La Bombanera Blog entry #3487395, stardate 2345, written by one of the newest Boca Juniors fans in the world! A major highlight of the (short) trip so far - an excursion into the slightly less touristy neighbourhood of "la Boca" (the mouth), to watch the biggest team in Argentina play against last seasons champs (Velez Sarsfeld, also from BsAs). A great trip with some friends, some new friends and a couple of great local guides. Not nearly as scary as ...

Hmmmm... Steak!!! Hola Todos... A note to say hi from Calle Florida in BsAs - longest shooping street in the world (in Argentina, everything is the "biggest/greatest/etc!!). However, this place is not known for its shopping, its all about the steak. After a long month of looking forward to that first mouth-watering chunk of bbq fried cow, I was a little apprehensive that it wouldnt live up to my expectations. I was wrong. It was even better than I imagined!...

The Eagle Has Landed!! And then took off again, and then landed again! Who would have thought that the other side of the world is literally so far away?? Fortunately, "Pedro" squeezing me in one side and the wall on the other made it quite pleasurable.. Anyway, the hard work is done and the sun is shining over Buenos Aires. Admittedly, its slightly colder than I was expecting, it was 3° when landing this morning at 10am.. My backpack just told me that...