The Landing Hotel Buenos Aires

... not expensive at all ($39 USD total). <br><br>Walking around Buenos Aires today, I noticed a large presence of Brazilian tourists everywhere. Some Argentinian vendors were screaming about discounts to passer-bys in Spanish, English, and now, Portuguese. Because of the stronger Brazilian economy and currency, people from Brazil were now traveling more to neighboring countries in South America. Back in 2006 when I was here, an encounter with Brazilian tourists was a ...

... The Argentinians needed to win to qualify; if they failed it would be a national disaster. There was huge pressure on the Argentinian manager, Diego Maradona, because since he's been appointed their record has been somewhat woeful.<br><br>We found a bar, settled down to watch the footy, keeping ourselves to ourselves. We were obviously clocked however as the only Gringos in the bar. Half time came, it was still 0 - 0 and the locals were restless. We were approached ...

... d finished, we met up in the cafe again, before going back to the hostel and playing pool and generally being lazy. We also further developed the character of New Friend Neil obsessively, adding further traits and phrases. Haley was out all day.<br><br>In the evening, Hayley texted us when she'd got back to her house, and we went round to meet her. Then we went to El Desnivel for dinner. On arrival and ...

... though, as I could not manage to eat anymore steak or beef or anything remotely meat-like since we left Uruguay. However, we did manage to eat pancakes with dulce-the-leche (literally 'sweet of milk', it is caramel like yummy gooey stuff and we saw it a lot in Brazil and Uruguay as well) for desert for the last 5 days, very nice!<br><br>The best steak we had so far was in BA - we went to Lilas des Cabanas, which served just the best and juiciest ...

... Mimi puisse voir sur la place du quartier San telmo si quelqu'un pouvait faire un « fillete » c'est à dire une peinture sur sa guitare Argentine. Nous n'avons pas dans un premier temps trouvé la personne adéquate et nous sommes donc allés manger à « Siga la vaca » après avoir donné le numéro de Mimi à un mec qui à promis de l'appeler si la personne adéquate venait. Nous avons bien mangé, c'était un self au niveau des légumes et salades et un poste grillade ...

... Recoleta we make a quick stop at a beautiful sculpture fountain by Eduardo Catalano, the Floralis Generica. This flower of stainless steel opens and closes with the sunlight. The day is beginning to get very hot and humid. We later find out it got to 40 C (105 F), the highest temperature so far this summer. When you first enter the Recoleta Cemetery you are struck by the shear opulence of a place for the dead. It's ...

... walking toward the main park in San Telmo. As is the norm in this beautiful city, the plaza was lined with majestic and leafy trees which continued to provide this prosumer photographer with amazing light. Colorful people and murals lined a large amphitheatre in the middle of the park. We sat for a while and calmly rested our pigs. After this, we caught a cab over to La Boca, a rough and tumble neighborhood with a small but lively tourist strip, lined with loud ...

... is more like a village of mausoleums! It is about eight blocks of "streets" lined with the hugest, most ornate and well kept mausoleums I have ever, and probably will ever see. Apparently, if a mausoleum starts to look to tatty the family are told to improve it. Although seldom, if the family cannot be found or afford the upkeep, there is an advert placed in the newspaper giving them a last chance to improve conditions and then it is sold onto another wealthy family for their ...

... bathroom and was confronted with a bubbly wonderland!! There was a mountain of bubbles that almost reached the ceiling and a carpet of bubbles that had spilled over the tub's edge!! The suds were just everywhere! Oh dear, I thought. I made a path for myself through the bubbles, found the switch for the jacuzzi and turned it off. I then waited a bit for the mountain of bubbles to subside before draining the water. There was still a lot of suds left but after ...

... were saluted by fire trucks when we taxied out of Auckland. <br>About half way into flight 1185, I was chatting with the flight attendants and asked if it would be at all possible to get into the flight deck. They chuckled and said a straight out 'no'. <br>I was determined, and asked if I wrote a letter to the captain, would they kindly pass it on for me. <br>They said they could do that, but not to get my hopes up about anything happening. <br>I took my ...