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      Day 109

      Cementerio de la Recoleta

      June 8 in Argentina ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      Our new stop of the day was to Cementario de la Recoleta. This walled cemetery is home to thousands of spectacular pantheons and mausoleums of wealthy and influential Argentinians, including various former Presidents and even Eva Peron!Read more

    • The Americas
      Day 108

      Georgia Arrives!

      June 7 in Argentina ⋅ 🌙 16 °C

      In the early hours of this morning our duo of two became a crowd of 3! Georgia, my friend from uni flew in from Amsterdam to join us for 3 weeks through the north of Argentina, Bolivia and Peru!

      Georgia set off on her 13 hour flight on what was Thursday afternoon for us, promising to keep in touch via the onboard WiFi. However, such WiFi did not exist so Georgia set off and we never heard from her once in the air.

      So, my alarm was set for 4am as flight radar was predicting a landing time for just after 5am. My alarm went off excruciatingly early and a jumped in an Uber for 35 minutes to the airport.

      I waited at arrivals for a short while before Georgia came prancing through the automatic doors at 5:30am. She was delighted to see me.

      We took an Uber back to our apartment, this time however it was getting towards rush hour and the Uber took around 90 minutes with the traffic! But we were able to make the most of it and have a good catch up.      Read more

    • The Americas
      Day 101

      Avenue de Mayo

      May 31 in Argentina ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      The walking tour took us back along Avenue de Mayo and across Avenue 9 de Julio (the world's widest road). Along the way we stopped at a building inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy, the Obelisk, a building with Eva Peron's face on the side and Cafe Tortoni, one of the most popular Tango cafes in the city!

      As we were walking along the avenue, we bumped into our friend Fin from the San Blas heading in the opposite direction. A pretty remarkable coincidence for a city centre with 3 million inhabitants!      Read more

    • The Americas
      Day 99

      Ecoparque - Animals!

      May 29 in Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      It turned out that the park was a public park stroke zoo. They had giraffes, elephants and what we even suspected to be a couple of Pablo Escobar's cocaine hippos! This was a very pleasant surprise to find on our casual stroll.Read more

    • The Americas
      Day 94

      Apartment in Palermo

      May 24 in Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      We arrived at our apartment in Palermo and were very happy with what we found! Over two floors we have two smart TV's, two bathrooms, two beds and a fully functioning kitchen.

      We (Dan) made dinner here and enjoyed a relaxing night watching Clarksons Farm.

      A nice first afternoon in our home for the next 11 nights!      Read more

    • The Americas
      Day 103

      Estadio Mâs Monumental

      June 2 in Argentina ⋅ 🌙 12 °C

      The 2nd of June has been a date etched into our schedule for a long time! Back in Antigua in March we were told we'd been invited to go and watch River Plate in one of the hospitality boxes. This is thanks to our friend Danny going out with the daughter of the former vice president.

      We met Omar (the former VP), Caro (another daughter) and one of her friends at their apartment at 6:30pm as they gave us a lift on the short journey to the ground. Thankfully Caro and her friend spoke good English so we were able to communicate well.

      The stadium is currently finishing renovations and now holds 85,000 people thanks to the removal of the running track. We made our way to box number 15 which had 8 seats for Omar's guests and the guests of a friend with whom he shares the box.

      River Plate have won 4 Copa Libertadores in their history along with 19 league titles, and they're doing well in both competitions this season as they hope to extend their trophy haul. Unfortunately they were relegated for one season back in 2011, during when Omar was actually vice president.

      Caro tells us that lots of Omar's colleagues were corrupt and upon relegation the River Plate fans set fire to their own stadium and made death threats to many of the club staff. Omar and his family had to have a police officer stationed outside of their apartment for over a month after the match. Thankfully they're now able to go to the game as normal!

      Their box was almost on the edge of one of the penalty areas with a good view of the pitch. Me and Dan were offered the front row as guests!      Read more

    • The Americas
      Day 103

      River Plate v Tigre

      June 2 in Argentina ⋅ 🌙 11 °C

      The match got off to a great start for River Plate as they converted the first penalty of the game after just 13 minutes. After this point, Tigre kept pushing and hit the post, missed a few sitters and eventually won and converted a penalty on the stroke of half time.

      At this point there was a half time competition on the pitch in which supporters had to score from the half way line. The first guy up scored and celebrated by doing a Cristiano Ronaldo suuuuu celebration which it's fair to say was not received well by the 85,000 Messi loving Argentian fans in the stadium.

