Food Habits

By: admin Date Posted: September 14, 2008
Food Habits
The beef is the prime Argentine dish. Their adaptation of the grill is called asado (beef grilled on an open fire ditch) and it's a necessity when you get together with family and friends on weekends. As well as the meat itself it's also very ordinary to consume spicy sausages (chorizo), kidneys (riñones), sweetbreads (molleja) and little intestines (chinchulines): the ...

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Entertainment

By: admin Date Posted: September 14, 2008
Entertainment
[caption id="attachment_14" align="aligncenter" width="438" caption="Argentina"][/caption] Ischigualasto–Talampaya Natural Parks [caption id="attachment_9" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Ischigualasto–Talampaya Natural Parks"][/caption] These 2 adjoining parks, extending more than 275,300 ha in the wasteland section on the western perimeter of the Sierra Pampeanas of middle Argentina, hold the most absolute continental fossil evidence recognized from the Triassic Period (245–208 million years ago). 6 geographical formations in the parks include fossils ...

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Argentina In Brief

By: admin Date Posted: September 14, 2008
Argentina In Brief
Official Name: Argentine Republic (República Argentina) Area:2,780,400 km2 (8th largest in the world) Capital: Buenos Aires (population 1998: 2.9 m - Greater Buenos Aires 11 m) Population: 36,2 m (1998) Language: Spanish Literacy: 97% Life Expectancy: 73 years Annual Population Growth: 1.5% Religion: 92% Catholic, 2% Protestant, 2% Jewish Ethnic Groups: 92% White: appr. 40% of Italian, 30% of Spanish origin; 6% Mestizos Urban Population: 89% Independence: 9 July 1816 Currency: Peso Major ...

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Europe-Greece

By: мâƒîA Date Posted: September 1, 2008
Europe-Greece
Planning to visit Greece? That is great! Come and live not only the glory that was Greece, but also the infinite variety of the landscape ranging from snow capped rugged mountains, to the sun drenched idyllic seashores. From the beauty and serenity of the Aegean and Ionian Seas - where over one thousand five hundred incredibly beautiful islands are scattered - to ...

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Thailand

By: admin Date Posted: August 14, 2008
Thailand
Thailand (land of smiles), is considered an important regional centre for Aviation The area of Thailand, which is located in South Asia between India and China 514,000 square kilometers. The shared border with Thailand in the Al-Manar in the west and east, the Lao People's Democratic Republic in the north and north-west and Cambodia to the east and Malaysia to the ...

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