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.

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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?

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