Tonight we're finally out of BA! Had about a week here now and are ready to move on. Gona miss the place but we will return in a few weeks, and will do a few more things like tour the Boca Juniors fortress. This afternoon we are just going to watch the Arsenal Blackburn match at 6pm, few bevs then head to Retiro Bus Station at midnight. We arrive at Mar Del Plata around 6 in the morning, and will head straight to the beach! A cool looking hostel called Hostel G...

Hola from Buenos Aires! The bus ride from Mendoza took us roughly 15hrs, luckily our seats reclined into pretty much beds. We watched a couple of dodgy films and had an annoying couple in front of us, who were constantly all over each other. He had to be twice her age so fair game to him i guess. We were provided with a meal aswell, although as we ate it we had to watch love song power ballads, my personal fave was R. Kelly - if i could turn baxck the hands of t...

Boca Juniors vs River Plate. this match is the biggest fixture in the south american football calender. it is among the fiercest rivalries in world football and we were fortunate enough to of been in mendoza to watch it. they play each other 4times a year. twice in the argentine leauge at labonbonera and monumental and then twice and choice venues in argentina. we got a taxi to the stadium about 15mins away from our hostel with the swedish guys and nicolas the ...

IMPORTANT UPDATE...BOCA JUNIORS v RIVER PLATE, WE ARE GOING! Massively excited! Game starts Sat at 10pm, have to arrive 4 hours early to get a good standing place/avoid most riots. Hopefully all going well and we survive, pics up sunday! Big bummer that Riquelme isn't playiung as theres a flash match Argy vs USA this weekend but all the other players will be there. Vernons been stato central as you can imagine.. knows more about argentinian football than i know a...

ARGENTINA!!!!! Awesome to be here. The journey from Santiago to Mendoza was probably the most dramatic and breathtaking bus journey Í've ever been on, and thats saying something. There have been hair-raising non existant cliff roads in the mountains between northern Vietnam and Laos, and stunning coastal roads in Australia and good old Cornwall. But nothing compares to the Andes Mountains! We set off out of Santiago at around midday, beers and sandwiches at...