So, Monday in Buenos Aires. HOT day again. Took an alternative tour of the city, which was about the controversial, and brutal history of the city. The surprising thing was all the history was within the last 55 years. We visited the government building again, learnt a bit more about Evita, and what happened in 2001. Also learnt how the various military coups of the 20th century were stagesçd, and even saw evidence of bomb damage from a coup which overthrew Pero...

Wow, where to start! What a place...Buenos is officially my favourite place I´ve ever been to as a tourist...be it Newquay, Grand Canyon or whatever...it´s amazing! So...Sunday morning was spent in San Telmo, the oldest part of town. There was a traditionally arts and crafts market (think Covent garden style) with traditional music...and people dancing tango in the street! It was brilliant, San Telmo is just sooo pleasent, it´s cobbled streets, traditionally ...

Ok I have a rare spare half an hour here in BA, so an update about the mini trip is going. So I arrived on Saturday after sleeping very little on the overnight bus, into the BUSY retiro bus station with something like 40 platforms! Managed to fight my way through there, and get a cab. The cab was terrorfying. I´ve been told porteños (people from buenos aires) drive like lunatics, and yeh they do! He was constantly bibbing, switching and changing lanes every 2 ...

OK Just a quickie! So last weekend took advantage of the wineries in Mendoza and went to visit some of them! Argentina is one of the worlds most important producers of wine and something like 90% of the wine produced comes from the region of Mendoza where I´m licing. We´ve over a thousand wineries here! So, took a bus and visited a family run winery and learnt about the process...a bit boring really, considering I was there for the tasting!! But the country si...

So, typical argentine cuisine I love... DULE DE LECHE! It´s like a sweet creamy spread, sort of like nutella style, but not chocolate. Tastes like toffee, and it´s served with deserts etc... it´s typically argentine. And try it as a liqueur! AW immense! http://www.clarin.com/diario/2005/04/18/conexiones/exporta_dulce.jpg MATE A typically Argentine drink, which is sooo different. t´s a hot drink, and everyone drinks it here. It´s like what tea is in the uk....