It is our last day in Cordoba and it is about time to leave Cordoba and our seedy hostel room... Hopefully, our next room is a bit nicer and the owner a bit more reserved. The people were nice, but a bit too much with all their questions and trying to organise 'day trips' with us. Anyway, we had a great time swimming in the river as we haven´t done this before. The water is deep enough to swimm and jump into the river and there is a lovely sandy beach. We were lazy and didn't bother to walk to get [View Full Entry]

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On Tuesday we arrived in Cordoba and it is a small and nice city with a pleasant enough centre. Cordoba is a university city and there are a lot of bars all over Cordoba to sit outside and have a beer or two. Again, the ´Las Villas´are very present but in contrast to Buenos Aires they search the street equipped with a horse carriage. We didn´t really feel comfortable to take a picture while they are ´working´and hence you can only see the horse... In Cordoba city itself it is more than sufficinet to spend a couple of days, but it [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday we took a bus to the seaside resort Pinamar, north of Mar de la Plata. We braved it and chose a location that did not feature in our guide as Argentines recommended it - this was not the best idea. We arrived in a luxury bus with loads of other Argentines and and it was really hard to find a place to stay. WE had to walk with the backpack for 2 hours and even the best fitted bag becomes heavy after a while. In the end we took a room for ARS 140 per night and we didn´t really [View Full Entry]

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Buenos Aires is amazing and really, really big. It seems that we have seen 10 cities and not just one within the last 2 days. San Telmo is lovely and a very good base for exploring this city by foot (we have done kilometers already!!). What is visble in all areas are the so called ´Las Villas', families searching through the rubbish for the whole night. As soon as the bags are put on the streets, they arrive with their makeshift vehicles (sometimes even a truck), open the bags with their bare hands and look for glass, plastic, cartons and food. [View Full Entry]

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Our first day in Buenos Aires!!! It took nearly 40 hours to get here from Bari via London Stansted, London Heathrow and Madrid. 2 days prior our trip we were informed by our lovely travel agent Bart from sanotours in Vienna that our flight has been changed and we will arrive 4 hours later in Buenos Aires at around midnight. This wasn´t good news for us! Anyway, we arrived at around 2:00 am in the pre-bookes budget hotel to learn that they have given our room away -aargh!! However, we were moved to another place in a much better location. Now [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday another Christmas party and today we are embarking on a 17 hour train journey to South Italy. A quick update on Bari.... It was really sunny and very warm during the day. Pictures to follow and a happy new year to you all! [View Full Entry]

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After emptying the flat and saying our goodbyes in London, we are now fattening up in Salzburg with sausages and Schnitzel. Merry Christmas! [View Full Entry]

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