Von Frankfurt ging´s also weiter nach BUENOS AIRES (mit knapp 14 Stunden uebrigens der laengste Flug, den die Lufthansa durchfuehrt). Auf dem Flug sprach ich mit einem netten aelteren Herrn aus dem Kanton Basel-Land, der mit seiner Frau auf dem Weg zu einer Kreuzfahrt in die Antarktis war. Er erzaehlte mir von seinen vielen Reisen und wie schoen...

Nach d** Fahrt im sup**bequemen Bus ("Tutto Letto") d** Gesellschaft Don Otto **reichte ich am fruehen Morgen des 17. Januar wied** die argentinische Hauptstadt. Nach ein** kurzen Taxifahrt war ich wied** im Hostel, wo ich schon Anfang Januar unt**gebracht war. Ich war sogar im selben Zimm**. :-) Kleine Randnotiz: Eines d** groess**en Probleme, ...

Last day around Mendoza so a trip out into the mountains again to the hot springs at Chachueta. There were 9 pools, some cold, some hot, a wave pool and tremendous scenery. Mainly locals and not that busy so we pretty much had the place to ourselves, paradise in the mountains as you can see from the snaps. Overnight we took the bus to Buenos Air...

Dudes I'm sat with the Smith in our hostel trying not to be Brits and go out before 10pm so I thought I'd use the time usefully by updating you all on our Buenos Aires Experience so far: Day 1 (12th April) About 8am - Arrived in BA! About 8:15am - A fun and informative taxi ride later (the driver knew English and told us about all the sights we ...

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 ...

The problem with travelling or even just having a mobile life is that you have to say good bye to places you can never go back to. Today, I said good bye to Buenos Aires. I will come back, probably in the next few years, but I will never again enjoy the life I had here for a month. My favorite hostel receptionists will move on, my Norwegian frie...

Alex - We got the bus from Puerto Iguazu (arg) at about 2ish in the afternoon to Buenos Aires. The bus journey was due to take about 18hrs so we were a little apprehensive after getting the bus to Iguazu from Sao Paulo which wasn't great! Anyway we needn't have worried as the bus journey turned out to be a pleasure! We'd payed the 5-6 pounds to ...