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Argentina beyond Buenos Aires It is hard to escape the lure of Buenos Aires, one of the most stylish and fashionable cities in the world (at least until the recent currency crisis). The real challenge for visitors is to venture into those parts of the country which accommodate the other two thirds of the 30 million population.

City at the End of the World "The world's southernmost city has the look of a frontier town. The architecture is eclectic, with buildings in progress, some half finished, and many roads pockmarked, obviously damaged by the severe weather. The warmer season, roughly from November to March, seems hardly long enough to catch up on all the jobs which accumulate during those colder months when, in the depth of winter, there are only seven hours of daylight each day."

Go with the floe in Patagonia Cruise the wonders of Patagonia, from Punta Arenas in Chile to Ushuaia in Argentina

Tangoing through the "new" Buenos Aires Six years ago (in 2002), you got just one Argentine peso for a US dollar. Now, you get three. But even with massive devaluation, this vibrant tango capital seems more like a pocket of Paris than a South American city [TW].