¡¡¡Hola!!! saludos desde Buenos Aires! esto no ha podido empezar mejor, entramos en Argentina por la puerta grande, como reinonas, en business!!! menudas mochileras más raras, no? Gracias a Rita y Lourdes  por colarnos!! el viaje así fue bastante llevadero! Creo que cantaba un poco que no lo hacemos habitualmente ya que durante un rato no p...

I have been slacking off a little as trip starts to wind down so here is an update on our time in Buenos Aires.  The 22 hour bus ride was survivable and we reached Buenos Aires on the morning of the 25th ready to take in all the city had to offer.  We found a little hostel just outside of San Telmo which is the artsy district with good...

In a kind of unbelieving daze, I made it to Argentina and Buenos Aires. My confused state was aided and abetted by another one of those 24hr travel experiences which included little in the way of sleep and lots in the way of tedium. Fortunately both the Mexican and Argentinian immigration people ushered me through without fuss and nobody even ...

The bus from Puerto Iguazu to BA was so much better than Andesmar (Expresso Singer) - friendly staff, a choice of drinks with meals including wine and champagne, starters and breakfast was more than coffee and a biscuit. Films weren't fantastic, can't remember much about them apart from the Davinci Code which was so boring and I guessed the endi...

Hi Folks, Well after being warned to be careful with my $$, wallet, etc. and trying to be careful...today, on a very crowded metro train a pick pocket successfully picked my wallet out of my fanny pack and very politely zipped it back closed. It was on my left hip as was the train door, so I have no idea how it happened or when exactly. He or sh...

The giant city of Buenos Aires has a trendy fashion and all night fiesta attraction. But amoungst all the buses and taxis is rarely a horn or siren, on the busy shopping boardwalk of Florida street is an organized movement of international people. Plenty of accomodation from $8 - 100 US with an endless choice of restaurants that fill up around 9...

We have spent the last week in Buenos Aires and really really enjoyed it. The hostel has been feeding us coffee, croissants and dulce leche for breakfast every day then there are coffee shops on every street corner tempting us to visit. We have never seen such fantastic looking cakes in such large quantities before and as we are never likely to ...