Drinking in Paraguay – Today’s Photo
This was the local bar in Paraguay, where I was staying with a Peace Corps Volunteer and his family. It was different in two ways. Firstly it was basically somebody's house, the waitresses were the daughters of the family (both wore Man United tops) and the beer was...
Balancing Rock – Today’s Photo
I got here early on a beautiful summers day and already it was starting to get seriously hot. I had a lot to do that day so I didn't stay too long but it's not a big place so I got to see most of it. It's a starkly beautiful place, very little vegetation and surreal...
592 Days
Monday 14th June was a big day, it marks my return to gainful employment for the first time since that rainy October evening back in 2008 when I walked out of the BNP Paribas offices in Geneva for the last time. It was a strange feeling then, and it is a strange...
Balloon – Today’s Photo
The Bald Eagle – Today’s Photo
Today I am proud to present the greatest photo I never took. Whilst in Alaska last year, I stayed for a week in Craig where my cousin's husband was working. It's a 2 hour ferry and hour's drive from Ketchikan (itself only accessible by ferry or plane) so it's kind of...
On the Up and Up
I went for lunch with a friend a couple of days ago, we had a sandwich each, a drink and a coffee. The bill came to 128 pesos. That may not mean anything to you but had we not finished our delicious lunch, we may well have choked on it. Everybody that has spent any...
Locals vs. Tourists
Eric Fischer on Flickr has published a photoset that examines the GeoTagging information in each Flickr photograph of a city and analyses the users behaviour to establish whether the photographer can be classified as a "local' or a "tourist". For example a tourist...
10 Things Argentinian TV Has Taught Me
Only men drink alcohol, except Tia Maria which is only drunk by women It's not possible to like beer and not like football There are only 3 things important in a women's life: washing clothes and talking about it, cooking food using packets of processed crap for their...
Ruta 40 – Today’s Photo
For those of you paying attention, you will remember that I have already written about Ruta 40 from my Patagonia trip. On that occasion I travelled on it southwards from Bariloche to El Chalten, a distance of around 1,500km. It wasn't however, my first time on the 40....
New Domain Goes Live
You may have had a problem or two getting here if you used a jontyjago.com/blog link, this is because as of today the address has changed and everything has moved to www.gringostarr.net! Nothing else has changed (although there should be in the next couple of days) -...
Salt Cathedral
People from Medellin say that the best part of Bogota is the road to Medellin. Whilst I wouldn't go that far, Bogota definitely has its charms, I do sort of know what they mean. It is not a pretty city and the overwhelming feeling is one of chaos and crowding, it's...
More Tango
I'm not actually a very big fan of tango. There, I've said it. It's very impressive to see, but I wouldn't go out of my way to watch a show, and my entire time here I have never actually paid to see anybody dance it. Having said that, I have written another post over...