Towards the end of the 19th Century, after a series of increasingly serious disease outbreaks (in 1871 Yellow Fever wiped out nearly 10% of the city's inhabitants), it was decided to do something about the quality of the drinking water. ...
I was recently asked a few questions by the good folks at Expanish Spanish School Argentina about my experiences in Buenos Aires and the things I love and hate about the city. The interview can be found here: Expanish Meets ...
Graffiti is common in Buenos Aires, ranging from barely legible scrawls supporting or condemning political figures to huge artistic murals. The political messages are particularly prevalent in the Plaza de Congreso and the Plaza de Mayo due to the large ...
Recoleta Cemetery is one of those rare places that no matter what the weather nor one's photo-taking skills, it's hard not to take a good picture. With some 4,500 beautiful tombs and mausoleums it's a great place to spend a ...
Nice little film tracing the day of one of Buenos Aires' famous Dog Walkers. Victor has been doing the job for the last 12 years and has been bitten three times and has lost 2 dogs (both turned up later!). ...
It's not only sports that get to have a world championship - Tango gets in on the action too. If you've been in Buenos Aires these last few days you won't have missed the signs telling you that August is ...
Witnessing the weekly protest of Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo is one of the more enduring images of Buenos Aires. Founded in during the military dictatorship of the late-1970s as a reaction to the kidnapping and murder of ...
There's an interesting article in La Nación today (link in Spanish) which gives some of the statistics regarding the Buenos Aires colectivo system, especially concerning the subsidy system which means that the passenger is only paying 32% of the actual ...
From the outside El Congreso de la Nación is on of the most recognisable buildings in Argentina, and last week I had the chance to take a look at the inside. Work started on the construction of Argentina's parliament building ...
It's hard to imagine when in the middle of its capital, but Argentina is a rural country and vast swathes of its land are devoted to crops and animals for both export and local consumption. By and large these two ...
