Phil and Andrea - Buenos Aires

Okay, I have a bit of catching up to do. Buenos Aires was amazing, I have never been to a city like it. Usually when you get to a big capital city like that it is very hectic and busy, filled with pollution and people brushing past you to get where they´re going. The Buenos Aires that I saw wasn´t like that at all. There wasn´t too much pollution, people generally strolled wherever they went and there was barely a car horn to be heard. There were gorgeous street side cafes where you could sit and have a beer and watch the city roll by. The shops were very nice and the restaurants were amazing. The architecture was fantastic, big tree-lined boulevards with these 10 story buildings on each side of the street (like the pic on the right) - all with these cool balconies. The other picture is the world´s widest avenue. I think it´s 14 lanes wide or something and we had to cross it each morning to get to the supermarket. Still, even that was very civilized.

For our last afternoon in Buenos Aires, Phil and I took a trip down to the old harbour area called La Boca. There is a wonderful artists neighborhood called El Caminito where we spent hours wandering around looking at the brightly coloured buildings and cool paintings (reminicent of vaudeville or a carnival) and poking around shops and hippy stalls. My favorite part of El Caminito were the heaps of cool little cafes, all with tables, chairs, umbrellas and even big potted plants sitting out on the street - and best of all they almost all have a free tango show going on all day with a live band! Anyway, we enjoyed a nice, cold bottle of white wine, some tapas, a few hours of tango and the weather - a great way to spend our last day in Buenos Aires!