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The poor economy of Argentina and the the devalued reputation of the country’s currency the Peso is bad news for the locals and a sad reflection on years of political greed and governmental corruption that has engulfed what could be one of the worlds greatest trading nations.Every cloud however has a silver lining and the… Continue reading Bargains Galore in the Shops of Buenos Aires

In 1970 architect José Maria Peña envisioned a market to liven up the barrio of Buenos Aires called San Telmo. It is a short taxi ride away from the wonderful Four Seasons Buenos Aires and well worth a visit if you love to browse. Peña convinced 30 neighbours to join him one day in selling… Continue reading San Telmo Antique Fair a Flea Market on Steroids

In the 1960’s the port of Buenos Aires like that of counterpart cities all over the world was a busteling terminus for cargo carrying merchant ships.  In the southern part of town it was called Dock Sud. From its inception, the city port had a problem accommodating cargo ships because the shallow river did not… Continue reading The Gentrification of Dock Sud

La Boca is a vibrant and colourful area of the city of Buenos Aires.  It is but a short taxi ride away from our beautiful suite in the Four Seasons Hotel in Recoleta. It is a neighbourhood, or barrio in the south east of the capital that has retained a strong sense of its European… Continue reading One Mouth You Can Never Shut

                    Not far from the Four Seasons Hotel and within a short and easy walk is The Recoleta Cemetery said to be one of the worlds Top Ten most beautiful of cemeteries. Regular followers of this blog will recall we visited the cemetery in Punta Arenas said to be… Continue reading For Eva Peron, it is a Grave Situation

We are not normally fans of restaurants in large city hotels but in the case the Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires we have to make an exception Hot on the heels of the sensational openings of their Elena Restaurant and Pony Line Bar, which have revolutionised the gastronomic world in the area of Recoleta and… Continue reading We Cannot Keep This Secret All To Ourselves

If you enjoy an adventure and fancy your chances at being the second coming of Fangio (the Argentinian Race Car driver) then you have to hire a car in Buenos Aires. We hired ours from Avis whose downtown office is in Recoleta and close by the HUB Porteñohotels and The Four Seasonswhere we stayed. It was… Continue reading Be Brave in Buenos Aires and Hire a Car

We have been at Gili Lankanfushi, in the Maldives for just three days but in that short time we have quickly established how it is that they have been named as: The Indian Ocean’s Leading Luxury Resort The Indian Ocean’s Leading Spa Resort The Maldives’ Leading Luxury Resort. They picked up all three awards in… Continue reading Award Winning Resort and Rightly So

While sailing aboard Four Seasons Explorer in the Maldives and later while enjoying the Robinson Crusoe lifestyle at Gili Lankanfushi we have enjoyed our selves playing with a new toy that is likely to bring quality picture taking to millions of iPhone users. Photographers who want to get twice as close to the action and… Continue reading Using Olloclip Telephoto Lens on our iPhone