The bus ride from Iguacu to Buenos Aires was great. Very comfortable and took bang on the predicted 16 hours. Strange, after all it only seems a few inches on my map! Dead impressed, it was more like flying 1st Class than a bus, as the seats reclined from very padded and comfortable seats to full length single beds, so we managed to get a full nights sleep. Dinner and breakfast was provided, along with wine, however the legendary whisky night cap did not appear, although it may well be that I was asleep all the same.

The only slight concern was that as far we could work out the bus did not stop once during the 16 hour trip, although it did slow a couple of times, which either means the same driver all the way (perhaps his wine kept him awake!), or driver change without actually stopping the bus. The drivers cabin was half of the down stairs deck of the bus, so had bed etc in it, designed for long distance…suffice to say we got here in comfort.

In some ways Buenos Aires has turned out to be a bit of a disappointment, initially at least. It is exactly as you would expect, a large city with poverty and wealth mixed. Unlike Rio however it does not much in the way of natural beauty, although outside of the city the surrounding area, esp. the river deltas would be beautiful I am certain. So we did a 3 hour city tour on our 1st day and walked around the rest of the day. If you are into museums and the like then this is the place. They even have a museum dedicated to Jamon...Ham!!!! As tempting as that possibility is, we managed to avoid the Ham museum and so far any other museum too.

We are off to a Tango show tonight, which should be good and possibly to the river delta tomorrow. Then tomorrow night we catch bus to Bariloche - a 19 hour bus ride this time across the Pampas to the Argentinean Lakes District and gateway to Patagonia.