A big big city
Day 21
As we boarded the final leg of the flight from Salvador to Buenos Aires we were suprised to see a familiar face. Moshe, who we met in Salvador, and who left for BA at least a day before us. He has missed a connection, which fortunately for us meant we got to travel into the city with him and make some plans for meeting up later in the week.
We arrived at our hostel to find they didnt have enough beds for us, and wanted us to move to a different hostel (where we had just dropped moshe in a cab). As we were exhausted we were not inclined to move and so eventually agreed with them I would sleep with the boys for one night. No problem since people in BA dont really go out till 2am and dont get back till about 8am in the morning, so for the night I pretty much had the dorm to myself anyway!
Buenos Aires is a huge huge city. Not only in terms of the area it covers, but the size of the buildings and of the roads. It makes some of americas biggest cities look tiny. Such was the extent of this that Jo and I had the general sense while walking around that it was not the city that was big, but that we were small like ants. It is a big city, and it is a great city. I hate to jump on the bandwagon but like everyone I have met who has been to Buenos Aires I would move here in an instant (assuming I could bring a UK salary). It is sophisticated, has great food, bars and restaurants and is phenomenally cheap.
The first day we walked around San Telmo, the area most famous for Tango (although we didnt see any), and found a clothes market very similar to that which you might find in Shoreditch (trendy London). The difference being clothes were 3 pounds instead of 30! Needless to say we have done alot of shopping here and plan to do some more tomorrow.