by Jonathan Evans | Oct 31, 2009 | Argentina, Food, South America
This is what breakfast looks like in Argentina. Every couple of blocks or so you stumble across a panaderia, the Argentine equivalent of a bakers or boulangerie. What’s unusual about this is that bread in this country is actually pretty poor, but what they do do...
by Jonathan Evans | Oct 29, 2009 | Argentina, Food, South America
Now, I like me a bit of food, and do seem to eat rather a lot and rather well here in Buenos Aires so I’ve decided to document some of the food that is considered typical here. In order to do this I will have to go out and buy the food, remember to take a...
by Jonathan Evans | Oct 20, 2009 | Argentina, Brasil, General Travel, Roadtrip, South America, US Trip
The Guardian has published its Readers Travel Awards 2009 – of the 5 winners in the Best Overseas Travel Destination: 1. Iguazu Falls 2. Macchu Pichu 3. Ankgor Temples 4. Grand Canyon 5. Great Barrier Reef I’ve been to 3 of ’em in the last year. My...
by Jonathan Evans | Sep 25, 2009 | Alaska, Argentina, General Travel, Peru, South America, US Trip
Was in a bookshop today and saw one of those 1000 X to Y Before You Die books. You know the ones, Places to See, Wines to Drink, Products to Boycott, Hotels to Feel Smug In, that sort of thing. So seeing as I’ve done some pretty cool things in the past few...
by Jonathan Evans | Sep 12, 2009 | Argentina, South America
I’ve already written about the fun and games that trying to figure out the cross-country bus system can entail. Now back in Buenos Aires I realise that this is nothing compared to the shenanigans you have to go through to work out the city bus system. Inasmuch...
by Jonathan Evans | Sep 6, 2009 | Argentina, South America
A nice little factoid I found out yesterday, in Argentina, the film Grease is called Vaselina.
