2008

Our New Itinerary: Belize to Tikal, Guatemala

December 30, 2008
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After flying from Buenos Aires to Minneapolis for four days, then to Texas for a week, we’ve stopped in Belize (a small Central American country) for Elizabeth’s brother’s wedding. Our original plan was to stay here until early January, then spend a few weeks traveling around Guatemala. But, as travel plans do, ours have changed. [...]

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Last Chance to Win Travel Prizes!

December 29, 2008

Earlier this month we told you about Passports with Purpose, the awesome travel blogger fundraiser for Heifer International. It ends today, at 11:59 pm PST so make sure you get your raffle tickets now. Click here to get started. There are lots of great prizes, including our recycled Mounstainsmith Tour pack. Tickets are only $10, [...]

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Trelew: Real Life in Argentina

December 29, 2008
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“What are you doing here?” a local teenager asked us after he learned we were from the United States. Trelew isn’t exactly the top spot on most “Places to Visit in Argentina” lists. But perhaps it should be. Situated between Puerto Madryn, Punta Tombo, and Gaiman (a Welsh village with teahouses), Trelew is a great [...]

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Drinking Yerba Mate: The Ultimate Argentine Experience

December 23, 2008
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Walk down any street in any town in Argentina at about 3:00 in the afternoon and you’ll see someone pouring hot water from a thermos into a gourd, drinking it through a straw, then passing it to a friend who repeats the process…. You drink it through a metal straw-like utensil (called a bombillo ) that has a filter on the end so the mate leaves can’t get through.

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How to Keep Up with GGTG: Subscribe to Our Feed

December 18, 2008
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If you’re new to Go Green Travel Green, or even if you’ve followed us for a while, we want to make sure you know how to get eco travel tips and keep up with our travels…. If you’ve missed our posts for a while (or haven’t read everything we’ve written) you can check out our Archives .

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Chocolate Taste Test in Bariloche, Argentina

December 17, 2008
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However, walking down just a few blocks of the city revealed that with the sheer number of shops I would become either sick or broke (probably both) if sampling from each shop. We conducted our own taste testing of chocolate shops in Bariloche, Argentina.

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Out of Toothpaste = Time to Go Home

December 16, 2008
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As luck would have it, the liquid supplies — including toothpaste, shampoo, and sunscreen — that we purchased when we arrived in Argentina are now being squeezed to their very last drop…. While we’re baking Christmas cookies and singing carols, we’ll catch you up on the rest of our Argentina adventures — experiences in El Chalten, El Calafate, Bariloche, Trelew, and more that we didn’t have a chance to write about while we were here.

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Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina: Seeing Evita in Her Homeland

December 15, 2008
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Eva gives money to the poor, chats it up with commoners, and scoffs in the faces of traditional women who tell her she can’t hold an office because she’s a woman and too young…. If you’ve still got a hankering for hearing “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” in Spanish (I know I did) here’s Nacha Guevara, the star of Eva: el gran musical argentino , singing it — “No llores por mí Argentina.”

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What’s a Typical Argentine Breakfast?

December 12, 2008
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Alas, to my disappointment, a typical breakfast in Argentina is a cup of coffee with milk ( cafe con leche ), a few croissants ( medialunas ), and a shot glass of carbonated water…. After two months in Argentina, I’ve gotten used to supplementing my hostel breakfast with fruit or yogurt to satiate my American desire for something more substantial.

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Stepping on Penguins: Dilemmas in Green Travel

December 10, 2008
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While I loved the opportunity to take lots of cute photos of penguins at Punta Tombo, I was struck with the dilemmas of being an environmentally conscious traveler…. Whether it’s bringing a reusable water bottle to the airport, parking further away rather than driving in circles looking for a parking spot at the mall, or wrapping presents in the Sunday comics, every little bit helps.

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