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Danishfurniturelover

Danishfurniturelover

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Went to the restaurant in Church road hove last night.

It is an Argentian restaurant and oh my days was it good, had the taster menu with the 3 different meats. My GHod it was the best steak I had ever had. The wife was on the wine and me and the husband of the couple we went with were drinking the argie beer. I am not really a wine drinker but i tried a glass of hers and it was outstanding.

Poch keeps going on about argie wine in his book well i tell you if you are ever down this way, pop in because it is lovely and the service was great even if the waiter thought I was odd for keep going on about Argentina football and how much I loved ossie and poch. He either does not follow football or thinks im a poof or both.
 
i thought this was going to be a thread about the region and was going to bore you with some of my tales from travelling there.

lucky escape...
 
Lots of my favorite wines are from Argentina. They have lots of excellent wines that are not very expensive. And Argentinan steak is among the best there is.
 
Kandi1977 said:
How long does it take by bus or train from central London to Brighton? And is it worth a visit?
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50 minutes from Victoria to Brighton mate, yeah it is worth a visit. The fringe festival is coming up which has a few different acts on, on a nice day it is quite good to sit on the beach and have the sea there. I enjoyed that when I first moved down from London. There are lots of good restaurants in and around as well.

I live about 20 minutes drive outside Brighton in a village called Bramber. Very quiet but if I need to Brighton is where we go.
 
I did a month in Argentina in 2010. Spent a week in Patagonia (Mount Fitzroy is a sight and a half, as are the glaziers) and about two weeks in BA chasing girls and trying to get a ticket for the Boca v River game at the Bombadera stadium. Cool country, the Malbec wine is great and Mendoza is meant to be a nice place for couples to visit. The nightlife is decent and goes on until the early hours. Quite affordable compared to Brazil and by and large safe enough for even inexperienced travelers. Down in the south, some of them do have an issue with us Brits because of the Falklands, so sometimes pays to be discreet.
 
Spent three days in Rio, and went to the equivalent of their FA Cup semi final at the old Maracana. Spent a week up the coast in Buzios, which was fantastic - stayed in some amazing boutique hotels, one of which turned into a porn shoot one day. Which was nice.
 
thfcsteff said:
Mexico is excellent! Mexico City is one of my favourites...how was Venezuela? Never been and always interested...


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Kicked things off with a week in D.F and had plenty to do, took in a Club America game at the Azteca, saw some Lucho Libre and hit the Zona Rosa - great city, have made some friends from there in the time since so hopefully a return trip will be on the cards one day.

Venezuela... ended up hooking up and staying with a local girl in Merida for a couple of months, which is a big University city in the highlands, and didn't really venture too far from there, which is a shame really as it seemed like there was plenty on offer across the country and if things carry on the way they are there i won't get a chance to go back. Was quite volitial and there was a strong anti-Chavez feeling where i was - seemed the educated youngsters hated him and i quickly learned not to bring him up in conversation (going there i was under the impression he was a national hero...) there weren't many tourists about, in a couple of months i only happened across a handful and they were all in a similar boat to me - met a local girl (or boy in one case) and stayed put, one guy brought his bird back to the UK and they have a little daughter now - good for her as it's all too sad what's happening over there right now.

There was a big black market exchange rate going on while i was there, the official rate was set to always be 1:2 with USD, but on the black market you could get 1:8, which meant you had to find someone local with an american bank account, transfer them your money and then they'd get you the Bolivars - so there's me in the back room of some dingy shop with this local fella, counting out a grand GBP in Bolivars, think it was about 12k local currency and it's all sitting there piled up on the table in between us, could barely see the top of his head there's so much of it and that's when it dawned on me that i was probably doing something incredibly stupid - had to walk half a mile straight through the centre of town with a bin liner full of cash chucked over my shoulder in one of the poorest and most violent countries on earth - to say my legs were like jelly and the walk felt like 10 miles rather than half of one would be an understatement :eek:
 
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Ha ha ha.

It's a crazy world and it isn't until you get out there and into it up to your armpits that you understand that it really is mostly full of good people.

I had a similar experience swapping currency in the heartland of Mexico near Queretaro. Strawberry farmers, ranchers and small town hustlers. Did a similar deal for pesos and had no idea how much paper money I'd be carrying. Of course, I'm also lugging many thousands worth of Nikon pro camera gear as well and feeling like there's a giant bullseye on my back.

But nothing bad happened. People there were great. Away from the tourist traps, they're all the salt of the earth. And if you can speak a bit of Spanish and talk football, you will make friends instantly. Great food. Really love the sweet, spicy mole sauce dishes. Been to the Azteca. Unbelievable place. Atmosphere, history, lung-bursting climbs to the upper deck. Mexico City is something else. History, culture and just so many people. Like staying in the Zona Rosa district (Londres St. has good hotels).

Really enjoying Venezuelan cuisine these days. Had a trip to Montreal a coupla weeks back. Ate, once again, at a great restaurant called Arepera. Big lineups from dinner time on into the night. Tasty menu. Loved pulled pork in a spicy tomato sauce, with black beans, brown rice and corn bread. Friends were raving about a chicken dish in avocado sauce.
 
Everywhere in the world can be traversed if smart enough ..

but don't fudge around, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela (I'd avoid right now) & Argentina can be life threatening dangerous. Common sense can keep you ok most times, but don't ever lose the reality that you are at risk.
 
Raziel said:
Everywhere in the world can be traversed if smart enough ..

but don't fudge around, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela (I'd avoid right now) & Argentina can be life threatening dangerous. Common sense can keep you ok most times, but don't ever lose the reality that you are at risk.
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Could say the same for the US tbf or London for that matter - i think Mexico is pretty sound unless you're in the North where the bulk of the cartel trouble is. You are correct re Venezuela atm though
 
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