Recently I was perusing the Oh! Buenos Aires! page (one of the most in depth resources for tourist information on Buenos Aires) when I found a neat feature: the Buenos Aires webcam!

There are two webcams showing different corners in Buenos Aires: one shows the 9 de Julio Avenue / Obelisco View and the other, seen below, is a view of the Cathedral and the corner of the Plaza de Mayo.

Checking out webcam images of BA is a fun way to get pumped for a trip, or a nice way to remember the city once you’re gone.

Other helpful tools found on www.ohbuenosaires.com include a virtual Read more

Globefeed.com offers a distance calculator that can be quite helpful when trying to plan a trip through Argentina.

You enter the name of the City, Village, Town or Airport you are traveling to, and the one you are traveling from and then press the search button. If there are multiple destinations with the same name you will be asked to select which city you are traveling from. Then, you click calculate distance.

The distance will be given to you in kilometers, miles, and nautical miles, and will tell you an approximated direct distance, as if traveling in a straight line. The actual distance when traveling by roadway may be greater, but at least you have an approximation.

There is Read more

Argentina is a big country and sometimes getting from point A to point B can be a pretty big ordeal.

The most common way to travel around the country is by bus. For most Argentines buses present an economical, and comfortable way to traverse the country. The buses even have first class sections, with 180 degree reclining leather seats, for reasonable prices. Longer trips have cama or semi-cama options, which means bed or semi-ed, and are perfect for long, overnight trips. Don’t expect much in the way of service though; it is very hit or miss, although longer trips generally serve food and play a movie.

The quickest way to get from one side of the country to the other is by plane, however it is not Read more