The last full day in Buenos Aires and I was a bit sad to be leaving but also quite excited about my tango lesson. First off though we had decided to spend the morning in a different part of BA, at the botanical gardens and the Evita museum. In short the Botanical gardens were rubbish and a complete waste of time! There were literally just 2 shrubs with flowers, the rest just green. There was a cacti section that was quite forlorn and where we did see some blooms - they were in a restricted area and we couldn¨t get close [View Full Entry]

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After our long day in Colonia we had an easy morning whilst I chatted away to the hostel guy whilst he kindly burnt all the pictures we had taken so far on our travels onto CD. Having told us the location of the nearest post office we managed to package up our CDs and some other bits and send them Argentine post with bar code label!:) hopefully the CDs make it so we can free up some space on our SD cards for more picture taking :) Next task was to head into town and book some tickets for a Tango [View Full Entry]

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Carmen - please note another country requiring a pin on the map please :) We took the fast boat (one of two options) of 1 hour to cross from Buenos Aires to Colonia Del Sacramento, Uruguay. Main reason for my enthusiasm was it was another country and also featured in Mr Brimelow¨s 1001 places to visit guide! The customs process of, out of Arentina and into Uruguay took place on the Argentine side. It was not too bad but did involve further stamps on various pages of my passport - getting a bit concerned I am going to run out of [View Full Entry]

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Another good start to the day with sunshine and blue skies (I think about 22 degrees celcius). We get into in the city centre and board the Buenos Aires bus tour! With headsets provided we hook up to the English tab and view our map. As we start moving through the city we notice we appear to be on the wrong side of the bus to take photos of the main sites - oops! Quickly scrabbling acoss we settle down and enjoy the journey. A few of the pictures are from the bus journey itself however the main ones are from [View Full Entry]

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First morning in Buenos Aires. The hostel was actually fairly quiet and I think the staff a little surprised to see people up for breakfast!! Dried bread and croissants later headed on the metro to San Telmo area of Buenos Aires where we had been reliably informed by Mia and Kate in Brasil there was a great Sunday market. San Telmo is not one of the safer places in Buenos Aires however we stuck to the market area and there were no issues. Bargain Hunt and Flog It fans may have been in their element however alot of the stalls were [View Full Entry]

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I already updated you on the long bus journey from Puerto Iguazu to Buenos Aires (BA) so I will not bore you (Fuzzy take note) with the details again! Anyway, arrived in BA and took a taxi to our hostel on Avenida Corrintes. The taxi man let us out and we tried to search for the entrance! Entrance to Augur Hostel found we are buzzed into the building. As we walk up the flight of steps to reception I noticed a rather recognisable image on one of the doors-see picture! Anyhow, ignoring that, we get into the hostel and our dorm [View Full Entry]

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Hi All, Just a quick update on recent news and travels. Hope to add more pictures and details on Puerto Iguazu in the next days but until then I wanted to bore you all with our bus journey from Puerto to Buenos Aires - where I am now typing this update. So, we catch the bus from Puerto as scheduled at 7.15 with Via Barriloche. The bus was pretty good and the seats, blankets and pillows all a happy welcome. Brim and I settle ourselves down quite comfortably when Argentinan police with dog board the coach. OK no issues we have [View Full Entry]

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OK, so I know this update is well over a week due however the computer at the hostel in Buenos Aires was not working so I have not been able to upload any photos and I did not want to keep sending just typed blogs. Anyhow, I will now proceed to try and catch up on on the last 7 days or so!!! So, having spent the morning at the hostel in Foz De Iguazu it was time to leave and cross the border into Puerto Iguazu, Argentina. Carlos kindly agreed to drive us across the border control, our first overland [View Full Entry]

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Arrived at Puerto Canoas hostel thanks to Carlos ;) Hostel was very brightly painted with flowers and bird food holders attracting a number of Humming Birds just outside the door to our room with en suite!! The luxury of budget travelling cannot be overestimated ;=) We dropped off our bags had a quick look around the hostel, no communal bar and everyone seeming to keep to themselves so we walked into the town centre which was just a 5 minute from the hostel. The town was like a ghost town. Lots of the shops were closed and no one was around! [View Full Entry]

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Arrived at the main coach station in Foz De Iguazu. Managed to find platforms for local buses but not entirely sure of when next bus would arrive and where to get off! Anyway, convinced Brim we didn't need a taxi and we could do it, so we boarded a bus into town. Brim had to help me with my bag over the turnstile as I got a tad stuck ! At the local bus station we both looked at each other as there were a number of platforms and again no clear signs. We spotted the tourist information and thankfully the [View Full Entry]

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