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Dancing between the raindrops
Staying in the Old City of Montevideo, our hostel was across from the Teatro Solis, the main theatre in Uruguay. […]
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the football world cup was born
It was 1930, Uruguay played Argentina in the first ever football world cup final, held at Estadio Centenario, Montevideo. The […]
Dirty Wars and somewhere out there is the truth
Let me put this into perspective, growing up in England during 1980s and loving football, I had a specific view […]
Alive after one year trekking around the world
We left our home in Cape Town some 366 days ago and are still trekking. Maybe some of you thought […]
Creating a nation of immigrants or are they expats?
Visiting the Immigration Museum on a wet rainy day in Buenos Aires at the other end of the city from […]
Don’t cry for me Argentina: Evita
I did not realise that Juan Peron had been elected three times as President and was imprisoned by the military […]
The Hand of God is at it again
La Boca is the barrio (district) where the original settlers landed, but importantly today this is where Boca Juniors play […]
Crossing Los Andes at the front end of a big fast bus
We managed to get front seats up top, on our bus from Valparaiso to Mendoza, Argentina and what a great […]
Democratically elected Marxist Government, Junta or door number three
If only we had the power to turn back time and retain our knowledge…at the memorial museum that reconstructs quite […]
into the strange 