Leaving Buenos Aires We woke up to the sound of rain and as we came out of our dorm found that the furniture in the common area had all been moved to the edges as the roof leaks quite significantly! So we had breakfast in the semi dry and then got our bags packed ready to go, we checked out at 10.30 as we were supposed to but hung around for another 2 hours before deciding to head off to the airport. Our flight was at 6.15 so even 12.30 may seem early to be ...

Once we finished breakfast and Mae had briefly chatted to Kim we left the hostel to explore the remaining touristy bits of the city. We walked further along 9th Julio until we reached the French embassy. This building is so grand and Parisian in style that it is in fact marked on the tourist maps, we admired it for a while before turning left and walking down towards the Recoleta area. We arrived at a series of small, pretty parks flanked by expensive looking ca...

We were eagerly up for breakfast again today and spent the morning, which was grey and cold, in the hostel faffing about on the internet until when I had arranged to Skype with Kim, it died and they couldn't get it working again! So instead we headed out to look round the centre of town where the majority of the touristy sights are to be found. Apart from the frequent graffiti exhorting the English to get out of the Falklands (?!!!!!) we saw the Casa Rosada, Cath...

We dragged ourselves out of bed just in time for breakfast which consisted of Tea, coffee, bread, butter, jam and lots of little pastries... We were rather impressed, it's one of the best free breakfasts we've had on our travels and we took full advantage. Breakfast devoured, we sorted a couple of bits out on the computer and then set off to get some laundry done. We had asked the price at a couple of places the day before and returned to the one that had given ...

We arrived at the Retiro Bus Station in Buenos Aires at about 8am, only 2 hours late and disembarked to discover that it was as cold outside as it was on the bus! We quickly collected our bags and headed inside the terminal and found a spot where the sun was streaming through the glass to sort our bags out and warm up a little. Once sorted we found our way to the Metro station a few blocks away and scrambled on with our bags to get off at a stop conveniently near...