This evening we decided that it was time to experience a tango...obviously we were not going to be participating, we were simply there to watch the experts at work! We headed for Cafe Tortoni - one of the oldest cafes in Argentina and it would seem that it hasnt been decorated since it opened! It felt like we had leapt back to the 40's; even the women were dressed in furs etc! We managed to get the last two seats for the performance, which unfortunately...

So we decided to regress back to our childhood and go to the zoo! As it was just around the corner from our hostel we thought it would be rude to ignore the little animals! We were actually quite excited at the prospect of seeing all the animals - it has been years since I went to a zoo! However, after about an hour in there I remembered why I hadn't been for years. All the animals either looked incredibly bored or had simply gone a little crazy. Take for in...

After a fair few days of walking around the shops, we are now bored of them and crave some touristy sites again! We decided on a trip to Recoleta Cemetary. Well it's a fairly strange experience. When you enter the area, it's as if you are in a mini town as there is row upon row of what look like small churches and grand houses. This was to be expected to some degree as the people buried here are past Prime Ministers, Generals and just the generally rich and...

Hello one and all! Ok so over the last couple of days we've gone all over the city! The parks are really beautiful here - weirdly they are full of cats! There are hundreds of them walking around. Obviously the place to hang if you're a cat! Buenos Aires must have over 10 massive shopping malls here! It's ridiculous, especially when they all hold the same shops. You'll be impressed to know that I haven't really done a lot of shopping. I picked up a ripcu...

So we have arrived in Argentina! Buenos Aires is quite different to anywhere else we've been in Brazil. It has a really european feel to it - you could be in Italy or France. We are staying in a hostel more or less in the centre of town which is really handy and the public transport is great so its so easy to get around. The hostel has quite a strange set up. The majority of those staying at it have been there for months as they are studying or working over...