Writer, EFL teacher, trainer, and translator, I was born in Tanzania, have lived in a dozen countries over three continents, and describe myself as an ‘expatriate sin patria’. Wherever I go I make it my business to learn the language, get to know the local people and customs, and discover the country’s remotest corners. I became interested in writing in mid-2006, did a short Open University creative writing course and a Writers’ Bureau course, and began getting articles published in 2007.

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Argentine soaps, exercise, pets, spectator sport, culture, whale-less whale spotting, sky aerobics...

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Ask anyone, expat or local, what they like best about Montevideo, and the likely answer is ‘La Rambla’. La Rambla is a wide band which includes a busy duel carriageway, a wide pavement, and beaches and coves, stretching the 20 kilometres from the city centre eastwards to the residential suburb of Carrasco.

It was a text message from a friend that got me and my waggy, happy mongrel Perdida walking the eight blocks from my house to the Rambla yesterday: ‘Air Display at the Hotel Casino’.

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