Sheraton Buenos Aires Hotel & Towers

... about sharing my future with Mary. By the third day in BA, we were both adjusted to the time difference and began to tackle the neighborhoods that lay north of San Telmo. We rode the Subte north to the Retiro train station. BA's subway is first class - flat fare, spotlessly clean and frequent. Not coincedentally, it also runs only between the nicer neighborhoods of the city as those in the sprawling barrios must ...

... and people have style. Flirts too. I don't mind being ogled at. It´s a big town and I was a little overwhelmed. I could´t get the bus system, I was warned against hailing taxis, and so walked alot. I took the Subte (subway too). When I arrived I took Lonely Planet's advice and stopped at the Manuel Tienda Leon desk for a transfer into town/to my hotel. The desk is just past baggage/customs. A bus will take you from the airport to thier transfer station in town. Then a small ...

... the city and the show recreated some of that history.

While the dancers changed costumes, lounge singers would come out and belt out a number while wandering around the audience, which was quite ...

... Back in Puerta la Cruz found a clinic and after much gesticulating and by now lovely rash up my chest and neck and swollen foot in shivering wet clothes was it clear that it was a bee - not a mosquito! ABEGO! Filled out a medical form - god knows what I signed, and suddenly found a nurse looking for a vein with 2 massive syringes. Somehow could not recall this from my last experience... 2 injections and a prescription later I´m trotting back ...

... there are stacks of hotels in Caracas it seems....and yet not a single freekn one had any vacancies. I literally tried at least 30, and it was getting v late. A few English speakers told me to get off the streets, but what could I do?! Well, in hindsight I should have used my Visa card and gone to a 5 star hotel (I did find one with vacancies, but it was US$140 a night, and I couldnt even figure out how to use the ATMs). Instead, i eventually went with this young couple who ...

... the pakoras were nice. And thus ended our quest for Indian food in South America. After shifting to a cheaper hotel, we went off for a bit of shopping in San Mil, the best shopping mall in all of Venezuela. I'm sure it is but it was too expensive for us. Although, Stan did manage to find jeans for a decent price and I managed to get a bit of beauty treatment for a not so decent price. When she told me what the bill was at the beauty parlour, I almost ...

... how are you guys holding up without me?? and if i don{t return....? vic realmente, me encanta aqui, me encanta....no creo que estaria mas feliz en un otro pais en este momento...realmente.....si, claro....ciao! rebecca! hey rebecca! how are ya? my word, los latinos aqui my my....don{t worry...give willy and sammy a big kiss!! marweeann! miss you mar! i spotted a cinema here yesterday and thought of ya......love you! hug gianni.....hey john! okay ciao guys1

... ls (Venezuel* is rich in mining). We *lso tried re*l Venezuel*n coffee *nd I h*d f*r too much *nd g*ve myself c*ffeine overlo*d (I h*d wh*t equ*ls *bout four shots of expresso but nobody told me until AFTER I h*d drunk the stuff) Th*t night R*chel, Justin, J*son *nd I went out to supper *t * loc*l rest*ur*nt *nd *ttempted to h*ve tr*dition*l Venezuel*n f*re. Somehow I ended up with * pl*te of chicken *nd crinkle-cut french fries th*t could h*ve e*sily served *ll four of us ...