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Geo: -34.6118, -58.4173An easy short flight from Posadas dropped us in a busy Buenos Aires airport where we negotiated a bus to the end of a metro line, but then discovered the metro has no escalators and is crowded and sweaty, built in 1910 and the line we want closed for rennovation. So resorted to taxi to take us to our small boutique hotel on a quiet street, where we seem to be almost the only guests. It is built on the same corridor or sausage lay out they call it as other old houses in the city, some now hotels. resturants or boutiques or galleries, with attempts to restore them to former splendour. The series of 3 receptionists rotating all day and night all speak very good English and help us organise where to go ... read more

Geo: -25.57, -54.57Our second day of hot, steamy sunshine - getting used to hugging the shade and avoiding the sun we so crave in England.Our friendly, saviour taxi driver turned up, by secial request, at the hotel at 9.30 am to drive us across the Argentinian border - we were so pleased not to be lugging bags on and off local buses- and on to find our hotel in Puerta Iguasu to drop our bags, then on the the waterfalls entrance ( some 20 k away). This all worked like clock work and he was helpful in checking we had Argentinian pesos and knowing where to catch the public bus back from the falls.The entrance to the Argentinian falls is beautifully landscaped with shady paths and flowering shrubs. We set out on the lower board walk ... read more

Geo: -23.5489, -46.6388Well we may not have slept as much as those flat beds and the attentive service demanded, but it was still all rather lovely. Just a shame one can't always travel that way.The first surprise is that Sao Paulo is actually much more manageable than all the commentators and guides suggested, despite the 26 million people (or whatever the number is). We took a local airport bus (just over £1 each) to the nearest Metro stop then travelled the Metro, through the rush hour, to within 300 metres of our hotel. It was, if anything, less crowded than the London Underground, there were always escalators to street level, and young people obligingly leapt up to offer their seats to us old codgers!The hotel kindly checked us in vey early (but no extra breakfast!) so ... read more

Geo: 24.587, -81.6952The Florida Keys stretch out like a string of pearls about 100 miles long from the Florida coast. They were first connected by a railway but that failed in the early 20th century, due to the damage caused by 3 hurricanes, and now it is US Route 1 (that starts at the Canadian border) that reaches the end across bridges and causeways. We have 2 nights at Tavernier, about one third of the way along, then one night at the very end, Key West, before driving back to the airport and our flight home getting to London Friday morning.The Island Bay resort on Tavernier is a little piece of paradise. 9 bungalows in a line, ours being the last one at the end right on the beach,with the best view. A little private beach, ... read more