francisc0

Argentina is beautiful in November! And I'm not just saying that because I'm Argentinean ;-) At that time of the year, everything is in bloom (including in cities like Buenos Aires, where many streets are lined with trees) and it's not too hot yet.

There's a lot to see in Buenos Aires, and you could make day trips to the countryside --the Pampas-- to see small towns, farms, and gauchos at work. For something more "exotic" you could check out the delta of the Parana River --an hour from the city center by train-- where people build their houses on stilts and use the river to get around (like a subtropical Venice; look up "delta del Paraná" in google images). All these options would bring you in contact with nature without being "extreme" at all.

Also, you wouldn't stand out too much in Buenos Aires as an Asian person since there has been a sizable immigration from several Asian countries (Japan, China, South Korea and Laos). It's home to the fourth largest concentration of Japanese people outside of Japan.

This is biased towards Buenos Aires because I live there, but there are TONS of places to see elsewhere in the country that fit in with your interests of "history/culture/nice scenery", like these two provinces in the Northwest (near Bolivia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salta_Province
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujuy