Vertical gardens have caught on here as they have in American cities. There are many of the same standard plants in North American landscapes coast to coast as there are in Buenos Aires. People in the city with balconies typically have things growing. While marijuana is not legal here, I’ve seen two places with two […]
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Christmas in Buenos Aires
A 71% Catholic country, Argentina has been adopting more and more American consumer holidays as they lessen restrictions to enter the world market. In 1914 Argentina was among the 10 wealthiest countries in the world because of beef and grain export.
Working phone booths Buenos Aires 2016
For the next Matrix movies?
Cell phone service in South American Cities
Mobile Phone Services There are many different local cell phone services to choose from all over South America. In many countries, the most popular larger cellular companies are Claro and Movistar. Before going, I researched several services online and checked and compared their signal strengths on opensignal.com for the areas we would be travelling: Argentina, […]
Buses of Buenos Aires
In a city of 16.6 million, larger than any U.S. city, Buenos Aires has a robust and extensive transportation system of buses and subways. Zoe navigated us with her Google Maps expertise refined in New York City, using the app Como Llego in BA. This post is about the buses, I wrote a separate post […]
Trains and Subways of Buenos Aires
Our couchsurfing host said the rides are expensive and people complain about the cost of the rides, 2 pesos up to 6 pesos per ride. I calculated conversation rates and found an average 3 peso ride was 22 cents. In Neuva York, New York City, one ride isĀ $2.75, which is currently roughly 38 pesos. […]
The tiles underfoot rattle like old bones
On a perfectly gloomy day, we decided to visit one of Buenos Aires’ big attractions, the Recoleta Cemetery. Surrounded on four sides by city, the most notable are the TGI Fridays and the McDonald’s facing the high wall of the cemetery one side, which are part of the outdoor food court that is the Recoleta […]
Muchas Cosas en una Foto
This picture captures many facets of Buenos Aires (BA). Starting from the left, modern high rises next to centuries old buildings still occupied and flying the original flag. Graffiti is common and mostly words. BA is highly literate, there are many bookstores (and CD stores) and a QR code to an app for downloading library […]
Huevos de Codorniz
We got to bed last night after taking a bus and a cab to get to our couchsurfing hosts home around midnight after 24 hours of airplanes. We are staying for a few days in a well kept efficiency downtown Palermo and sleeping on a full size futon. I felt very tired but my mind […]
Lima, Peru (airport layover)
I’ve wanted to see Peru since becoming enchanted with its botanical riches through the Amazon Herb Company many years ago, the early 2000s. We are on a quick layover from LAX to Buenos Aires, so the previous picture is as much as I could see this trip from the ground. We flew over some buildings, […]