The day Buenos Aires stood still
Imagine closing a city of 13 million people for one day only. It couldn't happen, right? Impossible? On Wednesday October 27th, Buenos Aires managed to pull it off.
View ArticleDoes the world need a new Buenos Aires?
Bogota: it’s the new BA. Photo by Candor on Flickr. Do we need a new Buenos Aires? Two stories were published yesterday suggesting we do. Mexico City is the new Buenos Aires apparently. And Bogota is...
View ArticleDoes tech make travel less interesting?
Photo: Flickr Creative Commons by Daquella Manera Is the world a more or less interesting place for traveller today? That was the question that the Guardian was asking at the weekend. It was an...
View ArticleIt’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 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 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...
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