8th May 2013 We arrived in Mendoza around 10am after an uncomfortable bus journey and jumped into taxi direct to our hostel. We were greeted by the energetic hostel manager Caroline who Josh had been emailing in Buenos Aires. Whilst going through the different excursions we were provided with a glass of red wine as promised! After booking the winery and Andes trips we were the provided with a second glass! Instantly I fell in love with Mendoza, I mean you can't ...

2nd May 2013 So we never made it to Mendoza! After the hour long boat journey back from Uruguay we had some time to spare before our bus left so we decided to visit La Boca. La Boca is the no go dangerous part of Buenos Aires, our hostel has specifically circled on our map in red that it was dangerous. One guy that we met told us someone he had met had been near the football stadium and someone had actually pulled a gun out and taken his whole backpack. However ...

Day 1 Our bus journey was a lot shorter then we thought and we arrived around 2pm at the bus terminal. It was massive and hectic. As we were now on to a new currency we had no cash so searched for a good half an hour around the terminal for a cash point trying out the Spanish we had learnt on our bus journey. Eventually we found one and jumped in to the first taxi we could to our hostel. Our hostel was conveniently located quite centrally to all the buildings we...