Saw both sides of BA last Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday we walked from San Telmo to La Boca which is a rough port area with a small well known art district in it, the guide book says to take care if you're not in the main tourist area - trying to be too smart and without a good enough map we found ourselves quite a way from the main tourist area. Got out again in one piece, but it was a bit scary at times, on the upside we walked around and past the Boca Juniors stadium. Wednesday went to the richest part of BA, Recoleta - famous for it's cemetery, the rich like to show their wealth in death as well as in life. As cemeteries go it's impressive and worth a visit. Eva Peron ... read more

Monday, day 3 in BA. Struck lucky yesterday, there's a weekly market in San Telmo every Sunday, a whole bunch of interesting stalls, street music, tango, local food - pretty cool. Jetlagged in the evening, made the mistake of going to sleep for a couple of hours early on. Walked miles today (Monday) taking in the must see sights of central BA, it's a lot like a southern European city, but more run down. That's been one of the biggest surprises to us - how poor Argentina seems to be, many of the buildings are falling apart, the pavements and roads are crumbling and there are a lot of homeless people. Food continues to be great, found a local bar for lunch, ordered by pointing - my Spanish is woeful and the waiter's English was about ... read more