Blog – Page 26 – JoHook Travel Photographer

27 May 2011

Buenos Aires Art and Music

If you are lucky enough to be in Buenos Aires on a Wednesday night check out Calle Peru 576 where the band Orquestra Tipica el Afronte has a regular gig. You will be rewarded by heartfelt pulsing tango music with four bandoneons, three violins, one cello, one piano and one double bass and a […]

2
88
0

25 Mar 2011

San Juan

I started the year off in the Amazon in Brazil where I travelled with two Argentinian guys, two Italian guys and a Brazilian guide. We chattered non stop despite the fact I did not know Italian and only had a smattering of Brazilian Portuguese, the Italians had no english and the Argentinians had no […]

2
55
0

22 Mar 2011
- Argentina
- Charity
- people
- Photography

Conviven

Fifteen young investigators were looking for the tree from North East Argentina. Armed with magnifying glasses and binoculars they had been set a task to find a variety of leaves and the largest tree in the Gardens. They were divided into small teams with a Conviven volunteer helping to keep the eager young detectives […]

2
31
0

04 Feb 2011

Montevideo Carnival

The call of African drums starts this Carnival which lasts for 40 days. The first day is Parade of the calls day which went on throughout the night known as desfile de las LLamadas. The calls derive from the days of the black slaves when they would meet to celebrate or deal with social […]

2
88
0

04 Feb 2011
- Landscapes
- Nature
- Photography
- Uruguay

Colonia Suiza

Uruguay is a Guarani Indian word which means river of birds. It has the most amazing bird life from noisy green parrots nesting in the trees chattering away and eating all the plant life to the beautiful but elusive red crested Cardinal, the many yellow bellied varieties which flashed past me and the tiny […]