¿Roughing it?

This backpacking lark is definitely not for the faint of heart.....apparently, which is why after our 16 hour airbourne ordeal we decided to check into the beautiful, spacious and rather opulant Moreno hotel, San Telmo - the heartland of the Tango! 

Big Loft at Moreno Hotel

It took some time to get used to the jetlag which meant our first taste of the city was a midnight stroll up a quiet little steert named La Defensa. On Sundays however this quiet little street is transformed into a huge and thronging antiques and artisan market complete with with live Tango shows and an incredible array of interesting characters! 

This morning we saw the city in a better light (and with a map) and found it charming, proud and familiar, if somewhat smoggy! Lovely lunch at a restaurant called ´Bice´ with waiters who are incredibly adept at keeping your wine glass full! After a couple of hairy moments on zebra crossings (the only traffic law in B.A. seems to be that you must ignore all traffic laws at all times) we made it to a travel agent and booked some excursions to Iguazu falls and Patagonia. 

Cafe in Central BA

Suffice to say we don´t feel like ´´backpackers´´ quite yet. However the combination of the incredibly remote and arresting sites that lay ahead of us and the fact that we will quite simply run out of money in about a week if we don´t quit the expensive hotels and fine dining at lunchtime, mean that rougher times most definitely lay ahead.

New Buenos Aires - Puerto Madero

Wet Yasmin

Curvy building