May 29, 2009

Whale Vigil in Peninsula Valdes, Chubut



Every year at this time of the year the Southern right whales arrive to the coast of Chubut in the south of Argentina.

May 25, 2009

Buenos Aires China town has a new Entry Arc


Argentina, like all countries of the world with a strong Chinese community, hasfinished the construction an entrance arch to the chinese neighbourhood. The government of China decided to pay around half a million dollars to install an arch of stone and cement that is eleven meters high and has

May 12, 2009

Perito Moreno Glacier and the rupture of the glaceir


I had already written an article about the Perito Moreno Glacier, but the other day I found these great videos an Youtube which are simply marvellous.
They show the Perito Moreno Glacier and the rupture of the

May 11, 2009

Great Buildings of Buenos Aires: Planetarium "Galileo Galilei"



When I was a kid I loved visiting the Planetarium, a sort of astronomy museum with meteorites and space images all over the place. Whilst you were sitting in the Planetarium you could see the images