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The wonder of Whales

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

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WOW!!!! and WOW again!!!!!

The southern right whale or Ballena franca austral is the most amazing creature I´ve ever seen. These splendid animals are mammals, migratory, are 15 to 17 meters long and can weigh up to 35 to 40 tonnes. Every year they travel thousands of kilometeres from Antarctica to come to the peaceful waters of Peninsula Valdez. On the news one day, they talked about them arriving this month, how could I have missed them?? [read on]

Señor Perito Moreno

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

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Si señor, el glaciar Perito Moreno!!!
One of the biggest and most mind blowing glaciers in the world, the Perito Moreno is located near the small city of El Calafate in Argentina. This 8th natural wonder of the world, has the “small” size of 240 square Km., 6 Km wide and 40 Km long! It´s bigger than Buenos Aires city centerl!! It´s the biggest piece of ice I´ve ever seen, with 65 meter above the water, and it completely blew mi cabeza [read on]

The end of the World

Thursday, June 21st, 2007
_MG_10651.JPG I can´t go any further. I´m literally at the end of the World. My beloved continent ends here and the next place would be Antartica (which I would love to visit if I ... [Continue reading this entry]

Lots of water!! Iguazú Falls

Monday, June 18th, 2007
_MG_0574.JPG Para Silvia y Nicolas con cariño :) Hey everyone! I´m still amazed with Iguazú falls. The noise still resounds in my ears and it is almost as if I could feel the drops ... [Continue reading this entry]

San Telmo, a night of Tango and Drums

Saturday, June 16th, 2007
_MG_0365-2.jpg Everyone says that if you come to Argentina you can´t miss a tango show. I think it´s a must for anybody visiting this country, but the thing is that a Tango show is ... [Continue reading this entry]

La necrópolis

Thursday, June 14th, 2007
_MG_0243.JPG El cementerio de la recoleta is one of the poshest places to rest in the afterlife, just as Varanasi is one of the holiest on Earth. The size and magnificence of the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Vos donde estoy? Ah sí, en

Saturday, June 9th, 2007
_MG_0162.JPG After recovering from all my travels, I felt that it was time to stroll around Buenos Aires and discover one of the most important cities of South America. It has being a long ... [Continue reading this entry]

Knock offs in China? Really? ;)

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
China it´s the land of fake brands and cheap imitations. Why bother inventing a whole new brand when you can just change some letters and take advantage of people who can´t see well? It´s a pitty I didn´t take pictures of ... [Continue reading this entry]

Is this Asia? Nop, this is Hong Kong!

Monday, June 4th, 2007
_MG_0074.JPG Crossing inmigration gave me a funny feeling. Was I or was I not in China? I mean the signs are still written in chinese, I´m boarding a chinese train, full of chinese of ... [Continue reading this entry]

Welcome to the real city of Light, Shanghai!!

Friday, June 1st, 2007
_MG_4428.JPG Ni Hao my friends, welcome to Shanghai!!!! Finally a city where I see what I was expecting from China: neon lights, futuristic buildings, rivers of people flowing out of the metro and smog, ... [Continue reading this entry]