we left mendoza on a saturday morning (after having been very very good the night before) and it was sad.
we arrived in buenos aires and as we flew in i saw huge buildings that seemed to spread for miles away from the chocolate brown sea.
people from BsAs call that sea part of the river - its the sedoment from the Rio del la Plata that makes it brown.
we checked into our hostel - Punta del Sur - and then went out for lunch.
not 3 hours in BsAs and we saw someone we knew - keiran who we had met in mendoza.
we were also arranging to meet charlie that night for dinner. oh no. this would normally spell trouble.
after a siesta and a couple of beers, charlie took us to the equivaent of Facundos in mendoza - a restaurant called Don Erneston in San Telmo.
the steaks were cheaper and the wine was good !
we got a little silly after drinking 5 bottles of the San Felippe Malbec (from mendoza of course !).
sunday rolled around - ugh - and we took of into san telmo to check out the markets and what was going on in the street.charlie also told us about the hostel that he was staying in. as nell and i had to change hostels and we didnt know which one we were going to go to next.
so a little plug for Brisas del Mar in San Telmo - 35 pesos for a double bed, private room and cable TV. nell and i got a room each !!
we then walked into La Boca for a look at the colourful buildings - and after a dodgey stroll through the ass end of la boca, we were rewarded with Caminito.
full of artisans, musicians and tango - as welll as the buildings that charlie and i had wanted to see. and some crazy assed gringos.
well charlie was soon to leave us again. thats twice now Charles !!!nell and i decided it was time to get out of the city again as we still had a few more days before her dad and his wife Maretha arrived. so before the next trip - which is to be to Iguazu Falls - we decided to take a side line trip to Mar del Plata on the coast.
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