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Your Man In Buenos Aires: Watching "Rio Arriba"

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Your Man In Buenos Aires. Saturday, 30 December 2006. It is a documentary. The director who presents the film is the narrator in it. He is very serious. His family used to exploit indios for their sugar factory. When they went back home their terraced fields were eroded away. The other character is called Bernabés. He is a musician and very charming. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Going on a trip to the Paraná Delta. Meeting the Swedish Ambassador. Having change for the bus. Going to the Supermarket.

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Your Man In Buenos Aires: On Insects

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Your Man In Buenos Aires. Wednesday, 3 January 2007. Some of the bites look like flea bites but are in fact mosquito bites too. The mosquitoes know that we are foreigners and attack us more than people from here. There are also cockroaches. Some are squashed on the pavement. Some are alive. There was one on the balcony at Isolina´s flat the other day. When you squash them their eggs hatch and there are more of them. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). On Being an Ethical Consumer. The Price of Things.

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Your Man In Buenos Aires: Views of Buenos Aires

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Your Man In Buenos Aires. Monday, 30 April 2007. Views of Buenos Aires. The place in question. As you can see, it is next to water. The water is brown and slow-moving and belongs to the Rio de la Plata, or River of Money (with a bit of poetic licence). The River of Money is gigantic and undrinkable. No wonder the country has a history of economic problems. Not all of Buenos Aires is made of concrete. There are lots of parks in the North, in Palermo and Recoleta. This is near the Japanese Garden.

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Your Man In Buenos Aires: Las Flores

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Your Man In Buenos Aires. Monday, 30 April 2007. A coach takes us there. I have never been so comfortable in my life on public transport. The seats recline and include upholstered leg rests. The journey is far too short. We arrive at midday in a quiet town in the pampas, the flat grassy plains south of Buenos Aires full of soya fields, cows and white settlers called gauchos. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Views of Buenos Aires. View my complete profile. Mat´s Crochet Blog.

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Your Man In Buenos Aires: A Punk Gig in a Squat

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Your Man In Buenos Aires. Saturday, 23 December 2006. A Punk Gig in a Squat. We are refused entry until we bring some victuals for a charity collection. We go to the Shell petrol station and buy some sugar and some tea. They now let us in. The beer is cheap at 5 pesos a litre and the atmosphere very friendly. Our host Ramiro says there is an MMDA shortage but that doesn´t seem to have any ill effect on the overall ambiance. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Going on a trip to the Paraná Delta. A Punk G...

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Your Man In Buenos Aires: Our House-Warming

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Your Man In Buenos Aires. Sunday, 14 January 2007. For a change we are the hosts. Francesca makes stuffed avocadoes and I, nachoes like in The Forest. Too late I discover that the yoghurt I used for the tzatziki is sweet. We eat off plastic plates on the floor as we have unsufficient bum space while Fere and Gustavo say interesting things about the Military Dictatorship. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). On Being an Ethical Consumer. The Price of Things. A Trip to San Isidro. A Walk in the Park.

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Your Man In Buenos Aires: A Walk in the Park

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Your Man In Buenos Aires. Saturday, 20 January 2007. A Walk in the Park. The small girl with dreadlocks who walks with us doesn´t want to say her name and later doesn´t say goodbye. Attracted by what sounds like electric guitars sound-checking, we end up where the motorway goes past the airport. The electric guitars are airplanes which is ironic because later the real guitars are so loud we can´t hear the planes as they swoop just above the stage coming in to land. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Your Man In Buenos Aires: Photos! Finally photos!

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Your Man In Buenos Aires. Monday, 30 April 2007. Below a couple of pictures of our flat. Left the inside with the window in the bedroom visible at the back. Right Francesca looking up from our window. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Views of Buenos Aires. View my complete profile. Mat´s Crochet Blog.

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Your Man In Buenos Aires: The Price of Things

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Your Man In Buenos Aires. Tuesday, 2 January 2007. The Price of Things. The price of meat is under state supervision and is less than that of fish or cheese. The biggest and best-quality milk manufacturer is publicly-owned. There are no non-seasonal fruits and vegetables as fruits and vegtables are not imported. Vegetables cost even less than meat. The most expensive things are those to do with technology. Digital cameras cost twice to four times as much as in Europe. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Your Man In Buenos Aires: Cable TV

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Your Man In Buenos Aires. Tuesday, 23 January 2007. We have fewer friends here than in our respective homes and sometimes it is too hot to leave the house. Luckily The Simpsons are on four times a day and all the major American film companies have their own dedicated networks. Prison Break (series 2) is on on Fox but has too many ad breaks. It is the same with soya beans: they are the star of the Argentinian export economy but are over-relied upon and thus a potential cause for not winning the World Cup.