Blogs from Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America - page 271

Caminito is the colorful street that you always see in postcards of Buenos Aires. It is located in La Boca, a working class neighborhood famous for its soccer team, Boca Juniors.... read more

If you are Argentine, wealthy and dead, you are probably buried in the Recoleta Cemetary. The place has always fascinated me. In many ways, I think it is emblematic of the country and the city as a whole. On Friday I went to the cemetary to take pictures. The day was cloudy, and any shots with the sky as a background was turning out bad, so I decided to take pictures of crosses.... read more

So, one week on and I´ve finally managed to prise Luke off the PC long enough to write myself. Think he´s missing the Blackberry more than he lets on. The fact that it´s recently been launched here and there are billboards all over the city may be adding to his sense of loss. I did relent and permit him buy a new gadget yesterday, but only because our travel radio broke. He still had to be steered away from camera shops though (I can´t face any more after Tokyo) So, we´re leaving Buenos Aires this afternoon to head south. No direct flights available to Ushaia, so off to Trewlew we go, near Peninsula Valdes and Puerto Lombo. A chance to see some wildlife, including the huge penguin colonies at Puerto Lombo, and also to visit the ... read more

It's here....well just about.... 48 hours from now and we will be just touching down in Buenos Aires. I have a plethora of etickets and travel vouchers to organize before we go. After triple checking, everything is in place and confirmed.... I'm such a stickler for details... Packing is a nightmare; it will be scorching hot, freezing cold, wet, dry and everything in between. To make things more difficult, Aerolineas Argentinas has the strictest weight restrictions this side of Fat Fighters. I can see frequent visits to the local lavandería automática on the horizon. I can't say I'm looking forward to the flight. At 6'4'' I don't sit happily in economy; Business Class is much more civilized. Could be time for some creative manoeuvring...where's my walking stick and neck brace?? How often this 'Blog is updated ... read more

Well I arrived back in BA very late on Monday evening, to the sweltering heat of the city. After the wind blown steppes of Patagonia, the still air and humid heat is almost oppressive, making movement rather on the uncomfortable side. Yesterday was spent saying my good byes to the rest of the group and Graciella (scarey, now on my own in the big city) trying to sort out a bed for the night, (succesful), book a bus to get the ranch (a double decker sleeper bus - wish me luck with that one!), get a new SIM card so I can recieve calls without costing the earth (not sure if it's actually working yet, no-one has actually been able to call me yet!), putting digital photos onto CD to send home (took ages) and replying ... read more