Domestic Cricket in Argentina
Argentine Cricket may not be soaring on the international level but the domestic scene suggests more promising times ahead. The introduction of a Twenty20 competition is one boost. In a …
Cricket: The Gentleman’s Game in Argentina
Cricket is a quintessential English game that should be enjoyed on a pleasant summer’s afternoon, broken up by breaks for Earl Grey tea and cornered sandwiches. To a first time …
Ten Tips for Hitchhiking in Argentina
Hitchhiking is legal throughout Argentina and is making a comeback among young backpackers. In more remote areas some locals hitchhike everyday, as it is the only mode of ‘public’ transport …
Mendoza’s Gay Vendimia Festival
Mendoza’s Gay Vendimia festival in Argentina’s beautiful wine capital is the largest LGBTQ event in the country, aside from Buenos Aires huge gay pride celebration. Under the slogan ‘Vendimia para …
Hitchhiking in Argentina: Gear, Patience and Safety
Hitchhiking in Argentina is smelly, exhausting, wet, sweaty, cold, hot, windy, dry, uncomfortably awkward and highly rewarding. Thumbing rides in this huge, sparsely populated country can mean days in a …
Vendimia: Mendoza’s Grape Harvest Festival
The National Grape Harvest Festival is the city of Mendoza’s biggest party of the year, dating to 1936. Fiesta de la Vendimia events begin in January and February throughout the …
Grape Harvest Festival 2011 Events
* This post is outdated, please see the latest Vendimia post. This year marks the 75th Anniversary of the Vendimia Grape Harvest Festival in Mendoza. Here is the line up …
Gay Nightlife in Mendoza
Gay nightlife in Mendoza isn’t anything near as wild as in Buenos Aires, but thanks to the city’s small size you can meet people and zero in on your preferred …
Gay Tango in Buenos Aires: Taking The Milonga Back to its Roots
Tango is the dance that is synonymous with Argentina in most traveler’s minds. Few know, though, that in its beginning the dance was frequently practiced between men with no women …
‘Urban Animal’ Corner: Recycle Artist, Ashco Iana
Ashco Iana Recycle artist Age: older than 40, younger than 100 Resides: Plaza Dorrego, San Telmo Q: You’re from the province of Chaco, what was life like growing up? I …