Living the high life in the Andes
We’d heard good things but nothing quite prepares you for the business class comfort of Argentina’s long-distance buses – as far as our backpacker budget goes, they’re not particularly cheap but when you’re staring down the barrel of a 14 ...
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A Classico Football Match: River Plate v San Lorenzo
His game: It’s a football fan’s dream to watch a local derby in Buenos Aires, and while this one wasn’t the ‘Super Classico’ between River and Boca, it was the next best thing – a ‘Classico’ with River (or “Los Millonarios’ ...
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Buenos Aires: City of passions
We have it on good authority that a quintessential visit to Buenos Aires in Argentina isn’t a fait accompli unless you’ve become properly acquainted with the city’s legendary mainstays – tango, football, wine and steak. Having four left feet and an ...
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Un po-Quito: Getting to know Ecuador’s capital city
Quito, city in the clouds. During our month in Ecuador, we’d flown in and out of its precarious, mountain-framed airport no less than six times. So we figured it just wouldn’t be right to carry on without some small ode to this, ...
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Visiting Ecuador’s Amazon Jungle: A Photo Gallery
Visiting Ecuador’s Amazon Jungle is one of life’s great adventures. This vital yet fragile environment is among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth, home to thousands of species of plants, trees, insects, reptiles, fish, birds and mammals. The best ...
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Incomparable Galapagos: Photo Gallery
They say a picture speaks a thousand words, and as adjectives and whimsy won’t ever paint a vivid enough picture of this enchanted archipelago, we’re letting our photos do the talking. After nearly three weeks in the Galapagos Islands, we depart not only with several thousand images ...
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New Orleans: Jazzed in the Who Dat Nation
‘Who Dat!’ It’s been the catch-cry of proud New Orleanians for over a hundred years, and it had a resurgence last year after the New Orleans Saints won the superbowl. More than just the game, the win was symbolic of ...
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Key West – Gateway to the good life
Jay was dressed head to toe in black, sporting a frayed Abe Lincoln goatee and standing around 6½ feet from his steel-capped boots to the rim of his tall top hat. Our ghost host had one simple rule for our after-dark tour of Key West’s most haunted spots . . . . .
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The globe-trotters get started in Harlem
Arriving in New York City on a crisp winter’s day reminded me a little of England. It was certainly a far cry from the humid, rain swept and – at least recently – seldom sunny Sydney. The sky was a beautiful ...
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