It’s hip to be local
Here it is proof that "going local" is fashionable. I spotted this "I love locals" t-shirt being worn by someone on the streets of a hip* part of Buenos Aires last week.
View ArticleArgentine women take to the streets
Photo: Obelisco, via Wikicommons Victoria Rachitzky There are protests every day in Buenos Aires. It is said that you can actually make a living in this city from renting your services out as a...
View ArticleThe pub quiz comes to Argentina
If you are English, you take the concept of a pub quiz for granted. For this reason, I didn’t explain in much detail to my Argentine housemate when I took her along to her very first one in Buenos...
View ArticleIs travelling solo harder for women?
Yesterday, I made a little contribution to Guardian’s Top 10 Solo Travel for Summer and it got me thinking about solo travel once again. To be honest, this is not something I do very regularly. The...
View ArticlePato: Argentina’s little-known national sport
If anyone is struggling to picture how a game described as a cross between polo and basketball might look, this video will give you an idea. The longer story on my first day out watching a tournament...
View ArticleThe dark side of Buenos Aires boutique hotels
A hotel spy? (Credit: vollefolklore on Flickr) Boutique hotels: they are typically such safe, clean-cut places. But, hold on, there is a dark side, according to this recent video report by BBC travel...
View Article“The Paris of the South”& other travel cliches
Basra, Iraq – “the Venice of the North”. Photo from WikiCommons. Did you know that “Bogotá is the Athens of South America”? Apparently, it’s because of its many universities and libraries. And, maybe...
View ArticleIs your salad rainforest-friendly?
The first time I came to South America I took a three-week trip to Brazil and Argentina with three friends. We were all pretty clueless. On our first night out in Rio, speaking barely a word of...
View ArticleGarufa Grill: Buenos Aires meets London
Today, I visited Garufa, an Argentinian café that has sprung up in Highbury since I’ve been away. It actually opened around two years ago and is brought to us by the same people that launched the very...
View ArticleBeyond Iguazú: Argentina’s jungle lodges
Getting to know Misiones (Argentina’s jungle province) beyond Iguazú Falls: this is a trip I’d been wanting to for ages. Here’s the write-up from Saturday’s Guardian. It includes a range of...
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