Magnolia Hotel Boutique Buenos Aires

I've just been reading Gem's diary account of the ranch and it's really good - particularly descriptive about the setting ... anyway ... it's amazing how we're all different. So in this entry we arrive in Buenos Aires. We travelled by ferry from Colonia to Buenos Aires and attempted to book into 'Hotel Spendid' but we told we'd been moved to a sister hotel around the corner. We're camped in Downtown. Buenos Aires is beautiful - at ...

... There were very few tourists about, at least not obviously European or American tourists anyway so we were able to check the place out in relative peace. Leaflets seem to be the rage here, keep getting them put in my hand but of course have no idea what they say so not much use really. Ang is really good at Spanish by the way, which is why we haven't yet starved to death or had to sleep on the streets!

Went to bed relatively late that night (about 8pm!) and discovered to our ...

... it. The conventional explanation is that the neighborhood sits at the mouth ("boca" in Spanish) of the Riachuelo. In 1882, after a lengthy general strike, La Boca seceded from Argentina, and the rebels raised the Genoese flag, which was immediately torn down personally by then President Julio Argentino Roca. It is known throughout the sporting world as the home of Boca ...

... Rolling Stones on our travels, very entertaining. Ken and I managed to get some fabulous cow hides and I love my one but I have not thought of an appropriate name for her yet, need some ideas please. When we got back from shopping I was straight into meetings with James ( My Managing Director) followed by 2 Board meetings on conference call. I then had 3 minutes to change and run out the door for a lovely dinner before getting back here after midnight and ...

... balcony for all of those rousing speeches. The building is very impressive and looks out on Plaza de Mayo - which is still the sight of frequent public gatherings. 2nd stop - Recoletta cemetary, last resting place of Evita (Eva Peron), who died a shockingly young 33. Rather bizarrely her corspe has travelled the world resting in Italy & Spain before returning to ...

... die in einem speckigen, kaputten Trainingsanzug durch die Strassen torkelt, gefolgt von einer geschniegelten Porteña (porteños heissen die Einwohner von Buenos Aires) mit Gucci- Tragtasche. Abfall, stinkige Ecken. Tango, der aus offenen Fenstern klingt oder vor einem Touristenrestaurant getanzt wird. Die breitesten Strassen, riesige Parks. Herumlaufen, bis die Füsse nicht mehr können und einsaugen. Und hinter jeder Ecke wartet ...

After staying another night at Iguazu falls I thought I try to get to Buenos Aires in two days but it was going to be tight especially when I lost three hours on the first day with torrential rain, I couldn`t see anything and had to pull over till it died down, end up spending the night in a small place called Alvear still about 800kms from Buenos Aires. Got to Buenos Aires outskirts about 7.00pm but I didn't check into hotel till 10.00pm, got off the ...

... march. In alignment with most Western corporate promotional schemes, pragmatic boss man retired with his gold watch and pension a few months ago, and of the 3 administrative lads, Senor Complete Ass got the call to show his management prowess. Hence the sudden warning on shipping bikes and not air freighting them as a Complete Ass is now in charge of the whole Air Import show in BA. Now at least we understood the state of play in the customs game. It seems like no bike had ...

... the pedestrian shopping streets and down to Plaza De Mayo where we saw the Casa Rosada, which is a big pink building where Evita made her famous balcony speech. We went inside to see the art display that was on, and we got to see the pretty little courtyard in the middle of the building. We actually saw loads of really amazing buildings in BA. Next we walked to Recoleta, which is a really posh area of town with some nice parks and an open market. On the way we saw some people ...

... in September!



My destination was the "Tangol" tour office, where I'd learnt was one of the best places to book tickets to the Boca v Colon Sante Fe game on Sunday.

I had a bit of a shock when we got to the price, because the tickets were unfeasibly expensive (50 quid each!) but all the books say ...