You're Not From Around Here, Are You?
A travelogue covering travelling, living, working and volunteering in over 90 countries
I really like Buenos Aires, it’s a very laid back city, different yet somehow familiar, possibly because of all the European influences. It’s easy to get about and whilst everything is slightly more expensive than the rest of Argentina it still feels good value for money. The subway and bus are frequent and cheap and [...]
How to send a parcel from the Buenos Aires Post Office
A few days spent wandering the streets of Buenos Aires, including the cemetery and Caminito in La Boca
How to take a day trip from Buenos Aires to Colonia de Sacremento in Uruguay
Even arriving in Buenos Aires from the detached (if rather comfy) viewpoint of a bed on the top floor of a coach it’s immediately obvious that it has that something special. The main roads through the city are new and well thought out. In the outlying residential zones the streets on each side are narrow [...]
To travel from Mendoza to Buenos Aires we’d booked the overnight bus. Tickets can be purchased at any bus station, but the array of available companies and routes makes it much easier to book online (www.andesmar.com or http://www.omnilineas.com are decent sites). Tickets can be purchased in one of three classes: Semi-cama – these are perfectly [...]
Since leaving corporate life in London in 2006 I’ve travelled, worked, volunteered and lived in over 90 countries.
Highlights so far would be driving along the Silk Road from Beijing to Istanbul, a complete circuit of South America and volunteering with Habitat for Humanity in Costa Rica. I’m currently back in Beijing, as a base to visit more of Asia and attempt to learn Mandarin.