Recoleta Cemetary

Back tracking a bit, finally able to upload photos onto this without too much drama.
This is Recoleta, the cemetary where Evita is. So peaceful to walk through.

Old cars casually left in picturesque laneways and filled with flowers, fish or tables you can dine at

Cobbled lanes and terracotta tiles

Rio de la Plata

Uraguay, cobbled streets and pencils

Ok, it's been a long time between posts! Update time:
From BA we caught a ferry to Uraguay, across the worlds widest river, Rio de la Plata, a vast expanse of brown as far as the eye can see. We stayed in the beautiful town of Colonia del Sacramento. Cobbled streets and terracotta tiled roofs. A very dainty town. Sort of like a seaside village in the country. Visited a tiny organic winery and met a couple from Montevideo who drove us around the countryside in the back of their tiny VW golf, their 4yr old daughter singing old macdonald in spanish all the way. They took us to visit a museum, the largest collection of pencils in the world, and a Guiness World Record to prove it. Weird to say the least.

 The notoriously dangerous and violent  La Boca neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, luckily there's just one safe street.

 Carlos Gardel



 La Cabana

At the gorgeous Hernan Giponni in Buenos Aires thanks to Linda, Nick and Kirk, enjoying a 9 course deg with matching Argentinean wines

Our time in Buenos Aires has been very relaxed so far, way too much malbec, dulche de leche and the most amazing steaks ever. We keep having to have salad only days just to keep our bodies in balance. Every meal starts with baskets of bread and always some delicious homemade spread to go with it. We've both gained weight already! Our spanish is slowly getting better, with a definate lean on culinary terms, we're pretty good in a restaurant, but the rest is still guesswork and lots of miming.

On Tuesday night we dined at an amazing restaurant thanks to Linda, Kirk and Nick B collegues from China Doll, a beautiful 9 course deg with the most beautiful Argentinean matching wines, truely spoilt. And today afternoon tea from G's sister, Steph, at the gorgeous Alvear Hotel.

Yesterday we hired bikes and toured the city on wheels, so many beautiful parks and gardens to be seen, worth risking the crazy drivers! Today we managed to get to Recoleta to see the cemetary where Evita is buried, just a beautiful place.

We are learning to deal with the latin male attitudes, so much attention all the time. Our first night out we made the mistake of holding hands at a table only to find within seconds every male waiter in the place standing over us, an entire table of 6 business men actually turn their chairs towards us to get a better view, and a phone number thrown down just incase. Beginner error, wont be doing that again in a hurry.

On friday we head to Uraguay for 2 nights, very excited about seeing another country, following that we fly up to the Brazilian border to see the Iguazu Falls before heading up to Rio and spending 2 weeks on the Emerald Coast just south, Illa Grand and Paraty.

Steph's Delight

 The streets of San Telmo, near our hotel

Beautiful Buenos Aires

Finally reached the shores of Argentina! Checked into The Moreno Hotel, a grand art deco hotel organised by China Doll. http://morenobuenosaires.com/
Due to nasty jet lag, a massive 11hrs behind Oz, we have not seen much so far. But have managed to have steak, malbec, and dulche de leche!