A few years ago, the idea of working from anywhere just by connecting to the internet would have seemed ludicrous. But with advancements in technology, it’s not unusual now to see young professionals who need nothing more than a laptop and the internet to earn a living.

Evelyn Bendjeskov, 46, describes herself as an “applier of arts” because this is the only term which encompasses the various projects she undertakes. She has been the director of art and of wardrobe for various films and theatre productions, and directed her own adverts for organisations including the UN.

Generally, I am not one for sweeping statements, but I can say with some confidence that the happiest people in Buenos Aires work at Amauta Spanish school in Belgrano. With my lesson scheduled for 10am, I was not convinced that my linguist brain would be switched on and functioning properly.

It may be a reflection of the country’s timekeeping that this tour starts a little late. When our guide Silvia arrives to pick us up from the lobby (on the Hipólito Irigoyen side of the building) at 4.15pm, however, she is friendly and quickly assures us that we will not have to climb too many stairs.

An epic journey. A man travels the length of Latin America in a Volkswagen Beetle in search of adventure, culture and self-discovery. Tom Dieusaert, a 41-year-old journalist from Belgium, has written a book, ‘Diarios del Vocho’, about the epic journey that took him from Mexico to Argentina, through 13 countries. He ended his trip in 2004 in Buenos Aires, and has lived her ever since.

What do you get when you cross a giraffe with a camera and a literary gazelle? An ex-pat horror movie of course! Director David Labi and writer Matt Graham are two 29-year-old Londoners who have just made a short film in Buenos Aires. I met them to find out more about their lives here and the making of ‘Last Night in Buenos Aires’.

Charlie Higgins is a 27-year-old artist and yogi who first came to Buenos Aires in 2002 planning to study for a year. The city’s stirring airs, however, have kept him here ever since. Originally from Indiana in the US, one of his current projects is to put three of his paintings in the ground in locations that are important to him; St Louis, Missouri; Portland, Oregon and Buenos Aires.

The age of the traditional city coach tour has definitely been and gone. La Bicicleta Naranja is part of a growing trend of new school, eco-friendly city tours, where groups of tourists and porteños alike cycle across the city on luminous orange bicycles. So much for blending in.

Running in Buenos Aires can be challenging. Whether it’s the maze of cobbled backstreets, crossings at every corner and cars jumping red lights, or simply getting stuck behind an ambulating porteño who manages to take up the whole street with about 16 dogs on leashes.

British twin brothers and authors of the travel comedy ‘The Linger Loco: In Search of the Real Carnival’, Simon and Chris Raven share stories from their epic journey traversing the Trans-Oceanic highway and reveal the secret to experiencing the ultimate Brazilian carnival on a shoestring.