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The upcoming Study Abroad photo contest has prompted me to look through my favorite photos I took while in Argentina.  From the expansive city scape of Buenos Aires, to the air of the Calafate glaciers, Argentina is a beautiful country and with an ever changing landscape depending on proximity to the Andes.  Here's a few of my favorites that I want to share, any advice for the photo contest is welcome as well!

Iguazu Falls

Purple flowers in Parque San Martín

Feeling the power of the Falls!

A red-crested cardinal in Buenos Aires.

Cultural Diffusion: Skippy and Obama meets my Chilean Host Family in Argentina.

Glacier walking shoes.

Our rooftop garden room at a hostel in Buenos Aires.

Cacti Greenhouse in the Botanical Garden in Buenos Aires.

Patagonia's namesake mountain.

Reflection of Chalten.

Our hostel in Bariloche: Alaska Youth Hostel.

A great day for a Kayak in Bariloche.

Watching a storm come in across the Seven Lakes District of Bariloche.

The Calafate Glacier.

What awaited us after our glacier hike: whiskey and alfajores.

En route to Chalten.

The Kings of Mendoza.

The Mendoza Andes, Chile is just beyond this mountain.

Santiago sunset.

Viña del Mar.

Political Graffiti in Buenos Aires.

Perspective.

Devendra Banhart Santa Maria da Feira

Beauty

Here is a very interesting TED video about the Darwinian evolution of beauty. Darwinian Beauty
In honor of this video, I wanted to post a few photos DJ and I took at the orchid house at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. It is truly amazing that this kind of magic happens in nature.

Transitions

These past few weeks, I've been aware of the shift taking place in nature.  What the autumn season does to the human sensory experience is pretty wondrous.  This ephemeral shift from the warm green of summer to the vibrant colors of red, orange, yellow is such a naturally yearly transition.  It reminds us all that there is room to change and grow, that no one is static and unchanging.

The New Look

Hey all,
A little explanation of the new blog.  Yes, this is still my Argentina travel blog, but I've decided to start updating it with the natural beauty of day-to-day life.  For whoever still stumbles upon this (likely just allie and deej), I find myself needing to reflect on the little things to put life in perspective.  Here are a few photos I took in Montana this summer.  While towering mountains with glacier peaks surrounded us, I spent most of our hikes hunched over trying to capture the tiniest remnants of nature's magic. nature. Enjoy.