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How to Meet People in a Hostel Abroad 2008-02-21 10:53:51 One of the biggest questions I had before heading abroad was, “how will I meet people?”.
Of course, whenever I read about someone backpacking around the world they always talk about how easy it is to meet people. How much common ground there is, how quickly it is that groups form, and how suddenly it [...] Read more:Hostel
Ear Infection In Argentina- My Experience as a Foreigner with Argentinean Health Care 2008-02-18 23:39:39 Ear infection in a third world country— emergency?
Hell no.
After waking up in the middle of a night with my ear making a solid attempt at exploding, I tried a bunch of different home remedies to no affect. So, without any other option, I headed off the the hospital recommended by the guy working at the [...] Read more:Argentina
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The Lap of Luxury on an Argentinean Bus- User Experience of a Bus Ride 2008-02-17 23:47:04 In the United States, when I think of busses, I think of dirty, grimy, worn out Greyhounds transported two bit convicted felons to new cities. The seats are usually uncomfortable, facilities worthless or non-existent, and the food… well, there isn’t any. Because of this, busses just aren’t a reasonable alternative to flying or driving- even [...] Read more:Luxury
Traffic Stats- Volume Nothing 2008-02-17 22:30:37 For the sake of “hey, why not!”, I’m going to be making monthly posts about the traffic and various analytics stats of this site. In particular, I’m going to be focusing on my results in getting on the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPS) for various topics, and then, eventually, monetizing the traffic. For now, I’m [...] Read more:Stats
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Mendoza- Vineyards, Hot Springs, Hikes, and Hammocks 2008-02-17 12:48:16 It seems the name of the game is to either go with people you know, or go to a hostel where it’s easy to meet people, because, like most things, everything that’s awesome about Mendoza
is far, far better when you’re doing it with friends. So, the the former, I highly recommend going to [...] Read more:Vineyards
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First Impressions of Mendoza, Argentina 2008-02-17 12:45:40 Wine country ahoy!
Prior to arriving in Argentina
, I had never heard of Mendoza
, ever. However, as people in Buenos Aires came and went, one of the five questions that everyone asks everyone is “So, where have you been?”. And one of the answers that continuously came up was Mendoza- nothing specific about it, just [...] Read more:First
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The Buenos Aires Bubble- Jose Gonzales, Argentinean Hipsters, Drum Concerts, and Soho Palermo 2008-02-17 12:42:29 I like bubbles.
In the nicer parts of Buenos Aires, the streets are wide and lined with trees, providing shade everywhere, cafes and restaurants are all over the place, with outdoor seating all about. Things are perfectly safe, outside of the general big city crime, for which commonsense precautions absolve most all fears.
There’s a huge [...] Read more:Bubble
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First Impressions of Buenos Aires, Argentina 2008-02-17 12:38:39 This is going to be the post pair in an ongoing series where I will post my impressions of a city when I first get to it, what it’s like touching down/arriving in, getting into the city, and wandering about/going out for the first time in the city.
In Buenos Aires’ case, be forewarned that [...] Read more:Argentina
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Anti-Americanism is a Joke 2008-02-17 12:35:27 I’m going to be writing a post on my experience flying into Argentina, and my first day in Buenos Aires, but I felt it necessary to preface the post with a note on the idea of Anti-Americanism that permeates the national conversation on traveling overseas, from the ridiculous overuse of Canadian flags sewn onto backpacks to the flag [...]
Introductory Happenstance 2008-02-17 12:30:18 Introductory posts always suck, since they are try to encapsulate the posts to come, when the author really has no idea what the hell is going to come. So, really, it’s just a form of pseudo-literary masturbation with delusions of eloquence sprinkled on top.
So, in order that I may prevent myself from rocking the [...]
A Changing of Gears 2008-03-24 12:28:27 No post in quite a while, as I’ve gone through a pretty significant changing of gears- after waiting out my ear infection in Buenos Aires, I headed back to Mendoza with some friends with the intention of picking up where I left off… except, I really wanted to get back to Buenos Aires. However, feeling [...] Read more:Changing
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