gap year!

Buenos Aires was good fun. La Boca was the old quarter where the immigrants wouldstay when they artrived.It was very colourful and had been ¨jazzed up¨a bit for the tourists, but well worth the visit.The last day we were there I had an admin day and wandered around on my own. In the evening we went to a tang show in the cellar of one of the oldest cafes in the city. The dancers were very good, probably because the Tango Academy was next door. (This computer is abit difficult and won´t let me create paragraphs, sorry) Wethen drove across Argentina towards the Iguazu Falls. They are very spectacular. The power created by what seems to be slow moving water when you look at the top, is quite stunning. After viewing them from the Argentinian side we went to the Brazilian side. Same water but the different view was wellworth the walking. A birdsancuary in the afternoon was good fun and colourful. Then we drove towards the Pantanel... the edge of the rain forest. Staying on a working farm, which now also caters for tourists. Good food and bar! We saw lots of birds and animals, some even went piranah fisshing. Now we are in Bonito and will be driving across Brazil, starting on 26th. Ihope all who read this have agood Christmas... hope to write more before the New Year!

We arrived here on Sunday evening and then went to watch a Tango demonstration in a small square within walking distance of the hostel. It was excellent... then the locals joined in and we sat in a street cafe and watched the night go by... good food too, including a chocolate Volcano, which reminded me of the one in Baku... many months ago!

Yesterday we went to the harbour to book our tickets for Uraquay. We will be going there on Wednesday.

After lunch on the water-front, we found our way to Evita Peron´s grave... the cemetry was like a small city, full of mausoleums.

A little shopping on the way back and then I spent the evening in... even cooked a mini-meal!

Today I will drink lots of coffee, visit the main post office for its architectural qualities and a few stamps, and then go to "Boca".. a colourful part of the city.

This is where the Welsh landed in 1865... I don´t know why they chose this part of Argentina, because there are miles of semi desert, a few sheep... which they probably brought with them... and the occasional small town.

Travelling overland at least lets you see that, were one to inherit a million acres in Patagonia from a long lost Uncle, one would not need to be too cheerful about it!

It is raining... it hasn´t rained here for 5 months.

Will visit the museum tomorrow. It is near our campsite.

Then there are a couple of days driving before we arrive in Buenos Aires.