Camaro Palace Hotel Buenos Aires

... it explains why they can party until 10am in the morning and still be somewhat useful for the other half.
-They're all beautiful.....and they know it. Their self-confidence, as a general population, is through the roof. This can lead to good situations (i.e. fearlessly asking for help in a language they don't speak, making good first impressions) or bad situations (i.e. an incredible arrogance and egotistical outlook on life, very forceful sexual passes on every woman they ...

... to see the Boca Juniors Stadium - such a different feel to the sectioned off tourist area; its a really poor area thats sectioned off for a reason, but was great to catch a fleeting glimpse of the real La Boca, locals playing football on a concrete court, shoes over power lines...

To rush through the weeks activites, we heard a shocking MC/Karaoke prodigy singing the Argentinian equivalent of Robbie Williams ...

... Colon Theatre - Old theatre building. The Obelisco - Big spike in the middle of Avenue 9 de Julio. Plaza de Mayo & Casa Rosada - Already seen these, but was nice to chill in the square for 20 minutes. Parque Lazama - Where Buenos Aires was allegedly first created. La Boca - Dodgy, but colourful suburb of Buenos Aires. Boca Juniors Football Stadium - 65,000 seater home of Boca Juniors. All in yellow & blue - reminds me of the ...

... have USD in the machines) and all prices on menus and windows are listed with a "$", despite the prices being in ARS. In the late 1990s, with years of low inflation and strong growth, a wealth of natural resources, a highly educated and literate population, a strong farm export sector and for other optimistic economic reasons, Argentina was billed by Western banks and investors as the next greatest thing and ...

... didn't even resemble the 5 star picture on the website. Its low ceilings and fake wood paneling stank of mold, and our saggy twin beds were covered in moth eaten rags. The owner squeaked at us that we absolutely must pay a $100US deposit and the entire weeks rent in advance immediately, and would not take "we just arrived at 4am on a Sunday from a different country" as an excuse for us to not have local currency. She ...

... escorting me for the first week of my South American adventure.

By the time he'd flown back home and left me in the hands of Grandma, we'd eaten and drank our way around the main areas of Buenos Aires and Uruguay in no time at all. Over a prolonged lunch in Montevideo's vibrant port market, we'd devoured almost every conceivable part of a cow, washed down - as is necessary in this part of the world - with copious 'copas' of wine. We'd hob-nobbed with ...

... wandering the cobble streets of San Telmo, home of BA's main tango and antiques area. The lower rent apparently attracted many artists and we thoroughly enjoyed the wall art. By chance we saw that the 2009 Dakar was finishing on the first Sunday we were in BA. Ryan was in his element, even though we missed seeing the actual racing, we got to see the awards. It seemed as though we required tickets to enter the stadium where the finale was held, but as we stood at the ...

... very modern looking, part of the Sol Melia chain, which I have seen in other foreign cities. There was a doorman at the front door and the girl at the desk was very nice. We asked about a taxi the next day for the airport, a sightseeing tour for this afternoon and a Tango show for tonight. We decided on the tour and the taxi, but not the tango show. What she suggested for the Tango show seemed a ...

... the temptation to browse... trust me, it was difficult. Instead, I took a few photos of some of the more interesting storefront windows I saw =) On the way home we decided we would make dinner that night so we set out to find a supermarket along the way home. Unfortunately, the first one we were directed to by random locals was a totally dirty ghetto one that was owned by Chinese people!!! LOL.. as we find out over the next few days, there are lots of tiny grocery ...

... interesting (although obviously nowhere near as good as the museum at Anfield, CLEARLY!) so we managed to fill the time easily.

There are plenty of exhibits eulogising about their favourite son ...