This post is about Buenos Aires, but I'm writing it in Brazil - I'm bac in Sao Paulo.. briefly. Temporarily no more gracias, back to obrigarda. I'm en route from buenos Aires to Bogota, Colombia. I haven't been to bed yet as had to leave at 3a.m…. let's hope the next flight is smooth so I can get some shut-eye. So, where are we..? Heading back to Buenos Aires for our last couple of days, I was determined to finally see a tango show. It was worth the wait - t...

Cordoba... the place where I kissed a nun. She kissed me first. The second largest city in Argentina, and close to the Sierra Nevadas, Cordoba is a big university city with stunning examples of gothic and modern architecture, plus its the birthplace of revolutionary Che Guevara. Arriving early doors on the overnight bus from Mendoza we were very happy to be greeted by hot sunshine and blue skies. Turns out our (really nice) hostel is well and truly on the grin...

Gaucho in the Andes. In search of adventure, we headed up, up, up way into the Andes, the car shuddering over rocks as the roads turned to dust. Arriving at a ramshackle (but spotlessly clean) house perched high on the hill we were greeted by our hosts for the day - Gaucho Daniel and his wife Marissa (plus their 5 adorable kids). Gauchos are essentially farmers, working the land and tending to their animals (all the while looking very cool on horseback). Our ...

Wine country Mendoza is one of my favourite places from the whole trip.. I could spend weeks here. The town is gorgeous; wide tree-lined avenues and lots of plazas (designed that way after the whole town had to be rebuilt following a devastating earthquake some years ago), pretty architecture and a simple-to-navigate grid system. I'm a big fan of grid systems, it saves time wandering around getting lost... Arriving in style (cama suite, no less - the buses in...

I'm back in Argentina.. and I have a new travel buddy. Scott's here! He brought Marmite. Leaving Florianopolis and Brazil behind meant saying ciao for now to Lynne, who I've been travelling with for the past 6 weeks... going to be very strange not hearing her Scottish lilt every day! Safe travels Lynne, see you for festival. One bus a day from Florianopolis to Buenos Aires - a well-trodden route, how hard could it be? OK, so 25 hours on a bus wouldn't be pleas...