Circus Hostel & Hotel Buenos Aires

... I walked straight to the shower without stopping. What a great night.

The next day I volunteered with a few friends from Hillel with people with disabilities. When I got to the school where we were volunteering, I remembered the first time I volunteered with people with disabilities which was at St. Joes in Scranton, PA the summer going into sophomore year of high school. My first day there was quite overwhelming, and it took a few weeks (we went ...

... pesos (approx A$3.30) so drank part of that and got to Savannah square at about 330 am. Went to some bars, had a Heart 2 Heart, then went to a club called Kika. Had a good time, 2 argentinian birds drove us back to San Telmo where we all went out for breakfast before they dropped us off. We crashed out at 11am. This sort of go out very late, stay out all morning lifestyle is very typical here, though we found we crash out during the day and need a siesta.
In the ...

... in lightning quick steps brimming with flair and style, all for the more than reasonable price of Ģ50 including as much wine to drink as I could manage, not an insignificant amount. I could have spent a month here just taking life in its stride and enjoying all the sights and experiences it has to offer, unfortunately the long road across South America beckons and tomorrow I leave for Uruguay. Of Buenos Aires the one thing that has to be said is - I just love this city.

... Rose garden. I explored them by bike on a tour with http://www.biketours.com.ar/ing/index.h tml and as the only person on the tour that day got to mooch around at my own pace. The one way system & wide streets & pavements make BA quite easy to explore by bike & once you hit the extensive parks ...

... it. Although, it conflicts with my need to get up early to run. That's a bit of a pain. But in the States, it's easy to go straight from a long day to happy hour to dinner to out that night-- and by the time you get home, you've been gone for 16 hours, and are in desperate need of a chance to 'freshen up'-- no worries with that one when you don't go out at 10PM (when you are getting sleepy anyway) but at 2 AM ...

... is the 2nd last day before the country shuts down over the New Year, so we attempt to get as much of the logistics organised as possible. With some previous research by Pierpaolo and surprising ease, we manage to obtain the required bike insurance with truly alien expedience. In the New Year we can return to the office and for a paltry 30 pesos (6 EUR), collect a second document that will cover us for the MERCOSUR countries as well (Brasil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru). In the ...

... Only downside is we have traded one microwave and one gas hob plus a few pots and a pan. To an electric hob, and one small frying pan, we have a microwave but we canīt get it to work... On the plus side we do have a coffee machine and of course air con. Itīs really nice, I almost donīt want to go outside! We did go to the Botanical Gardens on Friday, it was OK. Not as impressive as Kew but nice to sit in the sun ...

... the usual confusion (this place was huuuuuuge), we booked a couple of tickets to Puerto Iguacu (gateway to the spectacular Iguacu Falls) and got the hell out of there asap.

We then investigated getting a ferry over to the town of Colonia in Uruguay, which I really wanted to do and I ...

... This fabulous showpiece offers tours to visitors every hour, and is an obligatory stop on any visit to this city. This is considered one of the world's great theatres, modeled on Milan's La Scala, and is acoustically one of the most perfect venues anywhere. We learn there is a ballet performance on Saturday evening, Tchaikovsky's "The Sleeping Beauty" performed by the National Ballet. The cost of US$ 25.00 ...