Category Archives: South America
Week 6: Tango with Evita
If you ever go to Buenos Aires and want to party do it on Sunday, because on Monday everything is closed anyway. The only open thing to do I could find was the legendary stadium of the Boca Juniors, la … Continue reading
Week 6: Another chance for Buenos Aires
Like the first time we booked into the Art Factory Hostel in San Telmo. Five nights for me, so I had more time to see the city. Palermo, San Telmo and La Boca, the Museum of Fine Arts, of Latinoamericano … Continue reading
Week 6: Three Countries, a Dam and the most amazing Waterfalls
I’m waiting for the last overnight bus of this trip. It will take us from Puerto Iguazú to Buenos Aires. But not before another hour and so I have the time to tell you about the last couple of days. … Continue reading
Week 5: A River, a Boat and a Thousand Stories
Looking for the tourist-information-office Concepción that Lonely Planet promised us (but apparently doesn’t exist) we found something better. In front of a restaurant, under a sign ‘Tourist-Information’ we met Dirk-Peter, a German who came to Paraguay twenty years ago, married … Continue reading
Foreign Haircut
A room somewhere in Paraguay. An old man between 60 and 70, is sitting in on a bench left to the entrance. A single table-mirror-stool-combination in the right corner is the only sign that this room actually serves a purpose. … Continue reading