Concord Callao Suites Buenos Aires

... here and for what you get it is half the price of Brazil!<br><br>The next day we headed to the airport and flew to Buenos Aires (and met another english couple at the airport who straight away said ´´were you the couple with the coati yesterday´.. i was mortified.<br><br>For the next 2 nights in Buenos Aires we stayed in the Sheraton thanks to an accumulation of American Express points from my work credit card. It was divine to sleep in a really comfortable bed and have ...

... looked at the map for less than 10 secs until I realised I had 3 mosquitoes suckling at my left thigh.... ARgh... The one hour walk around was great, saw some birds, the ocean, alot of beautilful and smelly trees and shrubs BUT I must of collected a good 20 mosquito bites. Yeeehaa. Anyway after we headed of to the Recolleta Barillo to have a refreshing drink from there we decided we might go to Uruguay together for a weekend as Victor works and is only free on weekends ...

... about same time as me &#8211;Yael and another guy from NZ that is travelling for 6mths.Booked taxi with Yael for 3am.<br><br>Sat on the couch most of the day until one the lads Paddy &#8211; irish dude that staying in my room comes back and buys me a beer!uh oh its only like 6 and ive to get a flight, buys me like 3 more cos my last day!Then who walks in the door but fecking Ro &amp; Craig &#8211; sick, havnt seen e mina year!<br><br>Lads come down and head out to ...

... airport, 15 minutes at most.<br><br>We were whisked through some grey and graffiti decorated suburbs at lightning pace and were with our host by mid-day in the suburb of Palermo. Our host is a charming lady and knew a little English but not enough to make it easy, perfect if we are to learn Spanish. Her daughter's is in Sydney as it happens, due to give birth this week, an exciting time for our host.<br><br>After a tour of ...

... we went back to the Chinese place in Chinatown (funny that!) and I managed to get probably the closest thing possible to my usual chinese fare - no bones in the chicken and no soy sauce on the rice, excellent! Then we went to see Angel's friend's band and finished the night in a bar in Palermo where you can put grafitti on the walls if you take the paint and a stencil! <br><br>14th June, best sporting event of my trip so far - live Footie ...

... then it was too late so we stayed and went out to a club with group form the hostel. one of the guys, sebastian, who works at the hostel, was doing a dj set so we went to see that but due to massive cues we missed his set. shame because they guys after him played some really **** music. all bad hip hop and associated **** (sounded like the soundtrack to dangerous minds -pile of tosh) but did have a good dance ...

... you are one of locals, which I love! Buenos Aires has a real European feel to it, and you can see why it is called the Paris of South America .... although I am sure the people are nicer here, not like that horrible French Paris (Just joking!!!). We had our first Steak and Red Wine last night at place suggested to us by the hotel owner, and it was amazing and all for under 30 quid!!! Hoping it is the first of many great ...

When we arrived in Buenos Aires we were both wearing shorts hoping that the sun would be here but no it was a day back in Ireland. We had made plans to stay in a house for two months rather than a hostel and it worked out perfectly. There is twelve of us living there and we are from all over the world, Germany, Spain, Italy, USA, France, Canada, England and Holland. Everyone living in the house is either studying or Teaching English ...