Wednesday 19/9/18 After finalising our excursions to Uruguay and Salta, Jorge & Cristina took us to visit the Delta de la Plata, in the municipal of Tigre. Named due to the once presence of jaguars. The Lujan, Uruguay and the Parana rivers form a delta that leads into the Río de la Plata "river of silver" the esturay that empties into the Atlantic Ocean. It may be considered a river, an estuary, a Gulf or a marginal sea. For those who consider it a...

Tuesday 18/9/18 - hopefully the right date now!! Today we visited some very pretty Japanese Gardens. It consists of a lake surrounded by Japanese flora, like azalea and bonsai trees. The lake is home to some huge carp fish which you can feed. The central lake is crossed by the Divine Bridge, traditionally representing entry into Heaven The park is also has Japanese Peace Bell and a large ishidoro (Japanese stone lanterns central to their Buddhist traditions), as...

Monday 18/9/18 After a good night's rest, we are ready to explore the city. The weather is peculiar - its cool but humid! Nice for walking. After a little brekky and a skype home to Aus to let them know we had arrived safely, Rob & I headed off with George - Cristina's husband and he showed us the ropes of getting onto the subway from their house, which line to catch into the city and buying a transport card. Its going to take me a little to get use to the...

Saturday 16th Sept. We are on our way….the first 11hr flight with Emirates from Perth to Dubai was on an A380, which translates to a massive plane. Two decks, up stairs for the rich and famous, so no guessing what deck we were on. However, it was the most luxury cattle class that I've been on. Entertainment screens were nice and big so one didn't need to squint and there was on board free Wifi. Couldn't find a movie to take my fancy so decided to watch 6 e...