South America Blog
About this blog
Wayne Bernhardson is the author of Moon Handbooks to Buenos Aires, Chile, Argentina, and Patagonia. Here he shares his vast knowledge of South America and its people.
Recent Posts
- Sex & Food in Buenos Aires: Part 2
- "Authentic Buenos Aires"
- Freezing Out the Little Guy? Professionalization of Tourism in Chile and Argentina
- Aerolíneas Argentinas Plays Aeroparque
- Ice Cream Capital of the Americas
- La Cuarenta: Argentina's Top Road Trip
- Tandil Rock(s)
- Wine & Dinos in Patagonia
- A Mighty Wind Hits Buenos Aires
- Chile's Top Road Trip: the Carretera Austral
- When I'm 64: Sandro Leaves the Building
- Dakar 2010 Takes Its Toll
- Reciprocity v. Prosperity in Argentina
- San Antonio de Areco, in the Flood
- Argentine Monkeys Howl Back!
Sex & Food in Buenos Aires: Part 2
A few years ago, in Buenos Aires, Ámbito Financiero film critic and independent director Diego Curubeto invited me to a shoot for his first film, a hybrid docudrama on actress Isabel Sarli. more >>
"Authentic Buenos Aires"
Last July, literally the day before I flew to Argentina for a couple weeks to begin updating Moon Buenos Aires, I received an out-of-the-blue phone call from an editor at National Geographic Traveler, asking whether I was interested in writing a piece on “Authentic Buenos Aires.” The idea was to spend a week or so in the city, in the company of local experts (of my choice, with approval from NGT editors) on the topics of food, sights, accommodations, shopping and nightlife in the city. It would be part of a recurring feature that focuses on high-profile world cities - New York and Paris, for instance, have gotten similar treatment. more >>
Freezing Out the Little Guy? Professionalization of Tourism in Chile and Argentina
Last month, the Chilean Congress passed a new tourism law that, according to Sernatur director Oscar Santelices, will give the country a higher international profile - until now, Sernatur (the national tourism service) has been a bureaucratic stepchild with a limited promotional budget, but the new law will turn it into a cabinet-level “Subsecretaría” within two years. This would acknowledge the travel and tourism sector’s growing role in the country’s economy - about US$10 billion, comprising 3.5 percent of GDP and employing about 200,000 people. more >>
Aerolíneas Argentinas Plays Aeroparque
Buenos Aires has two airports. Nearly all international flights arrive at and leave from Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini, colloquially known as Ezeiza for the nearby Buenos Aires province town, about 22 km south of the city (because of heavy traffic, it’s 45 minutes from downtown, on a good day). Most domestic flights, plus flights to Uruguay, leave from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, the city airport on the banks of the Río de La Plata, barely ten minutes from my Palermo apartment. more >>
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