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 What
is the square area of Paradise? In so many of the world beauty spots there
is an annoying city or freeway that degrades the view. There are a
few still pristine places, but the crush of people is so heavy, you are
always surrounded. There is noise. There is car exhaust. There is... Patagonia
to escape to. San Carlos de Bariloche is perched above the lovely Nahuel
Huapi Lake with brazos (arms) stretching off as far as the imagination
can wander. El Bolson a couple of hours south does not have the downtown
lake but just turn to the west and the massive wall of rock rises thousands
of feet above you. Mountains completely encircle the town but the wall
draws your eye and you feel like an ant. Most people just gasp as
the clouds pull back and you see the true height of the peaks. A few minutes
drive south and across the Rio Negro Province border, and into Chubut Province,
there is Lago Puelo spread before an array of snowy peaks. From Lago Puelo
north to Bariloche, then on to Villa la Angostura and finally to San Martin
de Los Andes: my Paradise. When the crowds come, the exits are everywhere.
There is the Lake or you can travel deeper in as pavement turns to gravel,
then to dirt, and buildings begin to disappear among the trees. The Lake
country of Argentina is dominated by a mix of truly awesome mountains,
and intensely beautiful lakes. Sprinkle in a few graceful volcanos and
you have a wild masterpiece outside your windows. No matter which side
of which lake you find yourself on, the colors will surprise you. The sky
is childhood-blue and the water is so clear you can easily pick out stones
on the bottom even from the top of the surrounding ridges. - A
Little More On Living In San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina ~ Escaping
To Patagonia By Douglas Harris |
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| Real Estate
In Argentina By Province
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 Living
in Argentina: La Vida Buena - Fueled
by hot desert days and cool nights, both protected and nourished by the
majestic snow-capped Andes to the west, Mendoza province in western Argentina
is a fertile utopia for producing world class grapes that insure world
class wines. “Malbec will make it big. By the year 2015, the greatness
of Argentinean wines made from the Malbec grape will be understood as a
given. This French varietal has reached startling heights of quality in
Argentina. Both inexpensive, delicious Malbecs and majestic, profoundly
complex ones from high elevation vineyards are already being produced,
and by 2015 this long-ignored grape’s place in the pantheon of noble wines
will be guaranteed.” With the strength of the dollar rising against the
Argentine peso, (the US Dollar against the Argentine Peso is 25% stronger
today than in 2007) many people are starting to question why exactly they
should not resettle here, where the leisurely days are filled with lots
of sunshine, siesta, and friendly Latin neighbors who greet you with a
hug and a kiss, and laugh with you, not at you, when you do not speak the
language well. |
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 A
Day on an Argentine Ranch -
I knew I wasn’t in Buenos Aires anymore when everyone greeted me with “Buenos
Dias” instead of “Buen Dia” and said good-bye with an “Adiós” instead
of “Ciao.” I was in a rural area where the Spanish is not influenced
by Italian as it is in the large, metro area of the capital. I had
come to Corrientes Province to visit the Nature Reserve, Esteros del Ibera,
marshes that are a naturalist’s dream with hundreds of bird and animal
species. The name of the marshes, Ibera, comes from Guaraní and
means shining water. These marshes are one of the largest and richest
sweet water wetlands in the world. Here the water flows so
slowly that you cannot see the current. It drops at a rate of only
40 centimeters every 10 kilometers. Floating in the lagoons are drifting
islands of matted vegetation with soil about half a meter deep, but there
are 2 to 3 meters of water underneath these islands. |
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 Notes
From The Road ~ Robin In Argentina ~ By Robin Sparks - I'm not
sure whose idea it was to paint lanes on Argentina's roads, because they
are systematically ignored. While I don't agree that Argentinean drivers
are some of the worst in the world, distinct lanes of traffic simply don't
exist. One drives where one finds or makes space. Another interesting
aside: In Buenos Aires the light turns yellow not only before it turns
red, but also before it turns green. That night, I open the fourteen foot
tall French doors of my room at The Malabia House to my balcony and sit
under the leaves of a sycamore tree. I am dressed in cotton pants, a sleeveless
cotton blouse, and sandals. I'm not cold and I'm not hot and there are
no bugs. The moon is full, and even after midnight, the city is buzzing,
cars and voices everywhere. The cafes overflowing with patrons. A
policeman stands at the corner in the shadows. |
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 Living
In San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina ~ Real Estate And Life In Bariloche
~ By Douglas Harris - I guess the memory-legend-true myth of our
trip to Bariloche will always be “Let’s sell everything and live here”
this after about an hour looking out over Lake Nahuel Huapi. Snowy peaks
surround this lake of indescribable blue. The water so pure you could drink
it straight with no harm. The air is so clean, it recalls a kind of genetic
memory of a time when pristine actually described something in your life.
