Chinatown Buenos Aires

During our second week in Buenos Aires we were feeling much better and ready to take on more of the city. Below is a recap of our highlights.

Escape from Buenos Aires
Our hostel was located in the Palermo, a trendy part of BA with lots of shops (yay for Nicole and boo for David) and great eateries. While a great place to hang out, we …

... was Via Bariloche and it was defo one of the best. Nooooodles So since we have not had our noodle fix in Argentina we headed to Chinatown supermarkets to stock up stuff to make our own noodle soup that we have ate pretty much through asia.  Not ...

... use twice (for 2 people, duh!) So we were on one line and had to switch to another going in the other direction (to get out to chinatown, as it was rather far to walk). We got on one fine and got off where we were sposed to, but were on the wrong side, ...

... instead of the 130 + pesos by the hotel so what to do before that? Read on the plane coming back from Ushuaia to Buenos Aires about the small Chinatown. As I was on the D line, it was only 12 stops to the Juramento station near the end of the line ...

... second tango lesson. It was fun and we learned a small variation on a basic step called the Ocho. We found out Buenos Aires has a Chinatown so afterwards took the subway to Juramento. From there we walked a few blocks to Belgrano and passed an ...

... in the good hands of a generous soul who knows the local haunts. Cheers! MALBA (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires) We saw two notable exhibitions here. The three projection installation by Carlos Amorales was addictive. Skulls, ...

Hey Yo,   Iīve been traveling through Buenos Aires for 4 days now.  I went to Chinatown, visited Eva Peronīs grave, and basically walked all over the city.  Tomorrow I will be headed towards warmer weather as I head ...

... DVD's in Chinatown. So, I took the subway to the Chinatown area.  When I arrived, I was shocked.  The whole Chinatown wasn't very Chinese.  Well, I saw no Chinese food restaurants, no fruit stands or cheap electronics stores. I hardly ...

... to watch and the need to expand my Spanish vocabulary (just a little!): Beginning with the sport related happenings: 10th June, Argentina lost to Equador in a World Cup qualifier - didn't go down well but we helped Marcos drown his sorrows with ...

... get through it! Monday I went to register as a volunteer with a charity who help children in underprivileged areas of Buenos Aires - teaching English, assisting with other schoolwork and generally just providing a safe place for them to go to learn ...

... it was full. However round the corner was also a nice place which was much cheaper...just over 10GBP a night for a room in central Buenos Aires. It has a touch of the faulty towers about it, with a slightly Bazil like man in charge ...nicer though! A ...