Expedition Guide

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8th Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival is a world touring event that showcases the best in adventure cinema.The festival began in 1976 in the Canadian town of Banff and since then has grown into an international cinema event that celebrates human achievement as well as the incredible beauty of the natural world.According to the official website, the festival in Argentina began in Bariloche in August and today it starts in Buenos Aires, where it will run through Wednesday at the Village Cine Recoleta.The show begins at 8 every night and there are a variety of short films shown on adventures ranging from mountain biking to skiing to speedflying.There is a short intermission in the middle of the films.To purchase tickets, go to Ticketek; the show costs 15 pesos for one night for 40 pesos to go to all three nights of heart-stop adventure cinema.  The festival moves on to Mendoza after Buenos Aires.

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Shopping in Buenos Aires is an adventure nearly equivalent to climbing a Patagonia peak. You need resources, a good map and if possible, a guide. The benefits of a personal shopper are various—they can find you what you want and fast, they can ward off the very pesky sales clerks who pour on the pressure and steer you to unique, authentic, high quality items.

I really wanted to buy a leather jacket but with my extra long Gumby arms and tall height, it was difficult to find a jacket that fit right. Many stores were helpful but I often felt pressured to buy something that I knew it my heart didn’t quite fit. After a tour of several stores I gave up, evidence that I am not a real shopaholic. Yet my dream of the perfect, silky soft jacket did not die, and I was running out of time. A friend suggested I go with her friend, a woman who gets paid to shop for a living thanks to her job as a wardrobe designer for Argentine commercials and films.

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River Runners Adventure Dating is a new craze hitting the adventurous lovelorn in Colorado. Adventure Dating is a fun, unique and exciting way to make a love connection. They say that participating in adrenaline sports with your potential mate can often times strengthen the bond between one another, heightening a new perspective on someone you thought perhaps incompatible at first. Dunno about that, but at least it’s better than making awkward conversation over a latte. And even if the date is a bust, you’ll still get your heart pumping paddling through the whitewater rapids while enjoying breathtaking views of the Rockies.

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