I am the best dancer in South America, and you know it!

I arrived in Buenos Aires on 29/11, with Josh arriving the following day. We stayed in a great hostel called Milhouse, which was a really fun time. Met a lot of great people, and had loads of fun partying. BA is a really full on city, with so much going on at any one time, and lots of clubs and pubs, all that start pumping after 3am. I had one great night out with Josh and some friends at a club called Opera Bay, where we watched the some rise at around 7am through the glass walls of the club. I even had someone tell me that i was a better dancer than the Argentinians, so i was in my element. We all know what a good dancer i am right! Couple this with my victory in a hostel quiz competition when i had to dance off for first place, and i have deemed myself the shit when it comes to the dance floor. Bring on Rio!

There is so much to see and do in Argentina, and so much that i did, that i dont know where to start. We went out for some fantastic meals, including going to a steak house, where i had the greatest steak of my life, and a great plaza cafe, where we had tango dancers and dancing bands around us for the majority of the night. It was awesome!

We went to some of the major barrios at different times during our stay, including La Boca (the coloured buildings), Recoleta (a very wealthy area with the famous cemetery where Evita is buried) and Palermo (a nice little barrio with lots of nice pubs and clubs etc).

The highlight though was definitely going to a South American soccer game. We went out to see River Plate (one of the major argentinian soccer sides), take on Chicago ( a lesser known side). We were warned not to take any valuables, so i left my camera back at the hostel, but god do i wish i had taken it now! The ground was about 40% full (around 20000 people there) but you couldn´t have told. The atmosphere was incredible. They place the fans from either sides at either end of the ground, and they never come in contact with each other, even before and after the game, as they are brought in separately. We sat in the midst of the River Plate fans, which you are recommended not to do, but we couldnt resist. Besides, they were the cheapest tickets!

They sing, dance, play the drums, wave flags and yell at each other for the entire game, not even stopping when a goal is scored. In fact, when Chicago scored a goal against River Plate, it just geed up the River Plate supporters to cheer louder than before. The most amazing thing however was the flag that was unfolded, which was definitely 50m by 50m big. It takes about 100 people to walk it in, and then they unfold it before the game and you sit under it for around 20 mins before the start of the game, still singing and dancing mind you. This was all well and good (even though it stank) but i thought it was abit extreme when they unfolded it midway through the first half and you had to sit there for 10 mins, not being able to see a thing whilst the game went on. Very bizarre. Noone had no idea what was going on, so if someone taped the game i wouldnt mind seeing mins 30-40!

We are now in El Calafate, where we arrived yesterday after a testing 3 hour flight in a rather unstable plan through turbulent weather.

Time to cook my travellers favourite - Ravioli with tomato sauce. Yummmm!

Later.

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