Argentina has been playing well so far in the World Cup, and fans of team captain Lionel Messi have been enjoying the creative wordplay his name invites…
![[Puzzling Tuesday] All Hail the Messi-ah!](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IMG_20140703_142234-670x300.jpg "[Puzzling Tuesday] All Hail the Messi-ah!")
![[Argentina] The Politics of Buenos Aires Street Art](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_20140509_155441-670x300.jpg "[Argentina] The Politics of Buenos Aires Street Art")
[Argentina] The Politics of Buenos Aires Street Art
It’s no far stretch to say that Buenos Aires has a rich history of street art. Sometimes very creative, sometimes very poignant, the art of the city has a lot to offer, especially in this time of economic flux and political movement.
![[Puzzling Tuesday] Michael Caine’s Hispanic Ancestor](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_20140628_170604-670x300.jpg "[Puzzling Tuesday] Michael Caine’s Hispanic Ancestor")
[Puzzling Tuesday] Michael Caine’s Hispanic Ancestor
Too late he realised that he was supposed to blow the bloody doors off.
![[Argentina] Big in El Pasaje](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/El-Pasaje-Video-670x300.png "[Argentina] Big in El Pasaje")
[Argentina] Big in El Pasaje
I thought I was being asked to have a photo taken to promote my Spanish school, but I found out last-minute that it was actually a video and had to think of something pretty quickly.
![[Puzzling Tuesday] REAL Sponge Cake.](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/106704809_37fdbbdc8b_o-640x300.jpg "[Puzzling Tuesday] REAL Sponge Cake.")
[Puzzling Tuesday] REAL Sponge Cake.
Japanese restaurants and food sellers have a habit of displaying plastic versions of the food that they serve inside. This one was a surprisingly accurate rendition of a sponge cake I saw in Kanazawa back in 2004.
![[Japan] Lessons in Bureaucracy Part 1: An Introduction.](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/14231353244_9e43cbfbc1_o-e1402965506129-670x300.jpg "[Japan] Lessons in Bureaucracy Part 1: An Introduction.")
[Japan] Lessons in Bureaucracy Part 1: An Introduction.
Who would have thought it? Crappy bureaucracies exist everywhere, in every language.
![[Puzzling Tuesday] Dangle.](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/309147617_eb7383840a_o-640x300.jpg "[Puzzling Tuesday] Dangle.")
[Puzzling Tuesday] Dangle.
This was a jumper me and my friends noticed in Kanazawa, Japan in 2004. I’m not sure it’s the kind of thing you can wear to just any occasion.
![[Argentina] Speak to Me, Buenos Aires!](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/14223761301_0562a59382_o-670x300.jpg "[Argentina] Speak to Me, Buenos Aires!")
[Argentina] Speak to Me, Buenos Aires!
After a long stint in Japan, I arrived in Buenos Aires to live in mid-April, 2014, and it’s been odd starting to live in a country where I don’t speak the language so well.
![[Photoset] Healesville Sanctuary, Australia (2014)](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/14223532042_7d631bfccf_k-670x300.jpg "[Photoset] Healesville Sanctuary, Australia (2014)")
[Photoset] Healesville Sanctuary, Australia (2014)
In Melbourne in-between living in Japan and Argentina, I made friends with a Japanese woman and decided to show her what animals Australia has to offer.
![[Japan] Introducing Vegemite at a Japanese School – Dos and Dont’s](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Vegemite-670x300.jpg "[Japan] Introducing Vegemite at a Japanese School – Dos and Dont’s")
[Japan] Introducing Vegemite at a Japanese School – Dos and Dont’s
Introducing Vegemite to people in Japan is a particularly tricky thing to do, particularly if you have trouble articulating the subtleties of the spread in Japanese. Nevertheless, it’s probably something that most Australians working with children in any capacity may feel inclined to do at some stage, even if only for lack of anything else to do in class.