Showing posts with the label Argentina

9 de Julio Avenue: The Widest Street in the World

Jun 22, 2012

9 de Julio Avenue (or Avenida 9 de Julio, in the local tongue) in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, is not just any street. Nine lanes wide,...

Penitentes: Peculiar Spikey Snow Formation in the Andes

May 25, 2012

On very high-altitude glaciers, such as those in the Andes mountains, where the air is dry, snow can grow into spectacular narrow blades of ...

Triple Frontier: The Tri-Border Between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay

Mar 15, 2012

The Triple Frontier is the tri-border region where the borders of 3 countries meet: Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil. While there are many tri...

Triora - The Town Of Witches

Jul 31, 2010

Triora, in Italy, is a sleepy little ancient hill towns in the valley of Argentine in the region of Liguria, close to the French border. Muc...