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  Reisgids Dominicus Argentinië | Dominicus | 24.95 €

  Argentijnen zijn gepassioneerde Latino's die zich laten voorstaan op hun Europese achtergrond. In die zin zijn ze vreemde eenden in de bijt in h... meer

  Argentijnen zijn gepassioneerde Latino's die zich laten voorstaan op hun Europese achtergrond. In die zin zijn ze vreemde eenden in de bijt in het overwegend door mestiezen en mulatten bevolkte werelddeel Zuid-Amerika. Argentijnen dwepen met de Europese cultuur en laten die afstralen op hun manier van leven, hun steden, hun denken. Een wandeling in Buenos Aires roept onmiskenbaar herinneringen op aan willekeurig welke grote stad in Spanje, Italië of Frankrijk. De weemoed en het verlangen - vroeger naar het moederland, tegenwoordig meer naar de vervlogen glorievolle en rijke jaren - is voelbaar in elke cultuuruiting en herkenbaar in elk gesprek met Argentijnen. Ze hebben stijl, zijn hoffelijk en klampen zich vast aan de grote helden die het land heeft voortgebracht. Ze worden enthousiast als ze vertellen over de overweldigende en afwisselende natuur van Argentinië: de pampa, de gletsjers, de Andes, het woestijnachtige noorden. Bovendien is er naast de tango, het voetbal, de literatuur en de wijn nog zoveel meer te beleven.

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  South American Handbook 1924 - Replica Edition | Footprint | 9.95 €

  In Celebration Of 90 Years Of The South American Handbook, This Replica Edition Is A Facsimile Of The First Edition, Published In 1924. See how tr... meer

  In Celebration Of 90 Years Of The South American Handbook, This Replica Edition Is A Facsimile Of The First Edition, Published In 1924.

  See how travel in South America has changed in the last 90 years

  To celebrate the South American Handbook's 90th edition, we've brought out a replica edition of the original 1924 Handbook - "South America in a nutshell". Packed with fascinating insights into international travel 90 years ago, this edition tells us the best clothing to pack for a steamer ship journey; advice on choosing pack animals; how to sustain good health in the tropics; information on commerce in 1920s South America, by country.The South America of 1924 included Rio de Janeiro without the Christ the Redeemer statue (not completed until 1933); Brazil without its modern capital city (Brasilia did not exist until 1956); Peru where Machu Picchu had been discovered less than 15 years previously; Cuba before Castro, Guevara and the Cuban Revolution.

   

  Verschijnt 27 september 2013

  The past is a foreign country,” wrote LP Hartley in 1953. “They do things differently there.” It surely didn't come much more foreign than Bolivia, Brazil, or British Guiana would have been for tourists in 1924, the year that the first South American Handbook was published.

   

  To mark next year's 90th anniversary, Footprint Travel Guides has produced a commemorative version, and to open it is to enter a world of travel dazzlingly different from the one we experience today. Actually, erm, no. Hang on a minute ...

   

  Fed up with your bags being frisked as you set off for some winter sun? So were your travel forebears: “Any [steamship] passenger who carries, or attempts to carry, cartridges, gunpowder or goods of a dangerous nature is liable to a penalty of £100.” What about travel insurance? “Baggage is conveyed entirely at passengers' own risk, unless insured.”

   

  Surely, I hear you cry, there was no Ryanair-esque quibbling about luggage allowance? Au contraire: “Cabin baggage, to go under berths, should not be more than 16 inches high, 24 inches wide and 36 inches long.”

   

  The parallels continue upon arrival. “Choosing pack animals” reads one heading. “In all Latin American republics, it is necessary to use mules, donkeys, burros and horses ... Choice is not always possible.” Hiring a car feels much the same. And the health advice from 1924 is strangely familiar. “While vessels are in dock in tropical ports it is advisable to keep the cabin doors and windows closed. Some heat is preferable to the mosquito, as sickness often follows bites.”

   

  Admittedly, the in-guide advertising has dated somewhat. Wither Snugfit Hosiery, “Made in the USA - worn all over the world”? But you could still Thomas Cook it, even back then. The company's advert offers “Escorted tours with itineraries of varying lengths at frequent intervals”. And they cashed travellers' cheques.

   

  The fact that Footprint still publishes a South American Handbook is a cause for celebration. Argentina kicks off the 2014 edition, just as it did the original (the country merits 188 pages, compared with just 34 in 1924). And as far as Brazil goes, Rio still wins out: “The city is worthy of its setting” (1924) bears comparison with “Rio has a glorious theatrical backdrop of tumbling wooded mountains” (2014).

   

  Of course, plenty has changed. Today, we crave adrenalin on our travels. (I searched in vain for the original's white-water rafting suggestions.) We're more confident sexually (the LGBT section is notable by its absence in the facsimile edition). Our view of the natural world is more developed (the Galapagos Islands merited just one brief mention in 1924).

   

  However, ponder this guidance on how you should behave abroad, and nine decades of travel fall away in a sentence: “An attitude of sympathetic appreciation of these countries and peoples ... and of what they have achieved culturally as well as commercially, brings blessings upon both visitors and hosts.”

   

  See? Not such a foreign country after all.

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