Argentina - Grand Format

Sandra Bao: Sandra's mom and her family escaped China's communist regime in the years following WWII, eventually boarding a freighter bound for Argentine in 1952. After her parents met and married in Montevideo, Uruguay, the Baos lived the carefree porteno life (with asados every Sunday) until 1974, when things in Argentine got politically dicey. Once again the family emigrated to greener pastures, this time the USA.
Sandra is proud to be a portena and has regularly returned to her homeland as an adult, watching the peso fluctuate wildly through the decades. Highlights from this trip to Buenos Aires included investigating new steak eateries, wine bars and local sights. Over the last 15 years she's contributed to dozens of Lonely Planet guidebooks. Gregor Clark: Over the past 25 years, Gregor has travelled South America from tip to tail, developing a special fondness for Uruguay while researching the last five editions of this book.
Favorite memories from this trip include herding cattle on horseback at Estancia Panagea, eating bunuelos de algas in Cabo Polonio and watching roseate spoonbills in Valle del Lunarejo. He has contributed to two dozen other Lonely Planet titles, including Brazil and South America on a Shoe-string. He lives in Vermont (USA). Bridget Gleeson: Based in Buenos Aires, Bridget is a travel writer and occasional photographer.
Though she's been to nearly every far-flung corner of the country for work and for pleasure, she'd never set foot in La Pampa until now — and her travels for this title proved to be an interesting window into Argentine character and culture. Carolyn McCarthy first tell for Argentina while teaching English in Buenos Aires when the peso floated on par with the US dollar. She is a frequent visitor to Patagonia.
For this trip, she traveled over 7500km overland, exploring parks, estancias and wine lists. Carolyn has contributed to over twenty Lonely Planet titles, including Trekking in the Patagonian Andes, and has written for National Geographic, Outside, Boston Globe and other publications.