Olmo Dorado Apart Buenos Aires

... cemetery, the first major cemetery in BA. A lot of the famous independance generals and founding fathers, are buried here. <br>The star of course is "Evita", Eva Peron. The crypts are very ornate and laid out in streets.<br>There is an even larger cemetery further across the city but this dead centre was enough for me.<br> Too catch news from the Aduane I headed back later in the afternoon to Dakar Motos. There was none and I started to ...

... but it is quite common. For travelers, it does save on a night's lodging, like the trains in Europe often do. <br><br>As we drove into Buenos Aires, about 9AM, we were caught in what I took to be rush hour traffic. At one point we actually exited the highway and took surface streets for a distance. I could see some foot-based activity on the highway as we drove along side it, including some signs being displayed, looking like some kind of protest. We later learned that ...

... during the coldest week of the year in BA! It was time to get stealing hoodies again and whatever else we could get our hands on! Argentine kids were way cheaper than those in Rio! IM JOKING!<br><br><br>On our fifteen hour bus ride to BA we were hosted by the ever so friendly, Henry, a resident of Posadas and owner of an interesting DVD collection! We noticed that the theme was nature, his collection comprising of films about dogs and the ocean! Beethoven 6 left us pining ...

... at 909 and I wanted 387 so it was a good fifteen bloody minutes walk, he might as well of dropped me in Uruguay and pointed in the direction of Buenos Aires lol. Eventually go to the hostel and they had my reservation, thank god. It was on a long main kind of walkway that seemed to be a bit of a hub for shopping as along both sides were various shops and fast food places. Along the pavement in between were various people with stuff laid out on blankets ...

... we would have the last laugh as the stadium absolutely erupted when River scored the winning goal on a PK in the 93rd minute! It was sensational and capped what was easily one of the top sporting experiences of my life. Mary, the lucky girl she is, was in attendance of her first ever big-time futbol match. After the game ended, the fanfare died down, and the entire Popular section was held in the stadium while the ...

... oh well, never mind. Once back in BA we headed back to the same hostel we´d stayed in previously and booked a couple of nights so we could catch up on some much needed shut-eye and decide where we were going next. We realised that, apart from that one day on the beach in Colonia, we´d been on the go every day since the start of our trip and had probably been moving about a bit too quickly (exhausting). We therefore decided to head down the Atlantic coast and chill our boots ...

... man in argentina,i stept on dog pooh and we had to pick up guys at the bus stop in oreder to pay a bus fair.Overall Buenos Aires was interesting, a cit of many faces. In the heart of the city it is all cosmopolitan,fast and first world and on the outskirts one can see more of the old part of the city with its spanish influence and old architecture. The most interesting doors ever, i love those doors!

... and that it didn't have the support of the ordinary people. Another kindness that we noticed was on the subway, people offered me their seat - it happened 3 times in our short stay - that has rarely happened in London. Dakar Rally We witnessed the start of the Dakar Rally (by chance) from near the Obelisco, Central Buenos Aires & watched its progress on breakfast TV. I wondered how they were going to get to Africa, I hear you say - but no - it was ...

... la vida loca' less the campness! Kudos to Vanesa for getting the licence after letting her old one expire. To get it, she had to undergo visual, aural, practical &amp; psychiatric tests. The funny thing is you do the test in a park off the main road. Our final days flew by low key relaxing with Aldana &amp; Maxi in Bosque de Palermo (Palermo Forest) which was in full bloom, wandering around the touristy Recoleta ...

... that the people are a lot friendlier and more polite! The men actually get up to offer their seat to women getting on the train regardless of age etc. Carolyn was particularly please to be offered a seat twice in one day! This was on our trip our on Linea A which is the one line remaining which runs the old wooden cars. We get on at Peru and ride to the end of the line at Primera Junta and back all for 90 centavos - 20p. The cars are wonderful, all old wood ...