by Jonathan Evans | Dec 18, 2010 | Argentina, Non-Travel, South America
Fascinating report about a torture victim from Argentina’s Dirty War meeting “Turco Julian”, the man who tortured him every day for 6 months. via
by Jonathan Evans | Nov 4, 2010 | Argentina, Brasil, Non-Travel, Paraguay, South America
San Ignacio in the Misiones Province of NorthEast Argentina is best know for the remains of the San Ignacio Mini Jesuit Mission. Founded in 1632, the Mission (along with 29 more spread out over modern day Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina) was an attempt to provide the...
by Jonathan Evans | Sep 9, 2010 | Argentina, Non-Travel, South America
I’ve been doing some research for a project I’ll be working on more very soon, and here is some of the output. In 1536 explorer Pedro de Mendoza, stopped for a while, put a few tents up and Buenos Aires was born. Originally called Ciudad de Nuestra Señora...
by Jonathan Evans | Aug 15, 2010 | Argentina, Food, Non-Travel, South America
I’m not going to beat around the bush, and I’ve said it before but Argentinian TV is pretty much universally awful. I was in a supermarket the other day and the TV in the corner was tuned to an entertainment show which consisted of 2 young trendy dudes...
by Jonathan Evans | Jul 3, 2010 | Argentina, Food, Non-Travel, South America
I recently posted a status update to Facebook informing the world that I had discovered my local supermarket here in Buenos Aires stocks 17 types of tinned corn, which I found to be a little excessive. A couple of my friends commented that I should buy each one and...
by Jonathan Evans | Jun 9, 2010 | Argentina, Food, Non-Travel, South America
I went for lunch with a friend a couple of days ago, we had a sandwich each, a drink and a coffee. The bill came to 128 pesos. That may not mean anything to you but had we not finished our delicious lunch, we may well have choked on it. Everybody that has spent any...
