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Recoleta Cemetery, Where the Rich People Come to Rest, Forever

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Recoleta Cemetery Buenos Aires Argentina
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One of the most visited tourist spots in Buenos Aires is also an oasis of tranquility in the midst of one of the city’s more popular nightspots. After all, it can’t get any quieter than being surrounded by the dead.

Located on 1760 Junín, in what used to be the garden of the Our Lady of The Pilar church, the Recoleta Cemetery was inaugurated as the first public graveyard of the city back in 1822. Decades later, after a restoration and with the opening of the much larger graveyards located in Chacarita and Flores, Recoleta became the posh cemetery: the “it” place to be and be seen in your afterlife if you were a VIP during your life time.

A Front Row Seat – Whale Watching in Argentina

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whale-breach.jpg The Southern Right Whale: beautiful, enormous, astonishing, and definitely not shy. When you travel to Peninsula Valdes you will witness just what I mean aboard one of the daily whale watching tour boats. The whales seem to appreciate the tourism just as much as we appreciate visiting them. All on board and full of emotion, our boat of tourists headed out into the Atlantic waters. Whales, as we learned from the well-informed guides, are highly vocal and rely on a variety of different sounds for underwater communication and navigation. Among the chatty sounds of the calls, clicks, buzzes, and water blowing that they produce, the sound of a boat motor is distinct. The other sounds may be used to communicate about where to find food, or when its time to change locations; but when they hear the boat motor, it can only mean one thing…it’s show time.

Cerro Campanario, You Gotta See This.

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Wow. Sitting aboard my cozy LAN flight from Buenos Aires, I enjoyed some of Argentina’s famous chocolates, a nice cup of tea and anxiously awaited our arrival into Bariloche. With each turn of the engine my inner outdoorsman began to emerge and I could feel us approaching those beautiful Andes Mountains. When the wheels finally touched the runway I rushed out of the plane, eager to catch that first sight of the Andes and Lake Nahuel Huapi bordering Bariloche. One glance was inspiration enough to quickly get to a hostel, drop off my bags, and head out into the rugged outdoors.

Iguazu Falls Video Clip

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La Garganta del Diablo, one of the largest waterfalls on earth at Iguazu Falls.It’s difficult to fathom the extraordinary quantities of water that flow over Iguazu Falls and into the deep unknown. Words can only do so much; it is one of those places you have to see to believe.

Pucará de Tilcara in Argentina – A Hidden History

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The restored ruins at Pucara de Tilcara. Jujuy is a north-western province of Argentina, known for its beautiful terrain and aboriginal customs. Located just 84 kilometers from San Salvador de Jujuy, the provincial capital, is the small town of Tilcara (which means “shooting star” in the Quechua language of the Incas). Here you can find Argentina’s history goes back beyond Diego Maradona or Gauchos. Here is a place even older than Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ancient song “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”. A short walk from the town lies the fortress of Pucará de Tilcara, rebuilt ruins that were once occupied by farmers of the Late Incan Empire over 500 years ago, ruins that may be even 1,000 years old in places.