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How Much Does it Cost to Travel?

How Much Does it Cost to Travel?

Posted on 08. Feb, 2012 by .

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You know there’s not going to be any one concrete answer to this, right? This is a question I get asked a lot in the comments and in emails, and it always makes me wince a little, because when I answer I usually have to say it depends. Kind of vague, but true. What does [...]

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Don’t Go to the Zoo When it’s Hot

Don’t Go to the Zoo When it’s Hot

Posted on 06. Feb, 2012 by .

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We may have made a tactical error. While Buenos Aires is a beautiful city, Summer may be the least desirable time of year to visit. Not only is it brutally hot and rainy, it’s a ghost town. To escape the heat, Portenos (residents of BA) flee the city in January and February to vacation at [...]

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Friday Postcard: The Beefeater

Friday Postcard: The Beefeater

Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by .

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Today’s handsome postcard comes from Bob of the Travelling Fool: Spoke to this guy for awhile and found out to be a Beefeater you must be retired military and most are retired CSM from the British Army. They live at the tower of London and their official job is to guard the king and Crown [...]

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Best of the Blogosphere: January 2012

Best of the Blogosphere: January 2012

Posted on 02. Feb, 2012 by .

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Happy New Year! My year so far has been hot and rainy (Argentine summers are not the best) and productive! Now that we are installed in our comfy Buenos Aires apartment complete with AC and an indoor BBQ, I’m working really hard to pump out some good stuff. I’m also tackling Spanish classes, volunteering and [...]

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Where Do I Start? How to Stop Dreaming and Get Moving

Where Do I Start? How to Stop Dreaming and Get Moving

Posted on 31. Jan, 2012 by .

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I got an email from a reader the other day (edited for length/personal details): I took a year off from college with the intentions to travel. Well…. I didn’t travel and one year later, I find myself in the same spot I was a year ago. Being twenty, I’m not sure what I want to [...]

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El Ateneo-The Most Beautiful Book Store in the World

El Ateneo-The Most Beautiful Book Store in the World

Posted on 29. Jan, 2012 by .

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Well I guess I can stop looking now. El Ateneo on Santa Fe Avenue in Buenos Aires is probably the most impressive book store I’ve ever seen.  in the 1920′s it was a theater that could seat over 1000 people. It was later converted to a movie theater, then back to a theater and back [...]

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Friday Postcard: Taxi in the Rain

Friday Postcard: Taxi in the Rain

Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by .

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Being an Angophile, I adore this perfectly London shot of a taxi racing by St. Paul’s Cathedral. It was sent in by amazingly talented Lisa Lubin who runs LL World Tour. (Do you have a photo you’d like to see featured here? Email me at Steph@twenty-somethingtravel.com)

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6 Excuses Not to Travel (and Why They are BS)

6 Excuses Not to Travel (and Why They are BS)

Posted on 26. Jan, 2012 by .

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Enough already with the excuses! I’ve heard them all over the past few years. I never ask for them, but whenever I meet someone at a party, tell them what I’m up to and what I’ve chosen to do, the excuses come pouring out. It always amuses me a bit, because I would never expect [...]

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The Rules of Mate

The Rules of Mate

Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by .

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If there’s one practice that sums up everything that sets Argentina apart culturally from Europe, it’s mate. While Argentinean culture takes a lot from the motherland- a love of coffee, gelato and pizza for starters, the consumption of mate (pronounced mah-tay) is uniquely South American. What is mate? I’d never heard of the stuff before [...]

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