The last time I visited Buenos Aires, one of the most memorable days of the trip, was spent, ironically enough, in Uruguay. A comfy, Buquebus high-speed ferry ride away...
20/11/2014
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Latin America
Many people these days seem to think of the Dominican Republic in terms of its gorgeous beaches - well, maybe with a couple of key exceptions, most notably bustling Santo...
02/10/2014
The hopping, happening district of Chile's capital between the Mapocho River and San Cristóbal Hill these days throbs with both colour and young people eager to take on the...
16/09/2014
The small Central American country of Costa Rica is of course internationally famous as a beaches, adventure travel, and ecotourism powerhouse, drawing millions of visitors per year to its...
24/07/2014
Happily, powderhounds in withdrawal don’t have to hang on till December to hit the ski resorts. The Southern Hemisphere is happy to oblige us with some superb skiing on...
24/06/2014
Stashed away in the steamy jungles of Petén, in Guatemala's northeast, Tikal, which means "place of the voices," is the greatest of the ancient Mayan cities, and one of...
15/05/2014
Costa Rica has cannily and famously leveraged its ecotourism riches into bank-account riches over the past several decades, but it wouldn’t have become Central America’s most successful destination without...
14/04/2014
Perhaps one of the things that most surprised me about the Galapagos is the nonchalance with which the local species still receive human visitors. To this day, the great...
21/01/2014
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