Puerto Limon Hostel Buenos Aires

... several different people to release the package. As this was really my only option, I agreed. They figured the bribe amount based on the declared value of the vitamins. Of course when I had them shipped I doubled the declared value for insurance reasons. I was then told they needed to see my passport. I had a copy of the passport, but did not have a copy of the entrance visa.


Back in the car for a round trip to get the passport ...

... but still very much awake! So i had another one and the next 6 hours were not much more than a blur. I can remember not feeling īreadyī when they said it was time to land, I donīt remember breakfast, or packing up my things, getting off the plane, i donīt even remember saying good bye to Clint. I vaguelly remember being sick and passing out momentarily in the bathroom (luckily i had the foresight to pay for ...

... I went to get water at da bar (big mistake) as I met 3 ozzies at the bar and they started buyin me drink, I mean I wasnt goin to refuse free drink no matter how drunk I was. After bout 6 pints I had reached my limit and the bar man would no longer serve us (thanks be to ****) as it was 6.30 in da mornin . The hangover the next day was serious, took me bout 2 days to recover but then we were ready to go again and so the cycle started again. I even managed to break my ...

... As a result, the next day we did not rise until late afternoon. Since then, although still going out, we have managed to adjust our body clocks to that of the Argentinians (dinner is not eaten until well after 10pm and clubs dont open until after 2am) and have also managed to do some sightseeing. We visited the Recoleta cemetery, rows and rows of elaborate ...

... what happened. I arrived in Buenos Aires tired, probably the head full of ideas coming from readings, old pictures, a whole mythology of the 30s Argentina. And the reality's completely different: it's a polluted city, dirty, noisy, smelly, crowded, where people are arrogant and sometimes aggressive. There isn't any respect for old building or other things from the history of Argentina, if it's not on the other side of a fence it's degraded, soiled, covered with tags, or ...

... off Dorrego Sq for a fraction of the price of the one we were staying at. Reserved a room for the next day and ended up staying there for 6 nights while we explored the city. For the next few days we did a lot of walking around and on our travels managed to see the presidential house where Eva Peron made her famed speech (didnīt realise it was pink though, I kid you not!!), went to Parque Lezama a few times to relax (not far from our hostel and the ...

... of all to learn the soccer chants of Boca, on whose terraces we'd be standing.

One such song, the shortest and in my view the most interesting, simply reads in English:
'Christmas Eve is coming'
'Christmas Day is coming'
'You'd better be ready'
'Cos Daddy's got a present'

Now I may not be an expert in football fanatics or the power of the spoken word, but I suspect this hardly has opposing team quivvering in ...

... Jessica Waizbrot is the sister of my friend Gustavo, a graphic artist with whom I work on occasion. When I Mentioned to Gus that I was heading to BA, he sent me repeated emails stressing that I must meet his sisters. Since I know the incredible difference local friends can make on an international trip, I was happy to oblige. We met on a street corner in Palermo and by the time we reached our chosen restaurant, it felt like we were old friends. At La Dorita, I enjoyed a ...

... different cultures and religions, food, wine, politics and government, etc. research the opportunities as part of your trip planning. It may determine the flow of your itinerary, the travel dates or your activities. With our keen interest in music and of nature, with the help of TripAdvisors (http://www.tripadvisor.com), we carefully planned out our itinerary. We had information on places to listen to live ...

... soon speeding across town towards La Boca.

It became immediately obvious that the "fluent English guide" that we'd paid for had about 10 words of English, but we figured that you don't need someone to talk you through a football game so this shouldn't be too much of a problem!

We parked some way from the ground, but ...