19:00 - We had a city tour of Buenos Aires today. It's funny how even though I had only been here for 3 days, it feels familiar. We all met at 9 and Marina took us around the highlights of the city. I had seen most of them on my first visit here about a month ago but it was nice to have a different view and an argentinian view at that. By 1pm we were back at the hotel and free for the afternoon. After we'd arranged with Toby when to meet for tonight's dinner and ...

23:00 - Travel day today! We left late (11.45) for the airport so that we could flybto Buenos Aires, the city where my South American holiday started just iver a month ago. When I got up I told Sunitta that this had been our last night sharing and she sort of panicked. She has another 2 weeks left and will be on her own. She started hassling me about sharing transfers to the airport and excursions at Iguazu (we will be there at the same time). Me and the terrible...

And almost 7 years later, I am back in the saddle! 22:00 - I didn't sleep very well last night (it didn't help that I set the alarm at 8am on my phone running on London time and so it went off at 5am!). Today I took a day off from the group. Having done the tourist bit around Buenos Aires for the last two days, I asked Sally to book me on one of the Gaucho Fiestas trips. You get to visit a 'typical' argentinian ranch. Obviously, these ranches are for tourists, b...

23:20 - After delays and missed messages yesterday, I finally met up with the group this morning. After breakfast, changed rooms (as of today I share with a lady for the next 3 weeks until we get to Lima) and then had another go at the 'The conquest of the Incas' book until Sally (our tour leader) and the rest of the group turned up. We are actually still missing two people but hopefully they'll turn up before we leave for Salta on Tuesday morning. Sally gave us ...

12:00 - After the 13 and a half hour flight, landed in Buenos Aires. This will be home for the next 3 nights...a little old but clean... I had a little walk around in the heat for a couple of hours but I now need to rest in the cooler inside of the hotel. I will venture out later when, hopefully, it won't be as hot and sticky as it is now. First impressions: looks like most other big metropolitan places...except for the suburbs (they make the Bronx look like the ...