Wow, wow, wow. What a fab place BA is! It is busy and bustling, constantly noisy, full of life and intrugue. It is a really big city comparable with London or Paris, but with a Latin twist. After getting off the catamaran from Colonia we managed to get a taxi from the port to the Hotel even though we didn't have any pesos and had to pay in dollars, which probably cost more than it should. The Hotel Bolivar was situated in San Telmo, which is a suburb about 20mins walk from the centre. It is full of narrow cobbled streets and tall old buildings, beautiful and fascinating, but mostly in need of repair, the roads are busy with cars, buses, and road works. The pavements are cracked and broken glass and dog poo are daily
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