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....
by Jonathan Evans | May 25, 2010 | Colombia, Photos, South America
If Tayrona is the natural jewel in Colombia’s Caribbean Crown, then Cartagena de Indias is without doubt the City highlight. A major port during Spanish Colonial times, the walled city and fortress were named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984 and the tourists...
by Jonathan Evans | May 21, 2010 | Colombia, Guest Blogging, South America
My latest guest post on Tayrona has just gone up on Medellin Living. Its sister post with more practical info can be found here.
by Jonathan Evans | May 19, 2010 | Brasil, Photos, PotD, South America
Today’s photo was taken the day after Brasilia’s 49th Anniversary celebrations outside the iconic cathedral. I’d already done the tour of the buildings a couple of days before and I just liked the look of this guy taking a break from his work.
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...
