Arrived in Buenos Aires expecting the worst after an interesting stay in Rio. Pulled into the bus station which was surrounded by slums - not a good start. We decided to get a 'remise' the safest taxi Argentina had to offer. We were greeted by a man covered in scars and missing teeth and politely shown to his car which had wires coming out the engine - later found out this was his way of starting the stereo - novel. So we were to spend 5 days in this city - which...

A short 4 hour bus trip to Rosario and then on to the hostel....which was called Hostel Rosario Freedom. Where do I start ~ the only thing that had freedom here were the mites living in the beds and the drugged out idiots running the place. Upon arrival they told us in a very Cheech and Chong way that "Our room wasn't quite ready yet as there was somebody sleeping in it and they couldn't find the key" For the time being we were "allowed" to ...

After our 12 hour bus journey we arrived in Parana! A nice comfy cama bus with food, wine and champagne.... not bad! Only prob was that we had the two front seats upstairs, it was like riding the Nemisis on the front row!! Our hostel was lovely despite the reviews and after getting our head down for a bit we ventured out to see the Cathedral. Disappointing as it looked more like Manchester town hall. A short stop for a beer in a nearby cafe - an excuse to peopl...

Arrived in Posadas - trip only took an hour and this time the bus had genuine air conditioning. This is only a stopover town on our way down to Buenos Aires, nonetheless we headed out with Adam and an Argentinian guy called Santiago to grab a bite to eat and see some of the sites. Posadas, located on the banks of the River Uruguay is a nice, clean and seemingly safe town. We headed to an Arabic / Mexican restaurant - odd mix but food tasted ok and was relativel...

After a 3 1/2 hr trip on an "air-conditioned" bus we arrived at San Ignacion Mini covered in sweat. Not wanting to attempt the 10 minute walk in the 36dg heat we decided to take a taxi with our newly made friend, Adam from Stevenage. We headed to the hostel and dumped the bags and headed straight for the pool. We had decided that we would view the Jesuit ruins that night as we had been previously told that there was a light and music exhibition which w...