South America Travel Journal

All of my travel journey posts about all of my visits to anywhere in South America will be linked below.

As I write this index page description, I haven’t yet been on my booked inaugural trip to South America. But, when I go, it will be a new continent for me. I’ve already been to North America (my home continent), Europe, Asia, and Australia. So this will just leave a couple of more continents to go, Africa and Antarctica.

I’m an old guy, so I doubt I’ll get to Antarctica. And I don’t know about Africa. If I do go to either of those continents, they’ll pop up in the index here as soon as I post anything from those continents. Be sure to check back often.

Teatro Colón & More

I titled this post “Teatro Colón & More,” but as you’ll soon learn, there’s not a lot more. Teatro Colón is the only sight I’d...

Central Buenos Aires

I spent this afternoon taking in a collection of sights in central Buenos Aires. Or, at least trying to take them in. In most cases,...

Morning in San Telmo

I chose to visit the San Telmo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires this morning for a specific reason. There is a recommended tourist sight, an enclosed...

Art & Death in Recoleta

I’m quite proud of the title I came up with for this post, “Art & Death in Recoleta.” I think it sounds almost literary. More...

Nervous in La Boca

I started today, my second full day in Buenos Aires, by visiting its La Boca neighbourhood. Readers might have one of a few reactions upon...

Palermo, Including Parks

It was getting close to 4:00 p.m. by the time I finished the food tour this afternoon. So, this post, which covers what I did...

Buenos Aires Food Tour

In the post about my time in Jardin Botánico Carlos Thays this morning, I alluded to a three-hour tour that I booked for today at...

Buen Dia Buenos Aires

Before today, I couldn’t say I’d ever alighted anywhere in South America, but here I am in Buenos Aires. So, as of the publication of...