How time flies! A week into the trip already and the first leg of this adventure is at an end. It's now 11pm local time and I've just packed my case and heading to bed, we have to be up in a few hours for a taxi collecting us at 5:30, heading to the airport for a 7am flight to Iguazu!
So what's been happening since I last wrote, well not a lot actually...Yesterday we decided to revisit Puerto Madero - one of the spots we went through on the open top bus tour...It turned out that there wasn't a great deal to see and it reminded us a bit of Canary Wharf! It also became apparent that yesterday the temperature was somewhat higher than we had experienced, we were all struggling to walk very far at all, so with best intentions we headed back to the hotel, sadly we took a slightly wrong turn and the trek was a little longer than planned, still we made it back just after lunch and spent the rest of the day literally roasting around the pool.
We arranged to go out for dinner last night to a place called called "Inside" - it's a local gay restaurant and we had been warned to say no to pepper....we were intrigued. The place also claimed to have strip shows - Hmmmmm
Anyway, we went and our table was quite early it seemed and we were pretty much the sole occupants for a good half of the meal. Both Steve and I did actually want pepper...It was interesting, the way the waiter ground the pepper and the special attention he gave you whilst doing it was somewhat cringe worthy but highly entertaining for Leigh who refused the condiments himself...We left before the strip show started, just in case the strippers were the waiters! There was an incredible storm last night again too which as a result left today much cooler and slightly overcast at times.
We'd already planned that our last day would be a lazy one - we'd seen everything here in BA that we wanted to see, the only thing I needed to do was shop for some suitable trousers for when I reach El Calafate. That was done and and out the way early on and by the time we hit the pool the clouds had burnt off and the sun was making an appearance. This evening we revisited Des Nivel, the steak place I went on my first night - after all it would be rude not to finish the trip to BA on yet another huge lump of meat and a bottle of wine!
Returning to the hotel, we decided to have another quick game of cards - Steve and Leigh have taught me Contract Whist and I'm actually quite enjoying it - only managed to win two games so far but I am getting the hang of it :) Frustratingly though, whilst enjoying a post dinner Oreo, a bit of my tooth has broken :( On the plus side, it's not too bad and I can survive until I get home as long as I'm careful when brushing and make sure I don't chew over it too much, but really annoying none the less.
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So, Buenos Aires...a city of many contrasts from the swanky apartments and open leafy spaces of Palermo, to the down beat, dilapidated, poverty stricken La Boca, it's certainly been an interesting place to visit and not quite what I was expecting. Would I rush back in the future...I'll leave that open for now. It hasn't been a city that has instantly grabbed me like others I've been to and left me wanting more, but I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here and had some great food, great wine and of course great weather. I'm now really excited to see what the rest of this trip has to offer! Bring on Iguazu!
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