The Crossing of The Rio de la Plata

After 3 nights in Buenos Aires, Vicki and I decide to head for the beaches of Uruguay. So soon, after London we feel we still need a holiday from cities.
There are a number of options for getting to Uruguay – we choose the fastest: express ferry (1 hour) across the Rio de la Plata to Colonia [...]

Puerto Madryn & Penguins

We are now in Puerto Madryn with its sunny beaches in a lovely hostel with a relaxing and sunny garden in the centre of town. Its still hot here, but already we can feel the effect of being 20hrs worth bus journey further south as its cool in the shade and a bit chilly at night. Frankly [...]

A Beer in The Afternoon

At our hostel we also meet Christian, who is Swiss, and has reluctantly left his young family for a bit of excitement and adventure. He does pack it in with bike rides around the city, a visit to an Estancia and polo playing (the last we heard). Both Gary and Christian are good fun to [...]

Recycling Waste

On our second day we meet Gary Kemble (Hi Gary), who teaches architecture at a small university in Canada – he is on a short sabbatical to learn more about urban environments in South America. Gary is not interested in seeing the natural wonders of South America (he is after all from Canada, as he [...]

Garnishing The Meat

Vicki and I spend three days walking around San Telmo (poor), Centro (shopping) and Palermo (wealthy and posh). I also convince Vicki to pay a visit to the Natural History Museum to see the Megatherium, or giant sloth.

 The museum is in a grand old faded building that museums like this are always hosued in. The [...]

Killer Clowns and Robots

We arrive in Buenos Aires to hot and humid weather, and are now in Colonia Del Sacremento in Uruguay. We stayed for 3 nights in what is possibly the noisiest room in the world – although it was a large room for a hostel. The very disturbing mural of a trio of clown musicians in [...]