Hostel- America Del Sur 718 Chacabuco, San Telmo Sorry there's been nothing for ages but to be honest we've been doing little of note but trying to keep our heads down since swine flu took over BA. Loads of restaurants and public buildings are closed and it's not really advisable to get the bus or tube. We've mostly been hanging out with Nic and on Saturday we did go for an outing with her boyfriend to a very quiet Malba museum to see some modern art. There were...

Last time I wrote we were excited about our dinner in Uruguay and I said we'd report back. Well we excitedly went to our favourite place to find it completely shut- the restaurants take it in turns to open in low season so we ended up somewhere else eating uncooked potatoes.. We felt even more ripped off when the bill arrived and it was over a grand! (Because of the exchange rate-40 to the pound don't start panicking!) Well now we're back in BA listening to Tango...

We´ve had a lovely day in snoozy Colonia....firstly a fantastic night´s sleep in a comfy bed- such a treat after our previous nights in the very noisy place in Buenos Aires... We also have our own bathroom for the price we have been paying elsewhere to walk down the corridoor so it feels like absolute luxury! Had a nice, powerful hot shower this morning- the first time all of those elements have come together! We then spent the day wandering round the old town...

Well we've travelled across the water to Uruguay. It is joined to Argentina and Brazil but apparently it is difficult to get across by land because there's always protestors in the road! So this morning we jumped on a catamaran from Buenos Aires and in one hour found ourselves in the lovely historic city of Colonia Del Sacramento. It´s not the capital- That´s Montevidoe- a 2 hour bus ride along the coast but being here gives us a taste of thcountry and another ...

Don`t cry for me Argentina.......we left the lovely Hostel Natura and jumped on a flight to the land of the steak, tango and, it appears, swine flu- Buenos Aires is the worst affected in South America and a lot of people are wearing masks. We are staying in the San Telmo district which is the home of tango and steet fairs but must admit we are yet to be completely won over- maybe it`s because we have come from bustling happy Brazil but people here seem quite unf...