Panamericano Buenos Aires

... cemetery. Walking around a place like this unavoidably makes you very contemplative about life and death, and we`d had some very philosophical conversations as we looked around... well, that and the inevitable discussion of how ****ed up necrophiliacs are. Anyway, once we`d left we got some churros from a shop round the corner, then got the subway back to San Telmo.

Later on we met up and got a taxi to Haley's friend Erica's house. She had a pet ferret. I'd never seen a ...

... trip very special.

Living life well into the late hours of the night/morning is very much part of the lifestyle in BA, so we soon got used to restaurants being deserted until at least 10 at night, though we were never entirely sure what people got up to with the spare 5 hours between work and this late dinner time.

Overall the food in BA was a little limiting, and whilst the boys tucked into great Argentinian steak most nights, me and my ...

... which was just round the corner from the Obelisco. It's quite a nice hostel with a similar feel to La Casa Roja in Santiago - tall ceilings, old wooden floors and little courtyards. We checked out the local supermarket and grabbed some grub for tonight. We then went for a walk round the nearby central district. We went to the Plaza de Mayo where the Casa Rosada is. This is where the famous Evita balcony is. We obviously both broke out into our own ...

... to be resilient, work hard and build back up. I did not see BA pre-2001, but it seemed like the city was thriving when I visited in 2009. However, inflation was a different story. Basic food was affordable, but that was about it. Fuel, durable and non-durable goods, rents and any luxury items (like going out to eat, traveling the country, transportation) were all extremely expensive for the average Argentine ...

... made famous by Andrew Loyd Webber in Evita), the story of an influential woman who was married to the president of Argentina. Quite a moving production - however it was in Spanish so we definitiely didn't follow it all :) Spent another few days sleeping in our hostel - Bek still attempting to get over the flu - then ventured out into the world again to discover the town and check ...

I have safely arrived in Buenos Aires and wow is it hot!  Summer is in full force.  I'm staying with a friend, Sara Jean, who has a great apartment in one of the best parts of town, Recoleta.  First night we went to see a tango show at a historic cafe called Cafe Tortoni. We met some Brazilian and Australian friends that helped us finish our bottles of wine and joined us for a fun night on the town. 

... out that the appropriate department that handles that stuff closed about 2 hours earlier- at 3pm! What the heck? Who closes at 3pm in a major city like Buenos Aires? We were both frustrated, Roxy more visibly so of course. I told her not to stress, I had her back til she was able to go back the following day to make the exchange. We slowly made our way back to La Recoleta- passing by tons of clothing/shoes/accesory/home decor stores.. all looked so inviting but I had to ...

... mujer que es, cómo quiere y acompaña a mi Ma muestra y demuestra como una buena amistad de la infancia puede perdurar y fortalecerse con el tiempo y la distancia. Ruth nos llevó al mercado de San Telmo, digamos que es como la Lagunilla a la Argentina. Muy pintoresco, con mucho Tango, personajes de todo tipo y cosas muy curiosas, la mayoría antigüedades. Después de una buena caminata paramos a comer y tomar algo en un Cafecito para después ir a conocer Puerto Madero. Ah ...

... haul included the 'Copa Libertadores', the South American equivalent of our European Champion's League.



They also had an exhibit showing the current team and Katie was able to take a photo ...