Blogs from Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America - page 374

Well it has been a little while since we have been in touch, however before I fill you in on what we have been up to and some of you may be aware of this already but Mikes Nana unfortunately suffered a stroke a couple of weeks back and so we have decided to head home to see Nana and spend time with her and the family rather than continue to Europe. For those of you who know Nana she is doing well and was able to return safely to NZ on Tuesday from Canada where her and Grandad Mike were holidaying. Ok so to continue on I think the last you heard of us we were in Arequipa, South Peru. Well after (yet another) 14 hour bus we arrived back in Lima and were out ... read more

Sergio, Joaquín and I landed in Buenos Aires at around 7:00 AM local time, after an overnight, 9-hour flight from Atlanta. Going through Immigration, customs, and out into the general area of Ezeiza International Airport did not take any time at all and soon enough, we were looking for ways to get from the airport to our hotel in downtown BA. Having heard from Argentinean friends that using “remise” (cars w/ drivers for hire) was one of the best ways to get around, we soon discovered a remise service window upon exiting from customs and decided to give them a try (at 69 Argentinean Pesos or about US $23 for the three of us). The trip from the airport on remise was fast and comfortable... Our driver was surprised about our Spanish Language skills after learning ... read more

Do. 11.05.2006, 21.15h Club Atletico Riverplate vs. Libertad de Paraguay mit uesem hostel hemmer a dem obig choene e fuessball spiel go luege. die chance hemmer ues noed entgoh loh. hend sie scho letscht mol verpasst de abegg und ich. und drumm hemmer denn au de eigentli tueri gspass zahlt und am halbi siebni isch ues en bus cho go abhole bim hostel. (chlini amerkig: go fuessball luege in argentinie als touri isch noed umbedingt ungfoehrlich, also au as iheimische noed, falscher ort, falsche zeit und sou) anyway, leider isch nur es spiel vo riverplate moeglich gsi. boca wommer ueber alles gern waehred go luege isch leider ziittechnisch noed machbar gsi. however. also abgholt mitem bus. e horde anderi vom hostel am start und am fuessballplausch isch nuet im waeggstande. dbusfahrt het jeenes lang duured, isch ... read more

26/04/06 - 09/05/06 hola mis amigos!!! estoy muy bien en Buenos aires!!! this has to be...without a doubt...one of my favourite places in the world...ive been here for almost 2 weeks and am finding it hard to leave this place...and i wasnt even meant to be here at this point. i thought i´d come to BA to relax and get my life organised, but what ive found is that there is no such thing as relaxation when you are staying at a hostel called MILHOUSE!!! the best hostel ive ever been to...100 people...everyone my age, everyone with the same mindset...everyone up for a party and day of the week! some people have been here for almost a month!!! my clubbin experience in BA..the night never starts before 2am!!! the last 2 weeks has become a culture ... read more

We are now in Buenos Aires (Good Air - hmmm my throat wouldn't agree). It´s 11 am and we just got home for the nightclub last night at 5am, so it was quite an early night! Not a lot happened between Iguazu and BA. We stopped off at two places Posadas and Santa Fe (from the song), but both were quite grotty with not too much to see. When we got to BA we we checked into a small hostel in the Tango centre of the town, San Telmo and used the first day here to try and get our bearing of the city, it's pretty big... The food is really good here, well as long as you like meat. I don´t know how but all Argentinians seems to live of Bife de Chirizo (Rump steak) ... read more