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18 August 2009 ~ View Comments

My Motorcycle Diaries: Part 1

My Motorcycle Diaries: Part 1

It must have been midnight when I casually whined to my Brazilian friend Alexandre that I haven’t really been anywhere in Argentina.
“Well, where are you thinking about going” -Alexandre
“I hear Cordoba is a pretty nice city. I think that’s where i’d like to go first next time I leave Buenos Aires” -me
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18 August 2009 ~ View Comments

Sunday (International) Feasts

Sunday (International) Feasts

I mentioned in an earlier post that on Sundays we usually cook up a dinner for everyone to eat together. Our most popular meal we liked to cook up was a traditional Argentine asado. The word asado basically means barbecue and we would bbq the following types of meat.

Asado, which in addition to meaning [...]

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16 August 2009 ~ View Comments

Asia de Cuba

Asia de Cuba

Welcome to Asia de Cuba, a restaurant at day and disco at night. Thanks to free passes each week we choose to go at night. I am sure the food is pretty good though!
Your first thought is that it must be a strip club based on the picture below. I assure you it’s not in [...]

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01 August 2009 ~ View Comments

Studying In Buenos Aires Q&A

I received an email asking about my experience in Argentina and how it compares to Colombia. The person asked, “I guess first of all I’m just wondering if you are happy with your choice of Argentina for the exchange? I remember you said the only reason you didn’t go for Colombia is because you didn’t [...]

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22 July 2009 ~ View Comments

Welcome To My Home

Welcome To My Home

I lived in a student residence in Buenos Aires for 4 or so months.
Maybe some of the most fun months of my life.
This amazing opportunity to share a house with about 20 other people, and a bedroom with 5 others cost me $900 pesos a month (about $250 US). You can decide if thats [...]

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