- Food: None of the restaurants have pepper, only salt. LOTS of salt though and most of the food is incredibly sweet. Dulce de leche (caramilized milk) rules. Nice but very sweet. Variety of sauces with all the bread instead of butter. Empanadas (pastry with filling) are Argentina´s snack food and are lovely. Steak - good but was expecting better. Surprisingly un spicy food. Helado (ice cream) an rightful Argentinian best. Licuado´s (smoothies) delicious. Mate which is like a bitter tea is the national drink drunk out of little bowls with straws. A flask of hot water carried around to constantly top it up! - People: Are very patient with me attempting Spanish and let me try, even if they speak English, without interrupting. They seem to speak Spanish slower than in Spain. Hardly any rough ... read more

- Food: Very good hotel food! - City: Polluted with smelly buses, very European feel, VERY wide roads - People: Friendly but hardly anyone speaks English - Weather: 30 degrees and hot! - General: Not everywhere excepts dollars after all! Arrived in Buenos Aires safe and sound. Already made a friend on the plane who´s Argentinian so has given me some tips. Hotel Castelar where I´m staying has a posh reception but not so posh rooms! Still, a bit of luxury compared to the hostels I´ll be staying in later. Decided to be brave and wander around the city to get my bearings with 3 missions in mind: get money, get water, get information. Sensibly memorised the map first so I didn´t have to look like a tourist and ventured off. Found a lovely bit of ... read more