1st to 6th April 2008 On the Tues, 1st, I got a taxi to the airport for my flight to Buenos Aires. The flight took about 3 and half hours, arriving in a thunderstorm. The airport transfer guy was waiting for me at the entrance and it only took 20 minutes to get to the hostel, despite there being some sort of demonstration. Managed to check into ...

After the total write-off that was yesterday, we were determined to squeeze as much in as possible today, and to have a really good look around on foot. Our quick walk through Palermo yesterday evening had given us a good feel for the vibe of our new area, and we really liked it. Rather than spend walking time around today we figured it would be...

Touched down at Ezeiza international airport around 11am, took a couple of hours to get through passport control and collect baggage, couldn't help noticing the numerous safety hazards on the way, though repeating to myself "YOU'RE NOT AT WORK ANYMORE!!!!" The 30 odd degrees hit me pretty quickly and any ideas of bussing it into the city centre ...

Today was a wonderful day, god bless doctors. It started off with having all of my laundry done for 8 pesos!!!! (2.10 bucks!!!!) and meeting for a non-caffeinated parasite-compliant-diet tea. Then off walking I went, back to Recoleta, the cemetery, to be...i mean see (no complex there!) Evita Peron (you can debate whether I sang Evita or not) an...

Cemeteries and roller coasters... sounds like a strange combination for a blog entry right? But this just illustrates how incredibly diverse and wonderful Buenos Aires really is. One day you can visit the mausoleums of famous dead people and the next you can be an hour away having a blast at an amusement park while spinning every which way on de...

It´s now my final day of my journey. I can hardly believe that I´ve been travelling for almost a year. The time has flown by. I´m looking forward to being home and enjoying the festive season with friends and family, but I shall miss travelling. To be on the road is a continual adventure and an amazing learning experience and it´ll feel strange ...

From our hotel staff, we found out that there was a futbol game today at 4:00 in La Boca. This is one of the most famous teams in Argentina. It is also in an area of BA that is very touristy and just what we needed to get our minds off of what happened. So we headed out on the bus (I don't trust the cabs anymore) to La Boca. We got tickets in th...

Buenos Aires is the hyperactive and slightly fractious illegitimate child of Madrid and Paris, with a genetic throwback to London stuffed in its overflowing pockets. Wonderfully extravagant old buildings with pillars and columns and buttresses tower over plazas where the cracked pavements are a sort of beige colour because of the disintegrating ...

Malheureusement il est temps d'y aller. Le permis est dans ma poche, l'avion n'a pas trop de kérosène (ils ne prennent aucune de mes cartes de crédit ici), mais assez pour la traversée. J'ai été prévenue d'une « possibilité » de problème à un moment donné dans le vol d'une heure. Probablement vers la fin. L'aéroport où nous devons aller ne parle...