Buenos Aires
In front of the Argentinean Congress with my host sister, mama, and nephew
Instead of a popcorn and a large diet coke-
I sipped (cine)mate.. at the (very full) 1:45am movie
Plaza de Mayo (with the Casa Rosada in the background)
Outside the Quilmes Rock music festival in Buenos Aires
entering the VIP section
Cino, one of Argentina's biggest names in National Rock
La Boca
Outside Gaminito's in La Boca
Future Messis and Maradonas
Tourist buddies from Ecuador
Best Churipan ever- for a buck-fifty from a street cart on the harbor
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| Surprise Mariachi Birthday |
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| Teaching English at the elementary school |
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| Folklore for Formosa's Birthday |
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| My nephew Gino's baptism |
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| Iguazu falls with Jim, Anne and Philipp |
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| Resistencia with Andy and Ruby |
BRASIL!!
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| the whole group in Brasilia |
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| One of the little girls in the Favela (ghetto) that we gave gifts to |
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| Copacabana beach |
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| Where they have Carnival in Rio |
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| Top of Sugarloaf Mountain with Ruby |
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| Christ the Redeemer |
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| Lencois |
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| View of Rio de Janeiro from Sugarloaf Mountain |
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| New Years Eve |
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| Christmas crafts with Erin |
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| New Years Eve Mass |
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| Santa and Angel Ornaments with Sam |
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| Christmas dinner with the fam |
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| Baking Pan Dulce with Graciela |
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| Mechanical Bull |
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| Festival Folklore |
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| "one serving" |
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| La Union |
PATAGONIA
Puerto Madryn
El Calafate
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| Glaciar Perito Moreno |
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| making our AMERICAN BREAKFAST! |
Ushuaia
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| World's Southern-most harbor |
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| Chile! |
Esquel
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| the girls in front of our cabin! |
Bariloche
MENDOZA
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| puente del inca |
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Okay I know, not appropriate attire for hiking in the Andes..
but they told me we were vineyard hopping that day. |
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| cows in the clouds |
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| the winding road to Catamarca |
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| vineyards |
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| plaza indepencía, mendoza |
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| Graciela and Vito, my adorable host parents |
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| FINALLY in the same Argentine city! |
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| Aconcagua |
photos from around my barrio
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| Inbounds to District 4845: In Argentina, with Paraguay and Brazil behind us |
below: photos from Las Cataratas de Iguazú
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| Such tourists! :) |
Entre Ríos
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| Palm trees lining the countryside in Entre Ríos, Argentina |
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| The Cathedral/Monastery we stayed at for the weekend |
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| Friends at an in-school protest |
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| Marching downtown Formosa in protest of the lack of funding that goes towards education |
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| The courtyard at school |
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| The American exchange students in Formosa, and our families! |
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| My host parents, Vito and Graciela, and I in Asunción, Paraguay |
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| The view walking downtown Formosa |
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My first (and very amazing!) Rotary connection- (from right to left) a former Worldwide President of Rotary International, his wife Celia, and good friend Eduardo!
Can't believe my luck in finding them at the airport in Buenos Aires! |
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