Hotel Bel Air Buenos Aires

Tobacco, leather and latino perfume ahhh the sweet smells of Buenos Aires. After a few days here I´m starting to feel like a real porteña! <br> Did I mention that BA is gigantic? I think I walk about one marathon a day here. As many of you know, I am very directional callenged, sooo this results in me asking about 10 times an hour, perdón dónde está this or that. And the lovely porteños are (usually) more than happy to show me where and how ...

... of any big American city and we stopped at a famous Scottish-American restaurant - McDonald's for a quick lunch at their outdoor patio. <br><br>Then it was back on the road with about 25 miles to the center of Buenos Aires. It was a great feeling to have finally reached this destination by bike and to ride triumphantly into town. We were looking forward to a nice warm reception at the hotel and hopefully some ...

... fund kid and don't need to work. But you're a douchebag." <br>The girls didn't like this approach much, but I was ******* myself. We got bored soon after that, and got a taxi back. For some reason Haley's phone wasn't working, so Troy had no way of getting into her house. He came back to my hostel (which he practically lives at now anyway) and checked into my dorm for the night. The bloke on the desk wasn't too happy at his lack of passport, but let it slide.

... funny though.<br><br>We however booked into a great hostel that had another all you can eat BBQ and wine from 1pm!!! White wine and cheese all afternoon, followed by red wine and meat all evening!! (See pic of BBQ). The craic was great as we had a great mix of nice Americans, Irish, English and Kiwis. Everyone got on so well that we all decided we would do the winery tour the morning after together.<br><br>Now how on earth 15 of us got us the next morning at ...

... Ultimately I wondered what Argentina was really like. The claim to be Paris of Latin America dampened the ideal slightly. Smelly streets and ignorant garlic soaked locals were not welcome. I wanted Tango and Steak. And more red wine. Scott and PT eventually turned up and to save the hassle we booked a taxi from inside terminal before heading past the final security doors into the wild of Latin America, I wonder if Fitzroy, Darwin, Theroux or Madonna ever felt like this when going ...

... I've lost some clothes and some toiletries in the world's hostels, but I graduated deftly to a Class-A space cadet when I disembarked in Buenos Aires from flight LA445.<br><br>Perhaps it was caused by a stroll upon a slice of Easter Island's sacred ground, when a ridiculously positioned sign that I later tripped over stated not to. Perhaps - in my haste to capture the perfect angle for a Pacific sunset - it was caused by clambering upon the ...

So many bus lines so little variety in where they go. With a heavy sigh we bought tickets to get us all the way back to Buenos Aires - yes, the reverse of the 40 hour trip we took a couple of hours ago. Despite our best (somewhat linguistically limited) attempts, we couldn't find a bus that could take us along the coastal ...

... Jewish mother. When I was finished eating my first empanada, without asking she of course immediately put another one on my plate. I was in heaven!    Now, let me segue for a moment and tell you about my place. It is in a very nice building in a neighborhood called Belgrano. The apartment is small, yet homey. Haydee and I live here together without anyone else, which is nice because I don't want to share her food (joke...kind of). My room is extremely tiny but definitely cozy (I ...

... of us after a few drinks or during the next family wedding. Business plan firmly lain in the chest pocket of my J.Crew -ness, we sucked the last bits of taste from the continually complicit Ice cubes and walked the few blocks home. The next morning was New Years Eve Day...and we were getting a nice surprise. With passes to burn, Nina decided to come see us and to experience BA for herself. Though she had made the trip in Business Class and had benefitted from one of my "extra ...