Our Argentine friend, Agustin who is based in Buenos Aires, generously invited us to stay in his apartment for the rest of our time in South America. So a couple of nights turned into a couple of weeks which was brilliant. Agustin’s apartment is in one of the better areas of the city and very handy to the subway into the city center.
Downtown Buenos Aires had a number of impressive old buildings. We spent time exploring the bustling pedestrian only avenues that were lined with many of these old buildings and their shops on the lower levels.
Downtown Buenos Aires had a number of impressive old buildings. We spent time exploring the bustling pedestrian only avenues that were lined with many of these old buildings and their shops on the lower levels.
La Casa Rosada (the pink house) - the President's office
A trip to Buenos Aires would not be complete without viewing some tango. We headed to a well known area called La Boca, home of Maridona’s Boca Juniors. It was a public holiday so there were a number of tango dancers performing on the streets entertaining the crowds.
Street tango performance
Relaxing in La Boca
We had a couple of other mates to catch up with who both live in Agustin’s home town of Mar del Plata which is about 400km south of Buenos Aires. We headed down to Mar del Plata for a weekend with Agustin to catch up with Javier and Fransico.Mar del Plata is a coastal city and a popular summer destination for Argentines. As it was still late winter the beaches were relatively empty but we took the opportunity to dip our feet in the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. We also enjoyed some incredible seafood at a local restaurant followed by a great boat cruise that, with the help of Agustin’s friend, we were able to stowaway on.
Mar del Plata
Taking a dip in the Atlantic Ocean
Seafood Pialla for lunch
Upon returning to Buenos Aires we only had a few more days to fill in until our flight home. After almost six months of travelling light with very little room for extras we spent a bit of time shopping and exploring more of the parks and buildings of city.
Professional dog walker in action
As a small token of our thanks to Agustin for having us to stay we booked a table at a highly recommended restaurant called La Cabrera. We had one of the best meals of our trip here, some incredible steak which came with a countless assortment of side dishes. It was a great note to finish on.
Last meal in South America
In the end our trip was better than we could have imagined. Travelling by bike made it a truly unique experience and took us to some places well off the beaten track. The effort it took to get to these places made them all the more rewarding. The last month was also great when we kicked our feet up and travelled by bus to places we did not have the time to ride to.
Hopefully that is just part one of our South America travels, there is so much more to see and do. But for now, it's back to work...
Professional dog walker in action
As a small token of our thanks to Agustin for having us to stay we booked a table at a highly recommended restaurant called La Cabrera. We had one of the best meals of our trip here, some incredible steak which came with a countless assortment of side dishes. It was a great note to finish on.
Last meal in South America In the end our trip was better than we could have imagined. Travelling by bike made it a truly unique experience and took us to some places well off the beaten track. The effort it took to get to these places made them all the more rewarding. The last month was also great when we kicked our feet up and travelled by bus to places we did not have the time to ride to.
Hopefully that is just part one of our South America travels, there is so much more to see and do. But for now, it's back to work...
