls, Jujuy Argentina, Mendoza Argentina, Patagonia, Salta Argentina, South America | Comments Off
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Contours Travel have teamed with Sydney based wine writer Jim McMahon who will lead a truly gourmet tour to Chile and Argentina. Experience the finest of wines in many of the wine regions from the back drop of the Andes Mountains in Chile through to the Mendoza region of Argentina ...
Posted in Argentina, Buenos Aires Argentina, Cuyo, Mendoza Argentina, Wine Argentina | Comments Off
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
Tiny bursts of yellow light from street lamps and the low-slung red and blue awnings of fruit and vegetable markets were a blur as our taxi barreled down Avenida 25 de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The white-paint lane markings were just a suggestion.
Buenos Aires is thick with people and buildings ...
Posted in Andes, Argentina, Bariloche Argentina, Buenos Aires Argentina, Cuyo, Mendoza Argentina, Patagonia, South America | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
The details of the Dakar 2012, which will take place between 1st and 15th January in Argentina, Chile and Peru, were unveiled this morning in Paris. The route's characteristics, just like the game of musical chairs evident amongst the pretenders to the crown, promise a race full of thrills and ...
Posted in Andes, Argentina, Buenos Aires Province, Chile, Cuyo, Dakar Rally Argentina Chile, Mar del Plata Argentina, Mendoza Argentina, South America | Comments Off
Friday, August 19th, 2011
Fine wine and excellent cuisine are highlights of this tour that will take you to Argentina and Chile’s top winemaking regions.
Enjoy stays at exclusive boutique hotels and opportunities to dine at state-of-the-art wineries as you travel from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires to Mendoza, one of the most famous wine producing regions ...
Posted in Andes, Argentina, Buenos Aires Argentina, Chile, Cuyo, Mendoza Argentina, South America, Wine Argentina | Comments Off
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
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
After a couple of hours standing in the stairwell of a bus, staring out a foggy window at the blue predawn Pampas streaming by, I start to compile the lessons I've learned about long-haul bus travel.
I'm standing up because this bus filled up somewhere in the middle of Argentina, and ...
Posted in Argentina, Buenos Aires Argentina, Cuyo, Mendoza Argentina, South America | Comments Off
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Kansas softball outfielder Maggie Hull left the comforts of Lawrence to spend the off-season studying abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Less than a month after leading the Jayhawks with a .346 batting average and 49 RBI this spring, the Lawrence, Kan., native traveled to the South American country for a six-week ...
Posted in Andes, Argentina, Buenos Aires Argentina, Cuyo, Mendoza Argentina, South America, Study Abroad in Argentina, Uruguay | Comments Off
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
In recent years, American travelers have gotten used to watching their greenbacks shrivel away in the face of the mighty euro. But as it plunges to new lows some days, there may be no safe place for the U.S. dollar to go to get a little R&R.
The Canadian dollar is ...
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Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Let’s go round again! After a spell of neglect, the Copa America was brought back in 1987 and has since been staged in all of South America’s 10 footballing nations – in the case of Paraguay, Colombia and Venezuela, for the first time. Now a new circuit begins in Argentina, ...
Posted in Argentina, Argentine Mideast, Argentine Northwest, Buenos Aires Argentina, Copa America Argentina 2011, Cordoba Argentina, Cuyo, Football Soccer Argentina, Jujuy Argentina, Mendoza Argentina, Salta Argentina, South America | 1 Comment »
