Regis Buenos Aires

... me of Moscow, but the culture is like Rome or Italy. There are thousands of cafes where people sit for hours... Having said this, different neighbourhoods have very different feelings to them.<br><br>On my first day, I explored Centro. It's full of people at all times of the day and night. In BA, if you want to go boozing, the custom is to sleep for a few hours in the evening, start boozing about midnight, go out about 2am and head home after ...

... full of mad folk (mainly from N. Ireland so it seems). They have a party starting at 10.30 tonight and then suggest heading to a club after. Think i´ll be in bed as i have to be up around 8am tomorrow to head to Tigre Delta (tried to arrange this with a girl of reception, but i think she was tripping at the time). Not up to much today, wandered around the dock side looking for a place a was told did goat / kid, however looks like i have been led astray ...

... the plaza de mayo and the waterfront area - Buenos Aires is a very pleasant city just to wander around. Imagine the diritest, most graffitied European city in the world, then triple its size to half of the population of Australia. <br><br>Our second day we thought we had jetlag sorted. After an early night, we awoke refreshed and ready to go... at 4am. Maybe not. We spent the day in Recoleta, one of the wealthiest suburbs in BA. First and obvious stop was the cemetery ...

... had little choice. While I was standing there, the security guard told me to try the one I had just tried minutes earlier. I tried to say "the machine has no money" but he pushed me to try again. I did, same result. He made me do it again in spanish. Same result. I mentioned this was now the 4th time I did this, he just kinda shrugged while I waited for the one to get fixed. Time spent: 1 hour...

... to be home tomorrow--for most of the day--for the internet service person. This is very annoying-don´t they realize this is my vacation and every day is precious? But I need the internet. I am behind with work, and sitting in these kiosks is not conducive to...anything. So. Unless I can figure something out, I am home tomorrow, and I will meet one of my classmates for ice cream in Plaza San Martin. Have ...

... didn't look that far on the map but it took us an hour and a half, it was a long stomp. I suppose it was a good way to see some of the city. Didn't arrive in Palemo until just before midnight after wandering around aimlessly for a while trying to find the bars which we knew existed somewhere. Eventually we found the action and had a couple of beers in a lively bar. Then I went to a club until 7am, my friend was knackered and went back around 2am, I decided to stay out. The club was ...

... dudes I was travelling with for a couple of weeks at the beginning of Bolivia, come to BA so its cool to catch up with them. Its Jo´s birthday so we go out for some food and drinks...end up at Sigue la Vaca (Follow the cow)...an all you can eat BBQ buffet, as H can´t make it I stuff some steak in my bag for a ´para llevar´(take away). We get out bus ticket to Cordoba and head on out. Sad to be leaving BA as its such an amazing place and has madea real impression on me...

... it there and couldn´t wait to go back another day to see everything else. Roxy and I took the wrong bus back to Fede´s and ended up in a sketchy area of town called La Boca. It was about 10:30pm by this time and dark outside. During the day, I guess there are some touristy destinations in La Boca but there was nothing touristy about the area this bus was driving through at that time of night. After a half hour, we ended up being the last two passengers on this bus ...

... has little cheese, but with an olive bruchetta type sauce that is yummy. The windows are open to the street and we watch people pass by. A young girl comes in to beg and the waitress so very sweetly asks her to leave. The girl is treated with respect and care, but firmly asked to leave. Beautifully done. Over lunch, Harvey talks about a guest speaker he heard in graduate school who spoke about life and death buyers. He said that death ...

... along Corrientes Avenue, and the choice was dizzying. We eventually decided on "The Graduate". It was a very entertaining piece, based on the film with Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft. At one point, Mrs. Robinson walks out on the stage totally naked, much to the dismay of Benjamin, and the shock of the audience. Mum tries to cover Bryan's eyes, but is a bit too late. Cost of this Broadway style production, US$ 10.50 each in a private box.