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My year without flying (thanks to the outstanding Argentinian buses)

Environment, Road, Transport

Argentinian long-distance bus / Flickr photo by Sheep 'R' Us

When I took my trip home to England for Christmas, I realised it was the first time I boarded a plane in over a year.

I shouldn’t have been that surprised. One of the reasons I decided to base myself in South America was so I could do more overland travel and fly less. This turned out to be even easier than I thought. Last year I mangaged to travel extensively across Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. Once even I hopped to Patagonia for the weekend.

It’s all down to the good, old long-distance bus. Admittedly those in Bolivia and Peru were a little lacking, but Argentina’s system is – as countless travellers in South America have discovered – outstanding.

Continue reading this article @ Going local travel

Vicky Baker February 10, 2010

In defence of guidebooks

Books, Opinions
Photo by Vicky Baker

Photo by Vicky Baker

Ok, I’m exaggerating slightly (but not much).

The reason for this apparent obsession is my job of putting together a 400-page guidebook to Argentina and Uruguay. It’s going to be a good ‘un, believe me, but more on that another time. In the meantime, I’ve been having a general think about the hard time we give guidebooks. Myself included.

Not that long ago I was close flinging a guidebook out of a window in disgust. Why?

Continue reading this article @ Going Local Travel

Vicky Baker June 19, 2009

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