by Jonathan Evans | Jun 6, 2010 | Argentina, Non-Travel, South America
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...
by Jonathan Evans | Jun 2, 2010 | Non-Travel
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)...
by Jonathan Evans | May 27, 2010 | Ecuador, Non-Travel, South America
Cotopaxi is an active volcano close to Quito, Ecuador. The summits of the volcanos in central Ecuador are the furthest points from the earth’s centre due to the bulging of the earth at the equator. This is a timelapse video taken from Nasa’s APOD site...
by Jonathan Evans | May 18, 2010 | Argentina, Non-Travel, South America
There’s a nice article over on Going Local Travel about how the Argentinians are claiming that they invented the internet (or the word at least). Obviously this is a little bit of fun (I hope so) but it does raise the question of how we define which country...
by Jonathan Evans | May 18, 2010 | Argentina, Non-Travel, South America
Last year I volunteered for 3 months for a youth club in Buenos Aires, helping out with English lessons, homework and all sorts of stuff. In November I organised (and wrote) a quiz [singlepic id=42 w=160 h=120 float=left]to help raise some funds, and last week the...
by Jonathan Evans | May 11, 2010 | General Travel, Non-Travel
Now, this is supposed to be a blog all about my travels, rather than indulging in my nerdy gadget-love, but I’m going to make an exception and tell you all about my PowerMonkey (well there’s a sentence I never saw myself writing). Before you get all...
