Category: Argentina
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina. It is a vast metropolis located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent. The city proper has a population of approximately 3 million people, but the greater metropolitan area is home to over…
La Plata is the capital city of the Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It is located approximately 50 kilometers southeast of the national capital of Buenos Aires. With a population of around 770,000 inhabitants, it is a major urban center. The city is known for its unique and highly rational urban plan. This plan is…
Tigre is a city located in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. It is situated at the confluence of the Luján and Tigre rivers, approximately 28 kilometers north of the city of Buenos Aires. With a population of around 380,000 in its wider Partido, the city is the main gateway to the Paraná Delta, one…
The word Uruguay has always had an exotic, charming, cling to it. This morning I read a thought-provoking novel, El libro de los abrazos, by Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano and I thought that it would be time to conclude the blog series about our trip to South America. You can read all the previous posts here >>…
Before saying goodbye to Argentina, it’s time to return to Buenos Aires after our adventure in La Plata. This is the sixth post in our series about our trip to South America. You can read our previous posts about the trip here >> Last Day in Argentina The skies over Buenos Aires are grey as we leave the…
On the sixth day of our stay in Argentina we really felt like another day trip from Buenos Aires. We decided to visit the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, La Plata. The reviews that we had read claimed that La Plata was a bustling and green city. With a population of nearly 750,000…
This post about Tigre forms part of our series about our trip to Uruguay and Argentina in October 2015. We have previously written about the first days of our journey in Montevideo as well as the two first days in Buenos Aires. Click on the links below to read the posts. When planning our stay…
This post about Buenos Aires is part three of our series Destination South America, you will find the first two parts by clicking on the links below: Buenos Aires – Expectations and First Impressions That city that is located so far away, the one with such a magical cling to it. For as long as…
This is part two in our series Destination South America, you will find the first part here: Destination South America – Flights, Transits and Arriving in a New Country When arriving in Montevideo, our first impression of Uruguay was that the cars and buses looked like they were ready for a scrapyard. It was difficult for…