Carnaval in Encarnacion
I’d always thought that Carnaval was something that only happened in Rio de Janeiro but it seems it’s celebrated all across South America. I’m not sure if Carnaval celebrations predate the colonial invasions but with […]
The Supermarket of South America
We’ve picked up a bad habit of crossing borders by taxi. Well, we’ve done it twice now. I know it’s a bit decadent and kind of cheating but it’s so much easier. Especially with the […]
Wildlife and Waterfalls in Iguazu
It’s been a bit of hard travelling to get from the bottom of Uruguay to the top of Argentina – part exhilaration, part tedium and part comedy of errors. There were some painfully long bus […]
Montevideo – Take 2
Back in Montevideo, Uruguay, I’m trying to get my head around this intriguing city. We were going to stay in the amazing but unsettling Palacio Salvo again but (much to my relief) it was unavailable. […]
Holiday in Uruguay
Public holidays like Christmas and New Year just get in the way when you’re on the road. Everything shuts down at inconvenient times and you run the risk of finding yourself stuck in a ghost […]
Montevideo, So Wonderfully Strange
We caught the early morning ferry across the Rio de la Plata (River Plate) from Buenos Aires to Uruguay. The ‘river’ is huge – the widest in the world at 220km – but there is […]
Hot and Steamy in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is a city that makes you go ‘wow’, a place you can fall in love with at first sight. It’s hot and steamy and the architecture is truly incredible. Massive, soaring, majestic buildings, […]
Land of Ice and Snow
The thing that strikes me most about Antarctica is the vast emptiness. It is endless thousands of miles of nothing but ice and snow. There are no trees just the occasional simple lichen or moss […]
Antarctica
Now this is an adventure. We get on our ship, the ‘Ushuaia’, from (surprise) Ushuaia, right at the bottom tip of Argentina. As we are sailing out of the Beagle Channel towards Antarctica, we see […]
Torres del Paine
Standing on the street in icy sleet before I’m properly awake isn’t the best way to start the day. We were waiting for the bus to the Torres del Paine National Park at ridiculous o’clock, […]
