Despite fears of social unrest, a traveler takes a vacation to Buenos Aires, Argentina, after getting the green light from the United Nations, only to find herself surrounded by violent …
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A Book Led Me There
The Saddle I Inherited: Living as a Gaucho in My Father’s Patagonia
by Camila Rikliby Camila RikliThe daughter of a Patagonian gaucho traces her heritage on horseback, testing her grit as she joins a livestock drive across the vast, unforgiving pampas.
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South AmericaThe Travel Writing Podcast
[Podcast] Behind the Scenes of “Small Earthquakes” with Shafik Meghji
Over the course of 15 years, Shafik Meghji traveled repeatedly to South America, falling in love with the continent and in particular with Buenos Aires, which he came to feel …
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After being evacuated from her Peace Corps assignment in Paraguay at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, a traveler returns to find out what has changed over the past four …
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A traveler hops between Uruguay and Buenos Aires in search of Argentina’s mysterious ‘blue dollar’ Buenos Aires, Argentina Busy burger bars and grand theaters line Calle Florida, Buenos Aires’ famous …
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South AmericaWhat It's Like
What It’s Like to Travel in South America – Locals and Travelers Weigh In
In a new series for Intrepid Times, we look at what it’s actually like to travel in various parts of the world, with first hand stories and testimony of locals …
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A writer researching the Kolla peoples of Argentina’s Yunga region learns of their fight for freedom from an elderly nurse and former slave. The first time I met Saturnino Vargas, …
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In the mystifying tango salons of Buenos Aires, a traveling writer attempts to mend a broken heart. A woman dressed in black is sitting alone inside a café, and I …