June 17, 2026
A New Chapter for Poncho Tours
In April of this year, Nick published his final blog as the owner of Poncho Tours. After many years travelling the roads of Northwest Argentina and ac...
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May 4, 2026
Poncho Tours in 2026 and Beyond
Last month I finished my last Poncho Tour spending Good Friday in Tilcara (always one of the best places for Easter colour), visiting some familiar pl...
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December 29, 2025
Poncho Tours: the Next Generation
Eighteen years ago this week, my wife Alicia and I packed the last of our belongings into the loft of our house in London and left for a new life in A...
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November 12, 2025
Internet Bots, Fake News, and Artificial Intelligence
My first experience of being shown the benefits of Artificial Intelligence did not go well. A tech boffin who is far more intelligent than me was att...
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October 12, 2025
New and returning flights to Salta and Jujuy
Having flown last week from my home in Argentina to the UK, this seems an appropriate time for one of my more prosaic blogs which does what it says on...
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September 5, 2025
Calilegua cloud forest and Milei's war on waste
Last week I returned to Calilegua cloud forest for the first time in nearly two years: and in a couple of weeks I will be taking intrepid guests up to...
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August 6, 2025
Pachamama Day and the warm winter wind
Pachamama Day swept in on August 1st with clouds of smoke, amidst soaring temperatures and a hot wind from the mountains. In the northern border ar...
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July 17, 2025
Argentinians on holiday break for the borders
The rivalry between Argentina and Brazil is legendary, particularly on the football pitch. In 2014 we went to watch the World Cup in Brazil, and wal...
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June 24, 2025
The lesser known Criolla wine varieties of Argentina
During the 17 years I've been running Poncho Tours with my wife Alicia, one of the things I've most enjoyed (besides spending time with the lovely peo...
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