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The weird thing I miss from Buenos Aires

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I miss a lot of things about Buenos Aires. I miss the grand buildings. I miss the asados and incredible red wine. I miss being able to hop on a bus at any hour for less than a buck. And yes, I miss the bidets. I could go on and on. The one thing I […]

Photo Essay: The Women’s Bridge of Buenos Aires

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El Puente de la Mujer The Women’s Bridge of Puerto Madero is one of the most iconic symbols of Buenos Aires. The bridge was designed by Spanish engineer Santiago Calatrava.  It was built in Spain and brought over in sections, finally completed in 2001. The 335-foot-long suspension pedestrian bridge is broken into sections.  The center […]

The Drunken Tree of Buenos Aires

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I love the trees of Buenos Aires. I have already written about the gorgeous jacarandas in bloom, and I even have a framed photo of Buenos Aires trees on my wall. Not only are they pretty, some of them are kinda weird and funny. Palo Borracho Palo borracho translates to “drunken stick.” It is a […]

I finally went to a futbol match in Argentina

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Did I jet off to Buenos Aires to escape the winter in Ohio? Sadly no.   I have just been thinking a lot about Buenos Aires lately …   because…   My Buenos Aires City Guide is being published this month! I put so much into researching and writing the book, and I am really […]

Photo Essay: The few things I like about Winter in Ohio

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This is my first “real” Winter in three years. I was enjoying the beaches of El Salvador and sweating my ass off in Nicaragua two years ago. Last year at this time I experienced opposite seasons traveling in Argentina and Chile.  It was cold some days when I was very far south in Patagonia, but […]

Bugs of Bolivia

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I hate bugs.  Perhaps that is because they love me. Mosquitoes eat me alive no matter how much poisonous Deet I put on my body or clothes.  I lived in constant fear of getting bed bugs, since they seemed to be all the rage while I was traveling.  Cockroaches are simply disgusting, and I feel […]

Photos from Central and South America: the best of the best and a few more that make me smile

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Last month I did my first giveaway and recently announced the winner on my Facebook Page. After being home for several months, I still had empty photo frames on my walls. I have so many photos from the last two years of travel that I simply could not narrow it down enough.  I asked you […]