We, in the USA, live in a world of varying shades of gray. The ’well-to-do’
exist in the lighter shades (of gray), but the rest of us move in a darker
world. We buy a Quadra filter for the air, a Brita for the water, condoms
to make love, we just try to survive to “Miller Time”. Now, here was San
Carlos de Bariloche and the rules had changed. |
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 Buenos
Aires: Nourishing the Body - by Delores Johnson - A little known
fact is that Argentina has world class Spas and Hot Springs, and they cost
a fraction of what they cost in Europe or the United States. I had
only visited the Spas and Hot Springs in Hot Springs, Arkansas before moving
to Argentina. Ten years ago, a bath in the mineral waters followed
by a one hour massage to relieve tired muscles cost US $100. This
high cost is what kept me from visiting other Spas. Today in Argentina
that US $100 goes a lot further. My husband and I spent three nights
in a Hotel and Spa with its own Hot Springs, like the ones in Hot Springs,
Arkansas. There was a dry sauna, steam sauna, hot tub with whirlpool,
and indoor and outdoor swimming pools. We could use any of
these facilities any time we wanted during the twelve hour period per day
they were open, and we had two meals a day included at the hotel restaurant
which was excellent. |
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 Undervalued
Argentina: Four Ways This Inviting Nation Makes Very Good Sense Today
- Perhaps you dream of a high-ceiling pied-a-terre in a cosmopolitan city…
or a swath of land where grape vines grow and you can walk for miles… Or
maybe you long for a mountain retreat where snow-capped peaks offer heart-stopping
views and world-class skiing… or perhaps you always imagined yourself a
land baron -- steward of a vast, productive expanse... Whatever your dream,
you may be pleasantly surprised to find there's one nation where it's not
simply attainable -- but remarkably affordable, too: Argentina. It's varied,
beautiful, sophisticated… and undervalued, which means it makes a lot of
sense right now -- whether you're in the market for a primary residence
overseas, a vacation home, or simply a smart investment. Recovering --
And Still a Smart Deal - As you probably know, there was an economic crisis
in Argentina in 2002. And back then, if you'd flown down with greenbacks
to spend, you'd have found properties selling for next-to-nothing. |
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 Nectar
of The Gods - Alfredo Roca wines in Argentina - The vines present
a myriad of greens, stretching as far as the eye can see, to the snow capped
Andes mountains on the horizon. It is hard to believe that these
achingly blue skies can, in a few minutes, turn to a maelstrom of black,
swirling clouds and rampant winds, thus potentially destroying a harvest
in seconds. Labels dance in the hot afternoon breeze… Cabernet Sauvignon,
Syrah, Merlot, Malbec, Bonarda, Sangiovese…the reds. Chardonnay,
Chenin and Tocai Friulano…the whites. Not that Alejandro Roca, who
is showing me around one of his vineyards, in Argentina, needs them to
identify the grapes…he can do that by the shape and colour of the fruit,
the size, hue and outline of the leaves. He has been in the family
wine business since he was ten years old, when he learnt to drive the grape
trucks, under the tutelage of his grandfather Alfredo Roca. |
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 With
Residency In Argentina, I Am A Member Of Mercosur - Residency In Argentina
- I see Mercosur as my passport to living and working in the South American
continent. By getting my Argentine residency now, while it is relatively
easy, I am making sure that my family has greater freedom to live where
and how it wants to. Many people do not know what Mercosur is. I did not
know before moving to Buenos Aires eighteen months ago. Mercosur is a political
and economic bloc of countries, similar to the European Union. Five countries
in South America: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela are
members. Five other South American countries are associate members: Bolivia,
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Colombia signed an agreement at the
end of 2005 that moves it closer to becoming a full member. |
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 Dreams
and Disappointments: Wine Investing in Argentine - September 2006
“I’m going to open a winery!” How many times have those fateful words
been uttered, in English, French, Spanish, or Italian? Close your
eyes and you can almost see the glee on the entrepreneur’s face as he imagines
himself running this new enterprise. “After all, I know a lot about wine,”
he says. “I have the money to make it happen. I have some good connections.”
He kicks back in an easy chair, swirling a glass of cabernet, picturing
days of entertaining buyers, attending awards banquets, and hobnobbing
with restaurant owners. If you want to find out where these gleams
in the eye have been leading the past few years, head to the Mendoza region
of Argentina, where an exploding wine industry and bargain prices have
brought a flood of new development. |
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 Inca
Sites, Indian Markets, Scarlet Tanagers, And Homes For $25,000 - The Best
Of Argentina’s Colonial Northwest - Everybody at International
Living loves Argentina. The people from our Central and South American
offices jump at any chance to let you know about its European-style exuberance...
its flea markets… vineyard tours… tango-dancing… and other great travel
experiences. Right now, for example, you could buy a studio apartment in
the capital’s posh Recoleta district for $43,000...or a loft apartment
in a neo-colonial building with central patio in the antiques quarter of
San Telmo for $69,000. Although I couldn’t imagine dancing the tango (or
communing with penguins in icy Patagonia), everything about Argentina seemed
wonderfully appealing. But with all IL’s expertise already in place, there
was scant chance of me ever landing an assignment. |
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“Death
(or its allusion) makes men precious and pathetic. They are moving because
of their phantom condition; every act they execute may be their last; there
is not a face that is not on the verge of dissolving like a face in a dream.”
- Jorge Luis
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This was
the first time Remington rifles were used in the Argentine, and it tickles
my fancy to think that the firm that shaves me every morning bears the
same name as the one that killed my grandfather. - Jorge Luis Borges
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