by Jonathan Evans | Jun 8, 2010 | Argentina, Photos, South America
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”....
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 6, 2010 | Argentina, Photos, PotD, South America
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...
by Jonathan Evans | May 31, 2010 | Argentina, Colombia, Guest Blogging, South America
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...
by Jonathan Evans | May 28, 2010 | Argentina, Photos, PotD, South America
OK, so two photos today and not of anyone actually tangoing either but two iconic tango places in Buenos Aires. Carlos Gardel is to Tango what Maradona is to Football. Except more so. And he’s dead. The world’s greatest ever Tango singer, Gardel was killed...
by Jonathan Evans | May 25, 2010 | Argentina, South America
Today is a special day in Argentina – you know it’s a special day because there is a street and a square in Buenos Aires named after today. Now the street (25 de Mayo) is a kind of crappy-nothing-special street, but the square is worth paying attention to....
