I arrived in Mendoza early, the bus again was again ahead of schedule, which is a good thing normally but jaysus, it's 4:30 in the morning, could ya not have driven slower and allowed us another hour or two of sleep?! Getting off the bus, a cold breeze smacks me in the face. I wasn't in the warmer climates anymore for at night in the Mendoza and the foothills of the Andes, it gets bitterly cold. Anyways, the jacket went on before anything else could have been tho...

Arriving from Rosario on the overnight bus with Andesmar, I found out that I really should have taken a bus early in the morning. Realistically, I wasn't saving myself a nights accommodation, I was just down right exhausted on arrival instead having stayed up late to catch the bus and arriving at 4am. 6hrs of a journey compared to the 8hrs I was told. Shakes fist furiously!! The city streets of Cordoba were empty as I got a taxi to my accommodation, a hostel jus...

My next stop across Argentina was the college town of Rosario. Supposedly the third largest city in Argy and situated nicely on the banks of the Rio Parana, the city seemed like a nice place to crash for a few days. The bus took five hours to get there, so leaving earlyish in the morning from BA, I still had the afternoon there to explore only this time, complete with my new haircut courtesy of the barbers in the bus station. Mother wasn't impressed when I told h...

Arriving in Buenos Aires at night, the strength of the hustle and bustle there caught me by surprise. The difference between what I expereinced at the port in BA compared to the Uruguayan side was one hundred fold a difference. It was utter manic! Even under the brightly lit night sky, you could feel a certain westerness to the place, bright lights, European architecture and even people that looked like spanish students without the wax jackets on a summer in Irel...

Waving goodbye to the boredom that was Montevideo, my next port of call was actually a port also, so pardon me for that unintended pun. The port was the UNESCO town of Colonia Del Sacramento, an hour or so from the capital. The idea here was to arrive in the morning, have a look around the cobbled streets and old walls, taking a few snaps whilst there and then getting on the boat that night, just like the slaves, to our next destination, Buenos Aires, some 3 ho...