{"id":5854,"date":"2026-02-03T00:53:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/?p=5854"},"modified":"2026-02-03T00:53:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:53:46","slug":"argentina-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/?p=5854","title":{"rendered":"Argentina Week 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Day 1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After back and forth, managed to reschedule my flight to leave Seattle on the 28th of Dec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Centurion at SeaTac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Layoff at Miami international. The American Airlines’ flagship lounge was a bit disappointing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Granted it was late, but still the lounge didn’t keep things in stock and closed because the last flight leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Can’t complain 60k Alaska points get you<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Food is definitely, how do I say. domestic First at best? Maybe I was too spoiled by Japanese Airlines or so<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Day 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Landing! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Surprised to see ICBC – A Chinese bank “invading” South America<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Managed to check in early. Didn’t keep myself idle but headed out for my first city walking tour in a blazing sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wildest street in LaTam?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Later, I’ve decided to head to the riverfront for some happy hours. Argentinians eat super late so it’s not uncommon to see Happy Hours from 6-9pm. Perfect for me indeed, I am not a late person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oracle office right by the prime location<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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First beer in Argentina!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Amazingly, two beers cost less than a single empanada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Another walking tour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If we our clock was made differently<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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While it was good to see the European side of the Argentina, I was also not too lean on taking history lessons during my travel. Needed to check a box however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, I did a food tour – was given or a taken highlight of my trip<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Choipan was seriously good<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The kentucky pizza was a bit, shall we say, too American?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The steak was the highlight<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Great value for what was paid. $90.72<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 4<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Last day last tour!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lunch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last day of the year! Getting ready for new year eve celebration!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 5<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On my way to Mendoza!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Year everything shut down, and it was also Siesta time so nothing opened until late into the night<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 6<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Chill day just went to the market <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And made my own little steak lunch. Mendoza has some very nice clean market (sorry my picture quality was low)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Later there was protest outside of my hostal <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 7<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Finally doing a wine tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A belgium, French and Argentinian (who lived in Australia before – so fluent in English)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Definitely the own day that I felt I was doing some backpacking. Unfortunately, the further South I go in the summer the more touristy vibe. It’s both the high season for the North American \/ European travellers as well as Summer time for Argentinians (unlike other Latin Americans, they do love to travel to their own country a lot!) With unfavorable exchange rates thus you won’t find typical backpackers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last night’s meander before heading towards Patagonia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Expenses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Week 61<\/td>Currency:<\/td>ARS<\/td>1452.011<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Day<\/td>Food&Drink<\/td>Lodging<\/td>Transportation<\/td>Other (tickets\/tours etc)<\/td>Day total<\/td>Country<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>$0.00<\/td>$0.00<\/td>$0.00<\/td>$0.00<\/td>$0.00<\/td>Argentina<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>$9.81<\/td>$41.44<\/td>$44.01<\/td>$10.00<\/td>$105.26<\/td>Argentina<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>$5.31<\/td>$41.44<\/td>$20.84<\/td>$90.72<\/td>$158.31<\/td>Argentina<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>$68.88<\/td>$41.44<\/td>$11.81<\/td>$13.00<\/td>$135.13<\/td>Argentina<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>$17.11<\/td>$20.56<\/td>$30.64<\/td>$0.00<\/td>$68.30<\/td>Argentina<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>$20.86<\/td>$20.56<\/td>$0.00<\/td>$0.00<\/td>$41.42<\/td>Argentina<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>$35.50<\/td>$20.66<\/td>$0.00<\/td>$0.00<\/td>$56.16<\/td>Argentina<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>$157.47<\/td>$186.10<\/td>$107.30<\/td>$113.72<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Total<\/td><\/td>Grand Total:<\/td>$564.59<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The only week was not too crazily expensive. Later weeks were some of the highest budget I’ve had<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Day 1 After back and forth, managed to reschedule my flight to leave Seattle on the 28th of Dec. Layoff at Miami international. The American Airlines’ flagship lounge was a bit disappointing Granted it was late, but still the lounge didn’t keep things in stock and closed because the last flight leaves. Day 2 Landing!… Continue reading Argentina Week 1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vacation","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5914,"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5854\/revisions\/5914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}