Golden Tulip Savoy Buenos Aires

... like a photo with him for $15.00. Well I said who are you and why would I want a photo with you. Monty cracked up and he did not look to happy that I did not know who he was. We declined his kind invite to have a photo with him but Monty could not stop laughing because of his look when I said who are you!!!!!!! Anyway it turns out it was not really him at all it was a look alike. Monty knew this I just assumed he was the real deal and could not ...

To my delight I woke up around 8am, after drifting off to sleep around midnight, meaning that thanks to my beautiful bed seat I had got a proper uninterrupted nightīs sleep for the first time ever on a night bus. I was served breakfast by nice waitress girl, read my book for a bit and and then the bus finally arrived at Buenos Aires bus terminal at 10am. I caught a taxi to my hostel in the San Telmo district. The hostel was an aesthetic delight. It was only ...

... to where I started and no one had any answers. So I called Flight Centre, and they advised me Iīd received the wrong itinerary and I wasnīt even booked on that flight. Apparently I was meant to be on the later flight, departing at 1015. It gave me a bit of hope, because at least I hadnīt missed my flight, but I was still worried about my baggage. Then I started to worry about not having a boarding pass, because I hadnīt checked in ...

... have avenues and little allies of tombs. You even have forks and round-abouts. Some tombs are classic others are modern. Of course, Evita's tomb is here. But there is a story to it too. Apparently, the dictatorship had hidden Evita's corpse for fear it becomes a rallying post for the opposition. It was recovered, after being hidden in Argentina, then italy and spain to finally be returned to the recoleta.

... of my end in Buenos Aires, for itīs eventful twists and turns occurred exactly a week before Iīd leave the city to meet a friend in Brazil. Each night of my last week continued in a similar running order, although Iīm disappointed to say that the Police or random government delegees did not feature as part of the action (though there will be more of these guys featuring in later updates).

Living nocturnally in Bs As ...

... off to the shops the following day, clubbing in BA requires nice threads. Drag Heidi round the shops for 6 hours, mainly looking for her, but the freak out she thinks she will have for shopping for more than 2 hours, never matrialises.....good shopping here, bought some new sunnies and cheap Levis. Head off out for clubbing, dinner at 12pm, clubbing at 2am, home by 7am...its crazy here...but thatīs the way īportenosīdo it (people from BA). Friday was ...

Well it is now Sunday and it is raining (and a little bit cold!). We havenīt really done a lot this weekend. The A/C in our apartment still wasnīt fixed so yesterday we moved to another apartment in the same block. In comparison to the old one it is like a penthouse apartment. Huge balcony (although more like a small garden), and the apartment is split into 2 by screens so it feels like the bedroom is separate which is ...

... Torquato Tasso, and we note a rather long line of people queing for entry, which we join. We meet some Argentines that tell us about other areas of Argentina, particularly the Salta area and the color of the mountains; they are going there next week for vacation. They talk about the beauty of the mountains at Calafate and the Perito Moreno glacier. Another trip! As we continue to wait in line, Harvey says "tengo hombre" and he wonders ...

... some old photos. The stadium itself felt a lot smaller than any of the big ones at home. It has two seated stands and two for standing. The away fans stand on the top tier of the standing section and apparently urinate throughout the game on the home fans below. Charming. We got to stand on the pitch (just on the corner) and then saw the press room and the dressing room, which was pretty shabby. It didnīt look like the dressing room of ...

... that's all cooked up by the tour companies to justify their outrageous price hikes!

Anyway, there was no point worrying about that now, we just wanted to enjoy the game and hope we had decent seats.

We found our seats at the top level of the home fans, above the rowdy home terraces which we stood on the other day ...