Monday, July 13, 2009

HOSTEL COLONIAL BUENOS AIRES - SUNDAY NIGHT MILONGA AT DORREGO SQUARE

Many claim Tango culture as local in the Rio de la Plata, South America but who can say this over all Tango has self identity Tango and is with no doubt authentic and genuine Argentinean artistic expression visible nowadays.
A bit story: Born in the late 19th century right from the depths of the people’s soul. Lew ruffian, arrogance, attitude, showing fierceness, pretentious dance, with some rhythms from candomble, with milonga voices, which was originated in the cabarets, bawdy houses, and brothels, became worldwide known in the early 20th century and was played in different ways: some times with artistic quality.
The world connect the San Telmo (10 blocks south walking from Hostel Colonial) area with Tango and there is a random meeting on Sundays night that the Hostel Colonial Buenos Aires encourage you to go where young, adults, beginners or professional dancers o just passionate ones do it spontaneously
In Dorrego Square after 10:00 p.m. the milonga is not a glamorous show it’s in an open park under the lights of the French paroles it’s a good mix performing a spontaneous spirit that scenery contain the real spirit and treasure of Buenos Aires.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

HOSTEL COLONIAL BUENOS AIRES - GOOGLE SEARCH, SMO, SEO, BLOG AND A HARD WORK IN A HARD PLACE (REBLOG)

Hard work, ever. Hard days in Buenos Aires in the last month. I always think if you were doing well. I think so. Google Hostel Colonial Buenos Aires if you're not sure, I tell everyone who consults me (and each day more), hum, well, my intention is to make life easier, so it was Google and these are the results:

Top 3 blogs about Hostel in Buenos Aires

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Top 3 blogs about Hostel in Argentina
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Top 3 blogs about Hostel in South America
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Top 3 blogs about Hostel Blog
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Need to know more about Hostel Colonial Buenos Aires? 904 published posts in this blog, hundreds of photos of the hostel and the city of Buenos Aires in our Tumblelog, all the social networks and communication networks like Twitter in which I participate. It's all here, in this blog, in this hostel blog, in this Buenos Aires blog, I like this.

It´s very easy to follow trends. We are the trend in Argentina.


Wednesday, July 8, 2009

HOSTEL COLONIAL - "OTRAS LETRAS" LA PRIMERA LIBRERÍA GAY DE BUENOS AIRES

A fines del mes de Junio, abrió en el interior del restaurante Chueca, en la calle Alsina al 900 (a unas 12 cuadras del hostel), la primera librería gay de la ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Desde Hostel Colonial, como Gay Friendly Hostel, esperamos contar con mayor información para recomendar este nuevo espacio a todos los integrantes de la comunidad que nos visitan. Por ahora sólo puedo decirles que la mayoría de los libros son de la editorial española Egales.


Tuesday, July 7, 2009

HOSTEL COLONIAL BUENOS AIRES - VENTANA, UNA NUEVA OBRA DE ARTE EN LA FACHADA DEL EDIFICIO DEL PLATA

Es la tercera intervención, la primera fué "Velocidad" que coincidió con una muestra callejera de F1 a cargo de David Coulthard, luego fué "Siesta" y ahora, "Ventana", es la obra del artista Max Gómez Canle que cubre la fachada del emblemático Edificio del Plata, a escasos metros del Obelisco porteño (a 7 cuadras de Hostel Colonial).
La obra tiene 34 metros de alto y 88 metros de largo y busca emocionar y sorprender a aquellos que transitamos por la Avenida 9 de Julio.
Un paisaje fantástico, combinación de estilos, intentando vincular arte y paisaje urbano. Buenos Aires no es sólo Tango, también tiene una fuerte impronta contemporánea y cosmopolita. Puede verse desde el mirador instalado frente al Obelisco. La próxima intervención será una fotografía.



Monday, July 6, 2009

HOSTEL COLONIAL BUENOS AIRES - CLICK PORTEÑO - POST # 2

More Buenos Aires photos published in the Hostel Colonial Tumblelog. My old cameras, avenues, tourist bus, restaurants, daylife in Buenos Aires.










Friday, July 3, 2009

HOSTEL COLONIAL - YOU KNOW BUENOS AIRES?

Has completed the first half of 2009. Influenza H1N1, "Dengue", global economic crisis, a Mrs. President focused on winning the Nobel Prize and not on other trivialities. Argentina, South America. Despite all this, the balance is always positive. It´s a fact that the global tourism is having serious problems, but I think (I've written here several times) that the hostels have been the least affected.
I continue on with my aim to spread the business of Hostel Colonial, but mainly based on the idea that the entire world know Buenos Aires, my city.
How do I do?
- # 900 posts published in this Buenos Aires blog, since late 2005. # 112 this year.

- More than # 1000 photos published in the 2 blogs (# 300 this year) + Twitter + Facebook + Orkut.

- # 110 posts published on our blog running on #WP, since late 2008.

- More than # 400 photos published in my Tumblelog in 2009. I invite you to know, is fantastic.

- More than # 100 posts published in my other blogs (Restaurants, Humor and MKT).

They may think I'm crazy, a lost geek, especially since this is only 10% of my daily work. This is how I'm feel, I do.

