Blogs from Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America - page 3

Seit Donnerstag sind wir wieder zu Hause, wollen aber doch noch ein paar Worte zu Bueno Aires schreiben. Eine Woche Buenos Aires genügt, vor allem wenn sich das Wetter von seiner herbstlichen Seite zeigt: bewölkt und Sturm mit Gewitter und Regen, jedoch noch warm. Die Stadt ist riesig, mit vielen Parks und Plätzen, dadurch auch sehr grün und weitläufig. Bei zwei geführten Spaziergängen durch die Stadt erfuhren wir viel über die Entstehungsgeschichte der Stadt. Das Microcentro, das Stadtzentrum, wurde nach europäischem Vorbild Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts gebaut. Somit konnte man breite Alleen (bis 140m) anlegen und alle europäischen Baustile und -epochen nebeneinanderstellen. Lebendig wirkt die Stadt durch ihre sehr unterschiedlich ausgeprägten Barrios (Stadtteile). Unterschiedlich durch Bebauung, Bevölkerung und natürlich durch ihre Lage. Unser Lieblingsviertel ist San Telmo,... read more

So the journey back to BA from Torres seemed to take for ever - about 5 hours on 2 private buses was fine and border crossings straight forward but we arrived at El Calafate airport about 4.5 hours before our flight....and there's not a lot to do there! That's where things started to go wrong... While checking in, I managed to trip over my backpack and twinge something in my back, to the extent that I could barely walk at first. We queued up to go through departures with me in quite a lot of pain, only to be told once we got to the (single!) bag machine that we were too early and couldn't go through yet. Back landside we went to the only cafe for some greasy empanadas and I tried to walk off ... read more

More than 24 hours door to door spent in that no man's land of airports and planes (apart from a brief foray into Frankfurt) finally brought us to this lovely little apartment in Buenos Aires. It's a new building and the architect is also an artist so there is whacky sculpture everywhere - I will try to get some photos put on! There's a tiny pool and jacuzzi on the roof too but they've only been open since 1 November so the water hasn't really warmed up enough yet for us to try them out. For those that don't know/remember we stayed in Buenos Aires for a few weeks during our last long trip. Being back is quite strange - everything looks familiar but is not quite the same. We keep thinking we know where we ... read more

Hello All, Today we had an early wake up as we had to walk to Los Heroes to get the airport bus into the airport. The hostel we are staying at offer a deal to the airport for $15,000 peso for 2 people, but the bus is a 15 min walk and 1,500 each, big saving. We were flying to Buenos Aires today and very excited to be going there, we are couch surfing here so hoping it will go well. Our direct flight is at 1230, it takes two hours and was about £110. The bus would have taken 24 hours+ via Mendoza and is about the same price as the flight. The flight, like most things in South America was delayed, only by 2 hours but we had to find Internet to let our ... read more

Day 9 & 10 28th Feb/1stMarch 2015 Buenos Aires So after four airports (Newark, Toronto, Chile and Argentina) 3 flights, 2 buses and what’s felt like an eternity,although I only left Newark at 9pm Saturday and was at my hostel here in Argentina before 5pm Sunday, so it wasn't really as long as I thought. I arrived in Buenos Aires. It’s very warm and humid, which is a nice change from the snow and ice I left behind me in New York. I met some friendly people on each flight and the time passed quick enough, although I am looking forward to sleeping in a bed tonight and not an aeroplane. Here is a brief summary of my day so far, After the misdirection going to the first airport, in Toronto only having 20 minutes to ... read more