I warn you all now to stock up on international phone cards and postage stamps to S.Am, because I´m moving here for ever and ever. I´ve seen all of 5 square metres of Buenos Aires, and most of that was inside clothing boutiques.. but I´m absolutely enchanted. I´m staying in Palermo Viejo - an off-centre neighborhood that´s just... lovely. Solid,...

We have just travelled overland from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires. Leaving Rio, we travelled south along the wonderful coast road, green mountains to the left, huge, sweeping, beautiful and mostly deserted beaches on the left to a small town called Parati. Parati was originally a pirate hang-out and later a fortified town to try and prevent pi...