Our first South American overnight bus took us from Buenos Aires to Puerto Iguazu, the Iguazu Falls city in Argentina. The bus ride itself was pretty decent as we managed to get semi-cama seats which are effectively airplane business class seats. This certainly helped ease the 17 hour journey. Puerto Iguazu is a small town that is clearly used predominantly as a rest town for those visiting the falls and there isn't too much to do here outside of going to se...

Driving down Rivadivia Avenue for the first time into downtown Buenos Aires you'd be forgiven for thinking that you're driving toward downtown Manhattan. Yip, we were as surprised. The similarities continued with the street and avenue grid system, different districts, a subway system and the city definitely doesn't sleep. We later found out that the city was actually modeled on Manhattan. Now, before we get carried away, it is not Manhattan, but it is a very, v...