The prize?

1 – Filled beds.
2 – Blogger blog + Wordpress blog + Tumblelog = 79.188 unique visitors in the last 6 months. WOW!

It's all for today, I go to work =)
From Buenos Aires, Argentina, South AmericaHostel Colonial

Thursday, July 2, 2009

HOSTEL COLONIAL BUENOS AIRES - INTERNATIONAL MEETING POINT

Hostel Colonial Buenos Aires is very international, so you can meet people from all over the world. The hostel account with a colorful lounge, bar and balcony with its best location are great places to hang out and meet fellow travelers. You will feel right at home in this accommodation in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The hostel has a warm and welcoming atmosphere and attracts a friendly crowd of backpackers.
All seasons fun and games or spiritual reflection.
Things are going for this winter in the Hostel Colonial on which you can join in with: whether that's "empanadas" night meal, a drinking "mate" afternoon, a movie discussion or just a random game of chess or risk. There you will always find free entrances to bars, pubs, top discos. You are very welcome to hang out in the hostel all day and join in with these activities, write in your journal, or take the time to read a book from the library. There are Internet computers and FREE WIFI access, TV at the lobby and in all private rooms, plus loads of information about Buenos Aires and ideas to fill your days. The staff speaks English, French, Portuguese and even Netherlands would love to chat with you about your journey - whether that's physical, spiritual or the easiest jokes that actually will need a good laugh.



Monday, June 29, 2009

HOSTEL COLONIAL - THE WINTER VACATIONS IN BUENOS AIRES AS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY

Buenos Aires has everything and everything is all you need for this Winter Season in South America. There are a lot of great places to visit in Argentina but most are far away and would require more time. Buenos Aires is the place to land and start to make plans, consider options thinks about where to go, make choices and decisions.
There is a lot of very good suggestions for you on translated local websites, this blog , a real Buenos Aires Blog is one of this, our blog running on #WP is other option in Spanish and our Tumblelog is 95 % Buenos Aires photography, in French the Routard. Lonely Planet, Footprint are options in English, or just in the front desk of the Hostel Colonial that present lots and lots of information which you could get the fixtures for your trip and how to book tickets to different points, for example a day trip close by or you just could also go to Tigre (by boat or by coastal train), the Delta of Tigre is really nice and is about 1 hour on the train to the North. Maybe a little jump on a day trip to Colonia, Uruguay, (maybe even 2-day to Montevideo),
Colonia is a World Heritage Site and well worth half a day to see it. Or maybe even better if you haven't been there, a trip to Iguazú Falls.
Another option is to go to a typical “estancia” for a day or weekend and do some horseback riding there and enjoying a good Argentineanasado” (charcoal grill cooked meat). There are some good ones in San Antonio de Areco.
Social aspects
The Buenos Aires winter may not be as frigid as in many other countries, but the way the “Porteños” (the citizens of Buenos Aires) complain, one would think they were in the Arctic Circle. The “queja” or the complaint, in Buenos Aires also a Buenos Aires hallmark. In winter, the queja is extreme, while the weather might not be — which also introduces the queja’s best friend: exaggeration. Is mix with sense of humor that gives a fun peek into the daily life.
You will also heard that quite often there are big international bands tours coming to the city- rock/pop/whatever, who come to Buenos Aires will be able to find anything like some very local sounding bands and Tango. Talking about parties nothing change every day goes on in different areas of Buenos Aires, the Federal District, the “Porteños” in winter are more likely for parties and being among others in closed buildings.
While you could doubt for a moment for a simple luck of knowledge having a spare time and lodging in a Buenos Aires Hostel named Colonial for vacation you will exhaust the delights of Buenos Aires.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

HOSTEL COLONIAL BUENOS AIRES - "PORTENO" ART & CULTURE - THE KLEMM´S FOUNDATION

We invite you to visit and appreciate Argentine arts and culture. Visiting this art collection located in Marcelo T. de Alvear St. right in front of San Martin Square, five blocks walking from Hostel Colonial. This foundation opened in 1995 with a purpose to promote exhibitions of local young artists in the country and abroad.
Federico Klemm is an icons and one of the best painters at the contemporary times, although he also studied dram and opera. He was born in Checoslovaquia nowadays named Czech Republic in 1948 as a very young age immigrate to this country. This blond artist start studying at the age of fourteen being influenced by the work of Toulouse Lautrec, Van Gogh and Picasso completing his career with some local painters whose works marked a way in his tendencies too.
One of the brilliant wise man you will be astonish others, He knew how to pick argentine and international art involving his specific and controversial outreach personality. He died in 2002. Last time he was seeing in public were when leaved a professional speech about the roof paintings of “Galerias Pacifico” a shopping on the pedestrian Florida St.



Friday, June 26, 2009

HOSTEL COLONIAL BUENOS AIRES - NEW SECTION "CLICK PORTEÑO"

A great idea from my friend Miguel Iglesias (a) RAMMSES, the selected name is "Click Porteño" and a is new section on this blog. My selected photos from Buenos Aires, those images published in my Tumblelog: hostelcolonial (dot) tumblr (dot) com , every week a new post.

This week, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, this great photos. Buildings, people, moments and more













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