Tango After the Market Today I got up early. My room mates were all still out at 5am so I hazard a guess they'll miss breakfast. I'm told later they didn't go tangoing but in fact just hung out with friends or went clubbing. I'm also told (SPOILER ALERT) that the whole Tango/Argentina thing is not all that we believe. People AREN'T dancing around in the streets at every given opportunity and it's mostly all just a big show for us tourists! Booo!Anyway I stil...

Vagina Pride I wake up VERY late, wander around trying to find somewhere I can buy a couple of t shirts, then go back to bed. I'm woken by some noise. Drums and clapping. It'll pass in a min I thought. It didn't. It was a full on Gay Pride carnival! Or Vagina Pride as one of the floats stated! Fabulous! Women were walking about half naked with painted boobs, all shapes and sizes. Men were dressed in flamboyant colourful attires, dancing, shouting and cla...

Buenos Aires I'm sitting up on the terraced roof of the Rock Hostel (my room is called Pink Floyd. How cool. The reviews said if you want to sleep, this is not the place to be. What have I done?) sipping a bacardi, reading my book and listening to a violinist and guitarist practice their tango music! And they're really good to top it off! The weather is beautiful. This has been the 1st time I've enjoyed sitting out in the sun - oh did I tell you that alread...

Arriving in Buenos Aires OMG that was the worst journey EVER. And the nightmare continued after I got off the bus and got to the hostel! I didn't have enough clothes and there was no blanket and I was FREEEEEZING the whole journey!! Hardly slept a wink! The very 1st few moments were negative. I should have known then really. The guy who puts your luggage in the side of the bus (I've started doing that now. Just more room) did so, then asked me for money. ...