Victoria and Justin: Don't cry for me Argentina

We made it to Argentina, the last country on our tour of South America, and it's arrived quickly (we can't believe we're already on the home stretch). Our month in Argentina started with a weekend in Buenos Aires (that's BA for short) and what a place to start. After months of travelling (and sometimes 'battling') through the rest of South Amercia, BA was a pleasure, it's almost like a European city (it's was like being in Barcelona). Of course, BA does have a dangerous side but it's well hidden from the nicer downtown areas.

We arrived around midday on a Saturday and headed straight to Palermo. It's the Notting Hill of BA, north of the centro, with plenty of cafes and boutique shops. The girls felt right at home. Our first meal was lunch, enjoying a massive steak and a couple of bottle of vino tinto. Now we'd really arrived in Argentina. The rest of the day we walked off the lunch, just window shopping.

Saturday night was a boomer. We'd pulled together a formidable crew of animals, including; Simon and Trish (Aussie mates from London, in BA for the weekend, on their own world tour) , our Florianopolis crew Omid and Paul and we still had Alicia with us. Fortunately, one of Simon's Argy mates had organised us a VIP table at the 'Asia de Cuba' club in BA. We arrived at 11pm, I think the sun was coming up when we departed, and the rest is a blur. Needless to say, Sunday was a write off.

Monday was much more productive. We took a bicycle tour around the older parts of BA, through San Telmo, Boca and downtown. The tour also took us passed the infamous Boca Juniors stadium 'La Bombonera' ( translated as 'the chocolate box'). Dinner was another steak and bottle of red wine, again, it was lovely! On Tuesday we checked out the Recoleta Cemetery, home to some of the most influential and important (dead) Argentinians. It's rather ostentatious and a little creepy but worth seeing.

Tuesday night was our 'La Cabrera' dinner, and we're still talking about it. The restaurant is one of the hundreds of steak houses in BA but this place was special. It could be one of the best steak i've ever had, which is a massive call, I know. I had the 'Bife de Lomo', an 800 gram filet steak which melted in my mouth, just awesome. And yes, i finished it all. It was also our last dinner with Alicia, Omid and Paul as we were all going our seperate ways on Wednesday. So, a fitting end to a great couple of weeks with the crew.

Wednesday we said goodbye to Alicia and headed to the airport. Our next stop was Patagonia.