# 10 - Santiago Vazquez Y La Grande

A 12 piece band which combines Afro Beat, Electronica, Funk, Jazz and Rock all with it's own personal conductor. Possible the best gig of my year so far. Value for money too, $25 Peso for 3.5 hours of solid booty shacking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddo13LDP968

# 9 - History Lesson

The British attempted to claim Buenos Aires in 1806 and 1807, but the locals beat them back to their ships, pouring cauldrons of boiling oil and water from rooftops and firing cannons from balconies. The successful expulsion gave the Argentineans new confidence to stand up to Spain, and they declared independence on May 25, 1810. Here we celebrated the 200 year anniversary.

# 8 - San Telmo

# 7 - Daylight Robbery

Ok so it was maybe it was not as bad as this but still pretty fricken scary.

I was at a cafe in Palermo meeting some friends who had just arrived in Buenos Aires.

There was this man who was being a little odd at the next table. He kept getting up and down, moving his bag round. Next thing I noticed my bag was gone and he was nearing the door. I leapt so fast out of my seat and ran after him, grabbed my bag and then ran back to the table. Was quite the commotion, police and security guards flocked to the scene. I did not understand what was going on as I still cant speak Espanol. I then walked home, although it was daylight I thought everyone was after me. Wanted to run, run back to Melbourne to the comfort of home. But alas I must take it in my stride and keep going. Even though its morning I think I might just have a wine. Love xxx

# 6 - An assortment of things.....

El Ateneo Grand Splendid - Possibly the most spectacular bookshop in the world.

Maybe google it as my photo does not do it justice.

# 5 - An assortment of things.....

Photo A - A fine example for what vegetables are in South America. Deep fried potatoes. Mmm make sure you eat them all fatty.

Photo B - This has been the finest culinary moment so far in Buenos Aires. Eating 400 grams of tenderloin steak at the respectful hour of 11pm. Credit must be given to Vix, as up until this point she has predominately been a vegetarian. We celebrated in style. xx

# 4 - An assortment of things.....

This city caters for all.

Mc Donald's Kosher.

I am only pretending to be in the line for the photo.

I ate real Mc Donald's with cheese for lunch.

# 3 - Recoleta

Today we spent an afternoon with the dead.. The once rich and famous of Buenos Aires now reside in a beautifully dark and Gothic piece of real estate in an area called Recoleta. The live residents of Recoleta are a very classy bunch of people who apparently very rarely leave the 'Barrio'. You could easily get sucked into to this Parisian style area and never want to leave. One of the highlights of the day was a 'French Man' playing the accordion who will charge you 2 pesos for a photo and a knee in the crotch and if your lucky like Cleo a cheeky ass grab too. Today was defiantly worth the 100km that we walked to get there and back.

# 2 - Sleep/Palermo

Hola..

Day number two.

This is where we spent most of it. In bed.

Woke up at four in the afternoon. Ops.

Think the jet lag has set in.

Space cadet.

xx

# 1 - Palermo

Day one in Palermo.....

Amazing amazing shops.

Have 4kgs of room left in my pack, so must choose carefully.

Currently drinking vino tinto waiting for time to pass to eat a steak, no food eateries open till 10pm.

Espanol no good...