San Antonio de Areco is in its full cowboy best during the annual Gaucho Festival in November. In a tradition running more than 70 years, gauchos (cowboys) descend on the little town from all over Argentina to strut horseback along the cobbled streets in all their finery to celebrate the Fiesta de la Tradición. The […]
Iguazú Falls: The Fury of Nature
When faced with nature’s brute strength and grandeur at Iguazú Falls, it’s easy to understand why mystical stories of love and rage serve to explain this phenomenon of nature. Local legend maintains that this is the spot where a beautiful woman was sacrificed every year in order to tame a vicious snake that inhabited the […]
