Presidente Hotel Buenos Aires

... in the food. I have taken to the the danish's that are sold on the side of the road for about 50c and the sausages sandwhiches sold at the market I have never tasted sausages like it. We have found a great cafe on Santa Fe Ave which is the main road running through the city. It is about 5 mins walk from our apartment. It sells the best coffee and danish's I can get coffee and three danish's for $4.00 nz dollars. This makes a great pit stop on ...

... other as you look below down into the crypts (while some tombs were maintained well, others were falling apart and very much open to the elements). Its all rather morbid and mysterious - the tombs form a maze of narrow streets, and the place is (unlike the rest of SA) overrun by stray cats. The architecture and statues of military men, angels, lions and mourning women were quite something. Evita Peron was also buried here (after her body was stolen by the ...

... few minutes of questioning in Spanish, someone explained was able to explain in English for us. We found out that the season passes were valid but they are never for sale, and that there was no way that we should have them. Anyway it wasn't too much of a problem they just needed to get our names, where we were from and how much we paid and then we could go see the game. The game was awesome, people singing band ...

... day Evita, as she is known to many, is still one of the most revered individuals in Argentine history. Near the waterfront of Recoleta stands a beautiful sculpture fountain by Eduardo Catalano, the Floralis Generica. This flower of stainless steel open and close with the sunlight and the reflections in its pedals of the local area are dynamic.

... del Tiempo. The entrance line was wrapped around three blocks... and I was concerned that we wouldn't make it in. I need not have worried because there was ample space in this strange lot that was converted to house a music group. 15 guys in red shirts played some of the most energetic and lively music that I have ever heard- with a salsa and Caribbean beat you couldn't help but bop along. Wild stuff!

... encore vu assez Buenos Aires pour vraiment en avoir une bonne opinion, pour le moment, je ne sais pas trop si j'aime ou pas. Ce qui est certain, c'est qu'il y a clairement un air latin ici: on pourrait être en Espagne ou en Italie. Mais par d'autres aspects, on sent qu'on est bien en Amérique du Sud! Une seule chose est évidente: le boeuf argentin est vraiment aussi bon qu'on le prétend!!

... a few broken coffins with their contents exposed! The dead however, are not the only residents as the entire place is teeming with cats and we see a few local women setting out bowls of food for them all around the cemetery. The dead buried here include the great,the good and the not so good of Argentina including many ex- presidents whose names are familiar from the street names, bank presidents (surely not the most popular at the moment!) and ...

... want to know what my next run is going to feel like...this gal is out of shape! This is honestly the longest I´ve gone without excercise in like 10 years. Alas, with my busted ankle it´s probably a good thing that I laid off the running for a while.... So last night I was eating pizza at a cafe with my buddy and this kid came up to us and asked for a slice so my friend gives him one without question. Here is the thing about the poor people here ...

... ago someone broke into the President's grave and chopped his hands off, to secure a gold ring which he was buried with, which apparently held a code for the Swiss bank account security boxes!

Apparently (I'm not convinced that any of this was factual) the money was then removed from ...

... all the destinations once served by the trains. We check on Mendoza, and select CATA for our trip. The price is US$ 80.00 return. It's saving us two nights accommodation, two dinners and two breakfasts, as well as taking us 1,000 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean across the wide pampas to the foot of the Andes Mountains. I can't think of a better bargain anywhere. Cancel the air tickets! After purchasing ...