J: we got to Buenos Aires (which people here call B.A.) used the metro underground system and found a funky hostel at the best price yet in Argentina. As we had slept well we set off in search for some new flip-flops. The girl at the hostel advised that I won't get cheap fake ones in my size but might be lucky enough down the main shopping street. The street was like Oxford street in London, except lots of people offering black market exchanges for the American Dollar. But after an hour of walking and shops not having any big enough, we found a Havianas shop, and they had my size! I even had multiple colours to choose from, I was so happy about a simple pair of flip-flops it was stupid.

S: I made James throw his flip flops straight in the bin lol, he was so pleased. As it was still early we carried on walking to the Recoleta Cemetery, apparently it's ones of the best in the world? We arrived and we were utterly amazed at the tombs. They were all of different sizes and statues adorned them everywhere. We found the presidents tomb and then went in hunt of Eva Peron's (Evita's) tombs, it wasn't an overly big tomb but pleasantly decorated and can apparently with stand a nuclear blast!? People still mourn her as the family tomb had lots of flowers around and the people are very proud of her. We wandered back to the hostel and had walked a massive distance today, but it felt good to be walking again.
The next day we decided to join a walking tour to the Bocas, which apparently isn't the best area to be in. We started out learning about the history and the immigrants that came to live in Argentina, which is why they have such colonial buildings. We stopped by the Bocas and saw Tango dancing on the street and the colourful houses from an artist that has made the area famous.

J: after the tour we stayed in the area to eat a dish called Parrillada, which is basically lots of BBQ'd meats, unsurprisingly it was great. Then we walked back to the nicer area to our hostel, but once there one of the girls in the room thought she had bed-bugs. This was much to Sam's dismay but I didn't think it was true, and happily took the room upgrade they offer us. They also fumigated all your gear and it turned out there were no bed-bugs found by the professional fumigators.

S: James had finished his book so we went in search of a new one but to our disappointment they wanted around £12 for an old book which James declined. We walked past the Obelisk which is a national monument to celebrate the fourth centenary of the first foundation of the city. We continued walking to the Metropolitan Cathedral, it didn't really look like a normal cathedral as it was more built like a Roman building with massive pillars at the front. It was very beautiful inside and we walked around the guarded tomb of José de San Martin who fought for Argentina, Chile and Peru and their freedom. And obviously not forgetting that the new Pope Francis is from Buenos Aires, Argentina, there were tours to increase your knowledge but we declined this one. On the way back to the hostel we stopped at the national museum, which was mostly in Spanish so we couldn't understand everything but we did learn a little bit more about the wars that have taken place in Argentina and saw interesting artefacts especially some of the swords used in battle. We had heard about a good vegetarian restaurant down from our hostel and apparently had big meals for reasonable prices. We halved a dish and the waitress was lovely she even got the kitchen to halve the dish onto two plates for us. It was amazing food and we both loved it, plus it was nice to try out some local Argentinean food.

J: unfortunately I had left my good earphones & Swiss Army knife on the over night to B.A. I was most annoyed about this and even though we walked back to the bus station they hadn't been found apparently. I was gutted.
We kept walking to a Japanese Garden which Sam wanted to visit, it had an entry price so I was more in favour of the free park, but we went in and found a beautiful spot looking over the lake and played dice. Then after some time we said we better explore the gardens we paid to enter, so we did and it took less the 10 minutes, it wasn't the biggest place.

S: we walked backed to the hostel which took a while and brought vegetables from the local vendors. I apparently had to cook chicken broth Asian style as I had lost at dice that afternoon. Personally I think James fixed the games of Yahtzee just so I had to cook lol.
James had jumped out of the top bunk during the night and hurt his foot, so we kept the last day short. We had breakfast, packed up our things and then went and got the Metro to the bus station. We had been warned about a scam where someone sprays stuff on you and them a lady tries to help you and in the meantime someone else swipes your bags. As we walked up the to the bus terminal, I felt my hair and bag get wet, I just said to James to keep walking my bags been sprayed. A lady came up to ask trying to help and I just said no and shooed her away. She then went to the side and joined a man. I think they thought we weren't on the ball, sometimes it's good to be reminded that not everyone out there is as helpful as they seem. It's a shame as it left a little bit of a sour note as we left a very beautiful and cultural city.