by Jonathan Evans | Jan 31, 2011 | Argentina, Buenos Aires Local Tours, South America
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to have a local tourism TV channel come along and film the tour in action. You can see all of their Argentina videos here, and most importantly, the first part of the programme they made is here: I’ve never once been...
by Jonathan Evans | Jan 19, 2011 | Argentina, Buenos Aires Local Tours, South America
Had a fun day yesterday as Argentinian tourism channel Turismo Visión came along to film the tour! They’d been looking for alternative ways to see the capital and loved the way we do things on colectivos and the Subte. It was very exciting and I can’t wait...
by Jonathan Evans | Dec 18, 2010 | Argentina, Non-Travel, South America
Fascinating report about a torture victim from Argentina’s Dirty War meeting “Turco Julian”, the man who tortured him every day for 6 months. via
by Jonathan Evans | Dec 8, 2010 | Argentina, Buenos Aires Local Tours, South America
Being a bit of a geography nerd, one of the things I tend to notice when I travel is street names. In France it seems that every other street or avenue is named after a National Hero (Jean Jaurès is a particular favourite). New York uses numbers and Washington DC has...
by Jonathan Evans | Nov 27, 2010 | Argentina, Buenos Aires Local Tours, South America
My first attempt at being tour guide was not an unqualified success. Aged 21, I was in put in charge of 50 French kids who had just arrived in London at the start of a three-week stay to learn English. One of my duties, aside from stopping Xavier the 14-year sex pest...
by Jonathan Evans | Nov 5, 2010 | Argentina, Photos, PotD, South America
