At one point, you just have to take a chance and hope for the best—and most of the time, you’ll get into the story and forget other options even existed.
Browsing Category Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile – Winter 2019
I’m Lucky in Buenos Aires This Year
I was lucky in Buenos Aires, so lucky that I extended my stay—I was only going to be there for four nights, initially. But hey, when everything works out fine, why not enjoy it?
From State Terror to Human Rights Defence
During the military dictatorship, from 1976 to 1983, about 30,000 Argentinians were “disappeared” by the state, i.e. kidnapped and taken to secret detention centres where they were tortured.
Across The Chocolate River to Argentina with Colonia Express
At 6:30 a.m., Montevideo was quiet, hot, and foggy. I walked to the bus terminal, which is, as always in Uruguay, inside a shopping mall—or maybe shopping malls are inside bus terminals, who knows.
10 Things I’ve Discovered After 10 Days of Solo Travel
After a few days in Argentina’s capital, I travelled to Uruguay, stayed in Montevideo, took a day trip to Punta del Este and now I’m back in Buenos Aires. So, what did I learn during these first 10 days of solo travel?
Punta del Este, Where a Giant Hand is Emerging from the Sand
The first thing you see when you step outside the bus terminal is a giant hand, five human fingers made of iron and cement and partially emerging from sand.