In South America you can gorge on magnificent barbecue meals – and accompanying Malbec – at half the price you would pay in Australia.
Tourists are curious creatures,ever ready to make an entertainment out of the most terrible tales of the past.
This a magnificently located airport,but any sense of wide-open space and adventure is abandoned at the entrance.
South America is an overlooked cruise destination,but nowhere gives you the chance to sail to more varied destinations.
There are more flights and South America remains better value than Europe or the US. Here is our beginner’s guide to travelling around this continent of extremes.
This far-flung chilly city will warm your heart with crab feasts,colourful murals and some of the best baked goods around.
Consider the great sporting snacks of the world:meat pie in Australia;the hot dog in the US;samosas in India. And now,add this to that list.
You’d be mad to miss some of the experiences at Iguazu Falls,even if you end up getting wet.
It happened just last week. I was in a cab in Palermo in Buenos Aires,coming to the end of a 24-hour journey from Australia.
The good people of Argentina have done away with the frippery to serve you a whopping hunk of melted dairy.