San Remo City Hotel Buenos Aires

... for a party so every night something was going down, either outside or inside the hostel, on the osado (bbq) nights or the Monday party for example it wasn`t just us hostel guests, locals and people from other hostels would come over as well. I loved it but had to get out of there before I got too used to it, every city can probably be compared for nightlife, people, etc and I guess I´ve got all that in London.<br><br>So, it was off to Puerto Madryn, half way ...

... indie encyclopedia, he knew more Australian bands than I did.<br><br>Friday we said goodbye to our host family and headed of to Iguazú (17 hour overnight bus which was pure luxury) with Alex, Marianne, Jessica, Vanessa, Kyle and Rachel. Had an interesting conversation learning about America, in particular, Mormons.<br><br>Soundtrack to the week included Consolation Prizes - Phoenix, an acapella session of Business ...

... is painted differently, they are all still cute bears. We enjoyed checking out each one, taking pictures and becoming self-nominated art critics. As we were sitting in the plaza, I noticed a tall, lanky and slightly grey-haired guy walking with his girlfriend. He looked remarkably like Ric********e of the friends I traveled with through Vietnam and met again in Vientiane, Lao. I yelled out "Storey!" and we both had ...

... around me. Later I was thankful my head didn't hit the curb. I scrapped up my left elbow and got fixed up at a farmacia just across the street. The pharmacist cleaning out my wound and putting bandages on it. I paid for the bandages. I didn't break anything and hardly felt the fall later thank heaven. And better yet, I wasn't run over!!! Thank you guardian angel! OK, I must finish later. I recommend the Sunday street market in San Telmo, a milonga, a trip to the cemetary in Ricoletto...

... us an invigorating feeling of normalcy. We saw all the major landmarks, and watched a peaceful demonstration by the infamous "Madre's de Mayo" marching for their children who had disappeared in the Dirty War. In the evenings, we would sit on a restaurant patio in one of the plazas and drink a $5 bottle of wine while watching the locals dance the tango or samba to live bands. We splurged on an excellent night out to a ...

... fillet steaks arrived at my table with considerable ceremony. At first I thought the waiter was on his way to another table after mine, but no, they were both for me. Each one was a good inch thick and about 4 inches square. I thought there must have been a mistake and told the waiter I wouldn't be able to eat two steaks. He replied "it's OK, this is only one steak - we've just cut it in half for you" and left me to it - luckily the second steak had been brought on its own little ...

... was a lot. OF course, I started with this WONDERFUL piece of beef (from a 'normal' part of the cow) and thought I was going to die it was so good. But it was a big piece, so I thought I'd give part to someone else, and try other things. Ooops. Won't do that again. It was all fine, but that first piece was definitely the ...

... to double book our seats for the trip to Argentina. Getting on the next bus may not have been a problem..... except the next bus with free seats was 10 days later. After some heated words with the bus company (Gemini... be wary of them!) they refused to pay for us to get there by alternate means. Only when we went to the Police station did they relent and pay for a taxi the next day. Anyone who has ridden 12hrs in the back of a 4x4 (with 4 ...

... the most famous people buried there is Eva ´Evita´ Peron - it was easy to find her mausoleum because there was always a crowd of people around! We also took a local bus to the part of town called La Boca, the home of the famous Boca Juniors football team. It´s a poor area around the docklands but is famous for being the place where tango dancing began. The most ...

... palace that Eva Peron ("Evita", the former first lady) gave her impassioned speeches to tens of thousands of her adoring subjects; it was for these speeches that she was loved by the country. Her husband the President benefitted from this national love affair with his wife and was a very popular ruler here.<br><br>After a few photos we headed to Avenue Florida, the main (pedestrianised) shopping street, which ran for about ...