“Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.” Jorge Luis Borges Tango, mountains, lakes, … Continue reading #5 Tango, glaciers and cowboys: Argentina

“Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.” Jorge Luis Borges Tango, mountains, lakes, … Continue reading #5 Tango, glaciers and cowboys: Argentina
Tate Modern is currently running a photographic exhibition, Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera (see http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/exposure/default.shtm). I visited it the other weekend and found it fascinating and thought-provoking.
When I saw the plume of spray erupting from the knobbly, broccoli-headed swathe of trees as the plane came into land, like steam pouring from a boiling kettle, I knew … Continue reading Through the jungle with a violet umbrella: Iguazu Falls
I arrived in Ushuaia on the night of Friday 11 December, after a 14 hour bus trip from Punta Natales in Chile that would have been gruelling if I hadn’t … Continue reading If You Go Down to the Woods Today …