¡Feliz Año Nuevo!

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Feliz Año Nuevo to you all from a hot and sultry Buenos Aires.

Spent a few sweltering days mooching around the city taking in the sights, sounds and smells! BA is a beautiful city on a grand scale, with gorgeous old buildings and friendly people. Hostel is cumfy and homely complete with black cat, also next to a busy bus route (ear plugs a must at night!).

Highlights include incredible tango show (thinking of you Di!), bounteous grilled meat (WARNING - Argentina not suitable for vegetarians!!) and the incredibly ostentatious Recoleta Cemetery including Eva Peron´s mausoleum.

Yesterday was a soothing and tranquil trip to the Tigre area in the Delta of the Parana with cooling waterways and mozzies galore; hurrah for the tropics! New Year´s Eve was an experience like no other ... the 100 piece Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim conducting to a 20,000 plus crowd in the traffic-free, widest street in the world beneath the obelisk (take a look on Google Earth). All this followed by a search for dinner that ended in the only place open; a local Bolivian grill, with half a chicken, most of a porker (I gave them the sign of the pig), beer and shared fizzy wine, we sat at a table in the street with the increasingly drunk Ezekiel and other new Bolivian friends. We survived the madness of a Latin American Firework display, including wall to wall bangers and hand-held rocket launchers! Phhew!

Off to seek shady nature reserve today to escape the 35 degree heat (ha ha ha). Heading off on Wed to coast for few days by overnight bus, en route to see whales and the Welsh!

Love to you all for 2007!

Nadine and Rob x

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Photos

Hot Tango in San Telmo
Nadine and Rob tangoing the night away!

Colourful La Boca
Old port, poor area but colourful with lots of soul and too many tourists

Recoleta Cemetery
The great and the good of Argentina are buried here

New Year´s Eve in BA
New Year´s Eve in front of the obelisk in widest street in the world

Comments

[Elspeth]

Happy New Year
Sounds fabulous - especially the heat...bit chilly here in Lancaster today! 'sign of the pig?!' - have I missed something? keep the news flowing - it's good to see your faces (I've got some lovely tango pictures taken outside the Gregson on xmas eve!) xxxx

[Charlotte]

Buenos Dias Mi amegos (?)
Hello lovelies. Smashing to read about your adventures and see the pictures too!! It's all so modern and exciting. Sounds like you're having a top time. It's done nothing but rain here for months on end. Xmas and new year were v. relaxing and sober (wierd). Just had a lovely week in Wales and am now ready for more decorating while the baby practices it's swing bowling inside me ( also quite wierd ). Loads of love from Charlo and Jamie xxx

[cezza]

Happy new year!
Great to read your exploits guys, have a fantastic time- what a way to start 2007!! I'm off to sweden now for a week to see my mate shane- its minus 1 apparently, and that's warm for them! think of me swaddled in my layers while you sun yourself. Hope it all goes swimmingly, am looking forward to the next instalment. Muchos besos, hasta la proxima, cez xx

[Alison Baker]

Happy New Year
Well Rob you are missed in Kendal but I am sure you aren't missing Kendal. Guess what - your interactive pens aren't working and your replacement has had to borrow one of mine. He has been warmly welcomed. Sounds like you are both having a wonderful time. Keep safe. Happy New Year.

[Rosie & Mario]

Happy New Year!
Just found your blog - quiz continues without you. Wishing we were there. Love - have fun.

[Christine W]

Kendal New Year
My New Year was slightly different! I persuaded my elderly parents to brave the storms (Force 3 with rain and a little bit of mist over Thirlmere) and join me in my empty house (remember husband in Antarctica!!!!!!) and they stayed up until 12.30 with a sherry and half a glass of Sauvignon Blanc..........the fireworks on bbc 1 over the Thames with Natasha Kaplinsky commentating were nearly as interesting as yours..........Love Chris

[The Noons]

Celebrations
Thanks for correspondence- a circular card indeed! You missed a treat at New Year! I'm a Celebrity...party was very amusing with ALL participants taking their parts enthusiastically! Photos to follow. We are celebrating Becca's birthday this evening at a local curry house. Time to chat and chill together- wonderful. Keep on having fun, love Rx4.

[Becca]

Hi!
Hello!! Hope your enjoying your trip so far :-] Just wanted to thanks for my birthday present, love them - thankyou! Bye bye for now.. Becca xxxxx

[Chris w]

Husband returns!
Happy New Year to both again, it is still raining........ Nigel (w) arrived back from amazing trip to Antarctica with hundreds,dare I say thousands..........,cute pictures of penguins and same humungous elephant seals. I shall now tell him he could have saved his cash and stayed in BA and area you have visited to see similar! Interactive white board now working with pen(main site bod had to visit us and sort pen out-did you scupper whole board arrangement before you took off Rob?) Morgan brothers have bus timetable from me now, but alarm clock does not work and parents have gone to Cuba..............say no more. Love Chris

[Chris W]

ps after husbands return
ps by the way, looking at pot of mate, my dear husband brought my mother a souvenir from his trip--a book all about the mate! What exactly is he trying to do? CW