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The Puente de la Mujer bridge, a modern bridge on Buenos Aires' waterfront.
Date: 04/02/2007
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My first Argentinian steak, with a half-bottle of wine. Not a bad meal.
Date: 04/02/2007
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The Obelisco, which is like Buenos Aires' Eiffel Tower.
Date: 04/02/2007
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Eating lots of food and drinking lots of wine with some other travellers.
Date: 04/07/2007
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Rubin demonstrating the stylish way Argentinian men dress.
Date: 04/07/2007
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At Milion, a mansion converted to a cool bar.
Date: 04/07/2007
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The three of us at Milion.
Date: 04/07/2007
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At the Recoleta Cemetary, where the ultra rich and famous are buried. This is a very typical tomb, sitting among hundreds and hundreds of others.
Date: 04/08/2007
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Evita (Eva Peron) is even buried at the Recoleta Cemetary.
Date: 04/08/2007
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Years after her death, people continue to lay flowers at her site. Don't cry for her, Argentina.
Date: 04/08/2007
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Mixing in with the locals by taking tango lessons. Here I am, pictured before our lesson...my face says it all.
Date: 04/08/2007
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Andrew and Rubin practicing their newly-learned tango moves, on the street.
Date: 04/08/2007
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Rubin being accosted by a bunch of local children who wouldn't leave him alone. He then took them into a McDonalds and did something with them.
Date: 04/08/2007
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At one of the many parillas (meat grills) in Buenos Aires. Displays like this probably wouldn't be too popular in America.
Date: 04/09/2007
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Eating at the parilla. Look at that huge pile of meat before we eat...
Date: 04/09/2007
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...and after we're done. Not much difference, even though we each stuffed ourselves.
Date: 04/09/2007
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The theme of the trip: me taking a picture of Rubin.
Date: 04/09/2007
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Down in El Calafate, a city in Southern Argentina, which is in the Patagonia region. El Calafate is famous for the nearby Perito Moreno glacier.
Date: 04/10/2007
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Our hostel in El Calafate...a nice place.
Date: 04/15/2007
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Hanging out at our hostel. Andrew and I admire the new, tough-looking Rubin.
Date: 04/10/2007
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The men in black (tops) going out one night.
Date: 04/10/2007
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Nightlife was so exciting in El Calafate, we resorted to doing math puzzles on napkins in the bar.
Date: 04/10/2007
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Up and early at 7am to catch a bus going to the glacier.
Date: 04/11/2007
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Entering the glacier park.
Date: 04/11/2007
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Walking towards the glacier.
Date: 04/11/2007
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Three men and a block of ice.
Date: 04/11/2007
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Rubin asks "Where is the glacier?", so I point it out to him.
Date: 04/11/2007
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We took a boat ride to get even closer to the glacier.
Date: 04/11/2007
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Rubin having his photo taken by a squatting Andrew.
Date: 04/11/2007
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The classic glacier photo.
Date: 04/11/2007
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Me and the glacier. It really was that blue.
Date: 04/11/2007
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Nice style of wearing socks...must be a local thing.
Date: 04/11/2007
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Showing how far back the glacier goes. The glacier has approximately the same area as the city of Buenos Aires.
Date: 04/11/2007
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Boarding the boat.
Date: 04/11/2007
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Me on the boat.
Date: 04/11/2007
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Andrew on the boat.
Date: 04/11/2007
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The glacier, up close.
Date: 04/11/2007
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People taking photos of the glacier.
Date: 04/11/2007
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On the boat, with the Argentinian flag.
Date: 04/11/2007
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Back in Buenos Aires, getting a glimpse of what Argentinians do best (tango).
Date: 04/17/2007
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