Safe in Buenos Aires!
Trip Start
Feb 02, 2006
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Trip End
Feb 19, 2006
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Thursday, February 9, 2006
I forgot to mention that we had our first bife (beef) meal yesterday at lunch time: salad, spare ribs and desert for 5$ CDN with the locals. It was good! They are BBQ fanatics in this country. We also had a very sophisticated Italian meal with the locals and waiters tripping over each other to serve us for about the same price! I had a great Argentinian Caneloni with cheese and ham... Argentines seems to be a mix of Italian, Spanish and Mexican culture. Lots of carbs! Well, the plane trip was a nice and speedy (compared to the equivalent 16 hour bus trip) 1:45 hours! And, no, I will never be taking the bus again, no matter how sweet the service and comfort level is. I'd rather fork over more ca$h and get places faster. Aaaaaanyway, we are now into our new hostel:
http://www.hostels.org.ar/hostel.asp?hostel_id=68
It's small and cosy and in our favorite part of the city, San Telmo (the old town)
Hostel-Inn Tango
. The building is beautiful as usual... And we are now official members of the Hostelling International club that offers discounts on hostels (rooms, food, drink and expeditions), buses and trains around the world. Our stay in Iguazu has already paid for our cards and we are now benefiting from them for all our future hostels and expeditions... Amazingly, it wasn't spoken of or highlighted by our travel agents (outside these member hostels) and Rough Guide or Lonely Planet books... Now we know better. Member hostels also have to adhere to a certain level of quality rooms and service to remain members.That's all for now! Bariloche tomorrow! Chocolate and mountains and lakes time!
