Luey Hotel Buenos Aires

... not expensive at all ($39 USD total).

Walking around Buenos Aires today, I noticed a large presence of Brazilian tourists everywhere. Some Argentinian vendors were screaming about discounts to passer-bys in Spanish, English, and now, Portuguese. Because of the stronger Brazilian economy and currency, people from Brazil were now traveling more to neighboring countries in South America. Back in 2006 when I was here, an encounter with Brazilian tourists was a ...

I am posting this on Sunday under Saturday when I actually went. You will see why. This is Plaza De Mayo. Around the Plaza is Casa Rosada or the royal palace and Catedral Metropolitana De Buenos Aires. Also took a walk up Diagonal Norte which goes from Plaza De Mayo to the Obelisco. The architecture on Diagonal Norte is fantastic. I can see why they call this the Paris of South ...

... in Buenos Aires) and told me that, by complete coincidence, they were actually going out to `El Desnivel´ too. While I was still on the computers, I found a website that explained the contrived process required to convert an Argentinian mobile number into a format a UK phone can dial, and texted Haley to ask when they`d be at the restaurant. I didn`t get a reply though, so just made my way there and hoped to meet her and Troy there. What should have been a ...

... horse) threw a stick at her.´ So we wandered around the City a bit more, avoiding the protest stands against the Faulkñands and putting on an Australian accent where necessary, until we got to the Harbour which was time for lunch and featured the best part of the tour...the all you can eat Steak restaraunt. Before the waiter began to bring out 15 different meats we found ourselves a table and felt truly out of place at the 5000 Michellin Star Eatery. It was something we would ...

... of the night (6am) where I was introduced to Mr. Edmonton who, because we live three hours from each other, decided I was his new best friend. He spent the next hour (of me leaning against the bar, drinking water and watching the dancing) trying to convince me that I was no fun, needed to drink more and obviously should do drugs to lighten up. (I successfully managed to not claw out his eyes but I was close!) Generally, I find techno music hard to dance to and the repetition is ...

... sold in bags. These bags stand upright on their own, but they cannot be resealed.. which makes for a rather messy laundry experience. They sell regular liquid laundry detergent.. in a hard plastic container with a handle, a spout, and a cap, but no one buys them.. why struggle with the other kind? I have no idea. These are just a few examples of the everyday nonsense that goes on here, I will continue to take note of these things and let you know when an ...

... for a social scene or eating and drinking perfectly formed to generate maximum entertainment within the hours of darkness, and often well into the fringes of daylight either side of it too.

In such fashion, Bs As served as a fine pre-party to my sortee north to Brazil, limbering up my liver to cope with the alcoholic demands of Rio´s Carnaval. Yet in retrospect, I´m not sure any city could quite have prepared me for what was to come.

I am in Buenos Aires and have decided to update this website for all my friends... because I know for the past two months I have been AWFUL at keeping you all up to date with my whereabouts! I have already started with entry number 47- photos and short blogs. I know I have a long way to go to catch up- most of the postings will be very brief but with loads of photos ...

... the room, his towel is hanging off of his bed and is giving off a putrid odour. I'm not exactly why his towel might stink, because he looks like he hasn't showered in a about a week or so! Back to Palermo for dinner - I saw an intriguing restaurant near the main plaza the last time I was here. I have almost no cash left, but I couldn't find an ATM anywhere in Palermo, even though I had walked 8-9 blocks to the plaza. Very ...

... saying I had no money, food, or a place to sleep so I really needed it. All I got was 'tough break', saying that in Argentina, she can have 3 kids named Maria but it's the middle name that differentiates them, so she legally couldn't give me the money.



Seeing that I was on the verge of spontaneous combustion, she gave me the location of another western union agent who wasn't "as strict with the rules". Who knew ...