The time has come to leave Buenos Aires. For almost 8 months we have been lucky enough to call this city our home. We will miss the people, the beef, the futbol, the passion, the ice cream, wine and weather. We will not miss the dog shit. The media department at Senor Suitcase have hastily [ Read More ]
Before Monday night my record of attending football matches in Argentina was as follows: P=4 W=0 D=1 L=2 A.A.S.M.F.E.R.*=1. (* Abandoned After Six Minutes For Extreme Rioting) The fact that these had all been Velez matches and that they were still top of the league is pretty amazing and shows just how well they have [ Read More ]
We’ve had some technical difficulties here at Señor Suitcase HQ which resulted in the whole blog being deleted. Awesome. The good news is we’ve managed to recover almost all of it and also taken the opportunity to get rid of some of the dead wood and add a couple of new features including an all [ Read More ]
Posted: 20 Apr 2011 08:42 PM PDT – The ancient drink of health and friendship. – The weird silver thing Argentinians carry around. – The reason porteños don’t need to sleep. The answer is Maté. It has more caffeine than tea and coffee put together. Probably. You suck it through a metal straw and then pass [ Read More ]
Posted: 10 Mar 2011 07:28 PM PST What is tango to you? a) neon crazy juice for the under eights, advertised by a man in orange body paint b) the name of your local tanning salon c) a large helping of leg spaghetti If it’s ‘a’ or ‘b’, you haven’t left the UK. If it’s [ Read More ]
Posted: 25 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST Finally got the chance to upload some photos from our incredible trip to the Galapagos Islands. The place is amazing, the photos speak for themselves but the overriding memory was how fearless the wildlife was. Not so good when it’s a shark but you could go right up to [ Read More ]
Posted: 15 Feb 2011 10:22 AM PST 3 flights in a single night is enough to leave even the most Bransonian of travellers a touch jaded. But what really gets under my skin is not the 2 hour airplane transfer at 5am or being packed in so tight you keep knocking your headphones off with your [ Read More ]
Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:21 AM PST With the notable exception of tinned tuna sushi and a slew of forgettable pizzas, we’ve enjoyed all of the food here. However, there are a few stand-out items on the menu del pais that demand to be eaten. None of them are green. All of them go with Malbec. [ Read More ]
Posted: 19 Jan 2011 05:45 AM PST It’s back. The film they tried to ban. In the second (and penultimate) part of Fin Del Mundo, Señor Suitcase travel down the legendary Ruta 40 and walk on top of the massive Perito Moreno Glacier. Along the way they encounter a breakdown, more dangerously epic scenery, and scale [ Read More ]
Posted: 16 Jan 2011 05:31 PM PST We’ve been in Argentina for nearly four months. This is probably a reasonable point at which to take stock and say something profound about all the cultural differences we’ve uncovered. But I can’t think of anything right now. So instead here’s a list of unprofound things about the stuff [ Read More ]
