5 Places We Thought We’d Love… But Didn’t

5 Places We Thought We’d Love… But Didn’t

A question that we regularly get asked as travellers is “which is your favourite country?”. It’s actually a really difficult one to answer as we have visited so many amazing and diverse places that it’s hard to even begin to compare them. And we’ve genuinely found...
3 Items of Travel Clothing There’s No Need to Pack

3 Items of Travel Clothing There’s No Need to Pack

Before we set off, we agonised for months over what clothes to pack, researching tirelessly by reading travel blogs on the subject and canvassing opinion from everyone we knew who’d been backpacking in the past. There are so many different versions of “the...
Highlights of Buenos Aires

Highlights of Buenos Aires

Looking back on our time in Buenos Aires we had incredible fun experiencing what the city has to offer and learning about the history. Here’s some highlights of places we’d recommend which we haven’t already blogged about. San Telmo San Telmo is the...
To Boca or not to Boca?

To Boca or not to Boca?

Beware: thieves about! La Boca is a notoriously dangerous neighbourhood in the South-East of Buenos Aires and after reading reports of violent muggings I was quite honestly shitting myself about going. Never the less, it is recommended as a must see that tons of...
First Impressions of Buenos Aires

First Impressions of Buenos Aires

Unlike J (check out his blog ‘Second First Impressions of Buenos Aires’) this is my first time in Argentina, so I thought you might be interested in hearing my first impressions of both Buenos Aires and living abroad. Taking in the city! It really is...
Second First Impressions of Buenos Aires

Second First Impressions of Buenos Aires

The last time I came to Buenos Aires was over 10 years ago in 2004. Back then the political landscape was an economy that had recently flatlined, there had been widespread civil unrest which had seen thousands of people regularly taking to the streets to noisily...