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Lewis observes nature in Buenos Aires
Here is a gallery of some of the beautiful nature that Lewis the Lion saw around Buenos Aires: Although Buenos Aires is a big, cosmopolitan city, Lewis the Lion discovered that it still offered plenty of green spaces to escape … Continue reading
Lewis the Lion explores Tigre, the ‘Venice’ of Buenos Aires
While reading his guidebook on South America, Lewis the Lion discovered that right beside Buenos Aires was a very different sort of a place. A place that would make you feel like you had escaped the city altogether. This place … Continue reading
Lewis the Lion visits an unusual cemetery
One of the main tourist attractions in Buenos Aires is surprisingly a cemetery in a place called Recoleta. The reason that it is so popular is because not only is the most expensive bit of real estate in Buenos Aires … Continue reading
Lewis at the Buenos Aires Street Car Race
Lewis the Lion seemed to have struck gold when he was in Buenos Aires as for the first time in 60 years there was a street car race along its wide avenues! He certainly is one lucky, little lion! Furthermore, … Continue reading
Lewis the Lion visits a spectacular bookshop
Buenos Aires is a very rich cultural city. Education plays an important part of Argentine culture with university being free for its inhabitants. Due to this, Buenos Aires has many bookstores. However, perhaps the most impressive of them all is … Continue reading
Lewis the Lion learns about Tango
As Lewis the Lion discovered more about the city of Buenos Aires, the word “tango” seemed to permeate the air around him. From street signs to tango clubs, from music shops blaring out tango music to newspaper stands with tango … Continue reading
Lewis the Lion explores the neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires
After a couple of days, Lewis the Lion went to stay in some new accommodation. He could forget the fancy four-star hotel in the centre: it was time to live like a proper back-backer again and stay in a dormitory … Continue reading
Lewis the Lion sails into Buenos Aires, Argentina
Across the Rio de la Plata from Colonia Del Sacrimento in Uruguay lay Argentina’s capital city, Buenos Aires and Lewis the Lion was very excited the morning he prepared to sail there as he’d heard so many wonderful stories about … Continue reading
Argentina
Country name: Argentina Population: 40.6 million (UN, 2010) Capital: Buenos Aires (approximately half the population live in and around the Buenos Aires area) Area: 1.1 million square miles Major language: Spanish Major Religion: Christianity Currency: 1 Argentinian peso = 100 … Continue reading
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