We'd come to Puerto Madryn to lay low in a lovely beach town but it's probably against some manner of law to not visit the Valdes Peninsula whilst you're here. It would probably have been cheaper to do a tour but we're trying to avoid close proximity to other humans and their various disease carrying [...]
I don't know if you noticed but Argentina went and won some manner of international competition and we were in Buenos Aires when it happened. I didn't want to just not mention it because it was absolutely-fucking-lutely epic! We'd taken an obnoxiously early bus from Colón that morning because we really wanted to be in [...]
We had five spare days to play with so after a spot of research we decided to spend it in the hot, moist riverside town of Colón about five hours north of Buenos Aires and we regret absolutely nothing. As soon as we arrived at our accommodation we felt like we were on holiday. I've [...]
Sunday is open air market day in San Telmo which is basically wonderful morning of trying to resist purchasing all manner of little artsy things and cute signs for around the house. We don't have a house. We don't even have a fucking fixed address. I don't need crocheted cacti or a novelty drinks coaster. [...]
I actually really like Buenos Aires despite it being a really rather large, polluted city. I remember liking it last time I was here too, there's plenty to see and do, you could easily end up hurling yourself headlong into a non-stop tourist whirlwind, pausing only to wave your camera at another tango dancing couple [...]
We got to San Ignacio late morning after an easy five hour bus journey from Puerto Iguazù. It's got a weird, wild west feel to it but, like, if the wild west didn't have any people. We checked into the first hotel we came to on account of the fact my guts were trying to [...]
There are five species of tucan in the Iguazu National Park. We saw exactly zero of the elusive little fuckers. Fortunately that's not why we were there, we wanted to gawp at Iguazu Falls a little bit more. We actually put it off for a day and spent an extra night in ultra touristy Puerto [...]
Our eyeholes were in for such a fucking treat today, guys! The mighty Iguazu Falls, the absolute crown jewels of… Argentina actually. The vast majority of the waterfalls aren't in Brazil at all, if you want to get all cosy with them then you're on the wrong side if you're approaching from Foz Do Iguaçu. [...]
You know that thing when you're on your holidays and you discover a local food or drink that you can pretty much only get there and nowhere else and it's so utterly life changing you know there'll be a hole in your soul yearning for this one thing for eternity when you return home? Yeah [...]
Back in April I left New Zealand with a heavy heart. I uprooted myself from a life I didn't want to leave because my visa had expired and headed back towards Europe via South America. I didn't really know what to expect to be honest, it was a choice between South America or South East [...]
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