      In the second half River really took control, scoring in the 53rd minute to go ahead and then converting another penalty just before the hour mark. A hat trick for star man Miguel Borja! They had opportunities to add more but were unable to. We did however get to see a 30 minute cameo from 16 year old Franco Mastantuono who is said to be River's next big academy graduate with Real Madrid already after his services.

      A comfortable 3-1 victory sent everyone home happy. We had a great time thanks to the hospitality from our wonderful hosts!      Read more

    • The Americas
      Day 104

      Estadio Pedro Bidegain - San Lorenzo

      June 3 in Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

      This evening was our final match in Buenos Aires and our final of the big 5 to complete. This time we headed to San Lorenzo v Sarmiento. We met up with Nico, a friend of Maty, a BA born traveller I met in Fiji.

      We met on a high street cross roads and wandered down towards the ground. We speak little Spanish and Nico speaks little English but we managed to hold a conversation of some sort all the way to the ground, mainly about football of course.

      San Lorenzo were all over Sarmiento as the away side could barely leave their half, but come halftime the deadlock couldn't be broken.

      This torrent from San Lorenzo continued in the second half but with 20 minutes to go the away side put themselves ahead totally against the run of play. Despite all of their possession, San Lorenzo couldn't hit a barn door with their shots and were punished with the game finishing 1-0. Probably an unfortunate game to end our time in BA as it was freezing too but you can't have it all!

      On the way out Dan bought a hat, partly because it was freezing, and partly to commemorate a visit to the team of Pope Francis.      Read more

    • The Americas
      Day 93

      Arriving in Buenos Aires

      May 23 in Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      After 4 hours on the road we arrived at Buenos Aires bus terminal. Evidently giving off very touristy vibes, we were warned numerous times by people in the station to be careful as apparently the bus terminal is in a dangerous area. We ordered an Uber and safely made it to our hostel. We'd be staying in a central hostel for one night before moving to an Airbnb tomorrow for our long football filled stint in Buenos Aires.Read more

    • The Americas
      Day 97

      Horse Racing

      May 27 in Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      After yet another late night we were in no rush to get up and out today. Once we did, we went to collect our cash from the recommended Western Union shop. Once we got there we discovered that these also had no cash.

      3 more Western Union stores later we finally found one with cash! Although I only had my drivers license and picture of my passport, which wasn't good enough for the lady behind the counter. We therefore had to take an Uber back to our apartment and then back to Western Union with my passport in tow. After collecting our cash, we took yet another Uber back to our apartment to store it safely. We then counted it for good measure to ensure everything was as expected.

      No football games today sadly, but there was something almost as good on offer, horse racing! We wrapped up by putting every layer we own on and set off on the 20 minute walk from our apartment to the racecourse.

      It was free entry which was pretty good considering the first race was at 1:30pm and the last at 8:00pm. We arrived just in time for the 3:30pm and left after the 6:30pm. In that time we picked out 14 horse, none of which won, despite the average field size being about 8/9 horses. We did have a couple of places (although only put bets on to win) and two horses pipped in the last 20 yards, with one being pipped literally on the line.

      Either way enjoyed ourselves and together only lost 28,000 pesos (about £18). We then walked back to our apartment via a supermarket to enjoy a well earnt night in in the warmth!      Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Buenos Aires, Буенос-Аирес, ብዌኖስ አይሬስ, بوينس آيرس, بوينوس ايريس, Buenos Ayres, Горад Буэнас-Айрэс, Буенос Айрес, বুয়েনোস আইরেস, པུ་ཨེ་ནོ་སི་ཨས་རི་སི།, বুৱেনোস আইরেস, بۆینس ئایرس, Μπουένος Άιρες, Bonaero, بوئنوس آیرس, Bos Aires, בואנוס איירס, ब्युएनॉस एरीस, Bwènozè, Բուենոս Այրես, BUE, Búenos Aíres, ブエノスアイレス, buenosaires, ბუენოს-აირესი, ಬ್ಯೂನಸ್ ಐರಿಸ್, 부에노스아이레스, Буэнос-Айрес, Bonaëropolis, Buenos Airės, Buenosairesa, Буенос Аирес, ബ്യൂണസ് അയേഴ്സ്, बुएनोस आइरेस, ဗျူနိုအေးရိစ်မြို့, Буэнос-Айрес ош, Bouonézâr, بیونس آئرس, Буенос Аірес, Буэнос Айрес, Буенос Ајрес, புவெனஸ் ஐரிஸ், บัวโนสไอเรส, Buenos-Aýres, Lungsod ng Buenos Aires, Buénos Ayrés, Буенос-Айрес, 布宜诺斯艾利斯, בוענאס איירעס, 布宜諾斯艾利斯

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