im an exchange student in northern argentina right now, and i just couldnt be on this continent without snowboarding in the andes. so has anyone ever been to portillo? its the closest mountain to me so thats where i want to go, and i have a reeeally tight budget. So if anyone has any tips for a cheap hotel or any discount i could get that would be great. ohh yeah, hows the mountain? hahha, thannnks.

thanks!!! they both look amaaazing. i think im going to end up going to las lenas.
and by the way for the other person north and south america are different continents.

AMERICA is the same continent in south,central and north, for exmaple west europe and east europe is the the same continet everyone knows that but don't worry you are a gringa.............

the word america don't said nothing to you?

Papas i'm with you on this one, but that's a tough one for gringos, but lets go to the practical, example, the circles in the olimpics flag each represent a continent, so your homework is to go and find one and tell me how many circles are there. Also Antartida is not a freacking continent, and no not because it's a freacking block of ice, 'cause that's wrong, there is actually land beneath that, it's bacause it's a continuation of the Andes mountain range, those tiny islands between america and antartida are actually underwater mountain peaks, and if you notice they keep showing up till antartida surfaces. hope that clears things out. P.S. Also australia it's not a continent, the name is Oceania since it also emcompases new zealand, tasmania and a lot of of the tiny islands in the Area

[Edited by eanx32 on 5/9/2007 at 12:38 PM]

that's actually interesting, and different models do teach different divisions. But i'm gonna disagree on which one is more popular in occidental countries. According to my experience, and the people i've met from all over the world, i'm gonna stick with the 5 continent theory. which mingles continental shelves and history, rather than politics, since politics constantly shift in order to promote one kind of thinking, while history and continental shelves don't, or rather are least affected. And what i ment about it being a though one, has more to do with ones ability to recognize that other people have different ideas rather than intelligence. But the USA education system is geared to that school of though, where they are right and the rest of the world is wrong. Which is ok, as long as it promotes a patriotic sentiment, unfortunately it usually ends up in nationalism, which is the negative aspect of patriotism. In my opinion the 7 continent theory leaves out a lot of countries/islands, turning them into just accidents on the globe, rather than an integral part of a system. Also when taught in the US education system, it creates a vision in which creates a separation between North America, and the rest of the world, not only in a geopolitical sense but rather in a humane sense. I do owe an apology to whoever felt offended, but that was my fault for not being articulate enough. Hope that clears my point of view.

I also agree that the 5 continent model makes more sense. I work in the US school district and I also see how they way of teaching this can fall on being stubborn and not considering other point of views of ways of thinking. The English System vs the Metric system might be another example. Eanx32, I'm with you in that the US is a great country but we are losing it and being controlled by politicians....