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Ecological Reserve in Buenos Aires

Big city life is great. There’s never a lack of cultural activities to sink my teeth into. I could have plans every night of the week, spend every weekend exploring, and still have things left to find, experience, see, and do. But sometimes city life can be exhausting. Some days I  long for the outdoors, [...]

¡Vamos, Masa! Biking in Buenos Aires

The first Sunday of every month at 16.00 hours, bici lovers unite at the Obelisk for Critical Mass or Masa Crítica, which is an event celebrated once a month in over 300 cities around the world. The goal is to bring together cyclists of all walks of life for a monthly bike ride through the [...]

Buenos Aires public holidays: What to do when everything is closed (including your Spanish school)

Argentines love their holidays, and in a month like March they are blessed with several. However for the tourist and the Spanish language student the thought of closed shops, closed restaurants and closed cultural centers doesn’t have the same thrill as it does to your daily Buenos Aires office worker.

But don’t despair there are many [...]

Buenos Aires Bike Lanes

As with many cities in the world the local government of Buenos Aries
has been investigating how to incorporate cycling commuters into the
city planning strategy. Compared to the current cycling infrastructure
anything will be an improvement.

Currently only a few city street boast preference lane for cyclist,
note preference. We share this space with delivery trucks, parked cars
and cruising [...]

Words from My Wheels

Cycling the streets of Buenos Aires sometimes makes me feel like a bike courier in New York as I weave between cars, taxis, buses and pedestrians. At other times I feel I am on the only person alive after a nuclear explosion with no traffic and no people to be seen or heard.

My courier days [...]