For The Love of Travel

My favorite places, photos and stories

March 9, 2016
by Lids
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9/3/16 Buenos Aires

OMG! Ricky Martin is performing in Buenos Aires on 11 and 12 March! I missed him in El Calafate a few weeks back….I tried to get tickets on line last night (there were $500 ones still available) but my bank … Continue reading

March 9, 2016
by Lids
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8/3/16 Ushuaia and Buenos Aires

A day at sea and we arrive at Ushuaia and disembark – just in time for the perfectly timed worker’s demo (8.30am) about the Government cutting their wages by 5% to spend on social security and health initiatives. Police and SWAT … Continue reading

February 17, 2016
by Lids
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16/2/16 Ushuaia

Cloudy, sleeting, howling wind on my arrival into Ushuaia. Caught a ‘sight seeing bus’ around town. A brief history of the township (pop 80,000): The Selk’nam Indians also called the Ona, first arrived in Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire) about 10,000 … Continue reading