Saying goodbye to Argentina My last meal in Argentina was filete rellena. It couldn’t have been a more fitting final meal to see me off from this fantastic country. The waiter brought me this ridiculously huge steak. The sheer size and scale of the thing was beyond my comprehension. I knew immediately I was in …
Leicester City 1 – Everton 2 Salta, Argentina These last few weeks it has felt like Everton have been drifting away from me, or rather I’ve been drifting away from Everton. Despite my best efforts I’ve struggled to catch more than a few minutes of the mighty blues at a time. Whether it be down …
It didn’t take long at all. We climbed off the night bus into Salta at around 11:00. We knew we couldn’t check in to our room until 13:00 but flew by the place we were staying to drop our backs off. Rather than just grabbing breakfast at a local confiteria, Maria who we were staying …
Travelling west across Argentina It has been great staying in Puerto Iguazu for a week, even if things didn’t go exactly as planned. Since we left Barcelona, we’ve had a manic few weeks. We moved around a lot in the UK, while squeezing in all sorts of activities like weddings, catching up with family and …
Legend has it that back in the day there was a beautiful woman called Naipi. She was so beautiful that a god was going to marry her. Naipi loved another, however, and the two sailed off together in a canoe. This royally pissed off the god who was after Naipi. In a truly Trumpian way …
Sunday 23rd September: Arsenal 2 – Everton 0 and Boca Juniors 0 – River Plate 2 Puerto Iguazu, Argentina Jesus, this was supposed to be easy, it? A simple section on my travel blog where I talk about trying to watch Everton while I’m going to loads of places around the world I’ve always wanted …
So, after a rather comfortable 18-hour bus journey from Buenos Aires to Puerto Iguazu we find ourselves within touching distance of one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, but still a week away from getting there. We arrived here on the morning of Sunday September 23rd and that is the only day the weather has …
Colonia del Sacramento was the first ever town in Uruguay. It regularly changed hands between Spanish and Portuguese colonialists, which means today it offers an interesting mix of two colonial styles and some really beautiful streets to explore and corners to hide in. The mix of influences have left a truly beautiful town. Colonia faces …
Where the massive mouth of the Parana river kisses the freezing cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean is all that lies between the capital cities of Argentina and Uruguay. After a whirlwind few days in Buenos Aires we took a one-hour ferry from Tigre, to the north of the Argentinian capital, to the Uruguayan town …
We’ve been quite busy running around a lot, so I’m a bit behind on what we’ve been up to. We’ve just got back into Argentina after a four-day trip to Uruguay. Those four days in the South American country with the highest standard of living are in the backlog though, for now I’m concentrating on …