Buenos Aires From Above
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4 Days Out from Buenos Aires
As wonderful as Buenos Aires is, at some point you will want to escape for a few hours, if only for a change of scenery. Thankfully getting away from it is not difficult (or expensive) and there are some lovely spots worth a visit within in easy reach. 1. Tigre...
Into Perspective – Distance in Argentina
With the impending arrival of Mummy and Daddy Gringo, I've been planning a couple of excursions. Until now, my travelling around Argentina and South America has involved very little planning, but on this occasion I'm making an exception and booking stuff up in advance...
Buenos Aires, a history
I've been doing some research for a project I'll be working on more very soon, and here is some of the output. In 1536 explorer Pedro de Mendoza, stopped for a while, put a few tents up and Buenos Aires was born. Originally called Ciudad de Nuestra Señora Santa María...
Diana Arroz
I'm not going to beat around the bush, and I've said it before but Argentinian TV is pretty much universally awful. I was in a supermarket the other day and the TV in the corner was tuned to an entertainment show which consisted of 2 young trendy dudes talking to ("Do...
North of the River
I went to Uruguay on Saturday. It's winter but it's a nice sunny winter, so why not? If you've never been to Buenos Aires you wouldn't necessarily know it, but it's a mere 60km across the River Plate (widest river mouth in the world fact fans) from the Buquebus ferry...
Sledging in the Amazon
Children are resourceful little so-and-sos. What do you do if you live in the Amazon, the temperature never drops below 20c and you want to go sledging?
Switchit – My New Project
So, after all the recent corn related excitement I've been playing around with something else that I get very excited about, maps. When I was travelling South in Patagonia, I often found myself curious about where I would be on an equivalent point in the Northern...
Explains A Lot
The driving in Buenos Aires is not the worst in South America, but that's not saying much. When I first came here from Europe travelling in a bus or taxi was one of the most terrifying (or exhilarating if you've had a bit to drink) experiences of my life. Traffic in...
Lone Star Geyser – Today’s Photo
This was a special moment. After one of the worst nights sleep I'd ever had I'd been away from the tent early and been to see Old Faithful. Whilst the geyser itself remains as spectacular as ever (except for the cone which was hacked away for souvenirs by early...
Hardcore Corn
I recently posted a status update to Facebook informing the world that I had discovered my local supermarket here in Buenos Aires stocks 17 types of tinned corn, which I found to be a little excessive. A couple of my friends commented that I should buy each one and...