I left General Conesa at around 11am on New Year’s Eve, headlights mandatory. Made a quick stop at a Chinese supermarket for fruits where an old man in a Fiat Truck gave my Renault Kangoo a slight bump while reversing. No damage done, and he, wearing a Panama Hat, apologized with a lovely grin. I …
A new plan has found its place into my loyal diary: a journey south along the east coast to the tip of Argentina – Pampa and Patagonia, then tracing back up the west from Tierra del Fuego to Cafayate and Salta city, finally turning eastward back to Buenos Aires. With 2023 closing, I began reflecting …
The theft drama continued in the sun-drenched plains of Jacquin V Gonzalez. It began with anticipation as local lawyer Juan Pablo Cuellar, with the assistant female prosecutor, provided the latest update on the investigation. The theft had been located at 3.40 am following hours of painstaking perusal of the CCTV footage. Juan Pablo also shared …
Early morning misfortune struck as seasoned traveller RB and his companion Suzie fell victim to theft while peacefully asleep in their Renault Kangoo at a YPF service station in Joaquin V Gonzalez. The thief swiped through the tiny gap in the ventilation side window, making away with Suzie’s money bag containing a tidy sum in …
Argentina grows on me like Italy has, as each day I take in Phil’s travel notes, photos and the occasional video while he slow-travels the length and breadth of the country he calls “my place”. The two countries may have more than seven thousand miles separating them yet the glaring similarities between them cannot be …
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Racket Boy’s Argentina Adventures begins after early travel woes of delays and rearrangement of flights but what’s new in the world of his travels? From Pisa to Gatwick to Madrid to Buenos Aires it feels good to be back to perpetual blue skies and endless open roads. Buenos Aires has no shortage of quirky hotels …
