Jamie's Rants

rant verb (ranted, ranting) 1 intrans to talk in a loud, angry, pompous way. 2 tr & intr to declaim in a loud, pompous, self-important way. noun 1 loud, pompous, empty speech. 2 an angry tirade. ranter noun someone, especially a preacher, who rants. ranting noun, adj. rantingly adverb. ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from Dutch ranten to rave.

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Does He Take Sugar?

Now don't get me wrong, my Spanish is pretty bad, but after a month in fucked-up-Portuguese speaking Brazil having to struggle through t...

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Back In BA. Again.

At the risk of sounding like a pretentious knobber, comng back to Buenos Aires really felt like coming home. Mexico was my favourite holiday...

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Review 2007

I watched City of God the other night. I can assure you that that is not the Rio that I saw. The Rio I saw seemed like Brighton compared to ...

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Tips For Travellers II

(Correction) Of course Swiss follow the type of their language. Germans are nice, I like them. French are strange. Always. Italians have tha...

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Famous Last Words

It's pissing it down. Until Friday apparently. I wish I'd wasted my time on the beach yesterday instead of using it wisely.

Monday, May 07, 2007

At The Copa, Copacabana

I know I'm not supposed to brag about how amazing stuff is, and being the stereotypical reserved Englishman that I am, it's usually ...

Friday, May 04, 2007

Tips For Travellers

Avoid taxis. The trouble is, sometimes you don't know where you are, and you don't know where you're going. You're vulnerabl...

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Sorry What?

Man, Portuguese is one fucked up language. It sounds like a mixture of Spanish/German/Norwegian. All spoken with an egg in the mouth. Actual...

Friday, April 27, 2007

Brutal Bureaucracy

Throughout my travels I have stumbled across monumental bureaucracy. Usually it doesn't affect me too much, what do I mind if they have ...

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Odds And Ends

Well Maddy got off ok, and has arrived safely home. I'm glad to say that in the last few days in Mexico she really managed to begin livi...

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