Buenos Aires

 

 


 

I am pleased to be leaving Buenos Aires.  It is a massive sprawling filthy city. 

 There are so many dogs leaving a lot of 💩 everywhere.  There were a few

 friendly people but most were not and we got ripped off several times which 

really puts a downer on your day.  There are a couple of tourist sites but 

they literally take hours to get between using buses.  


It was also very difficult to navigate.  You need cash for most things but the 

majority of  ATMs are empty and those that aren’t charge 14000 pesos 

to withdraw a maximum of 30000 pesos a day!! (£20)  With no cash we 

treated ourselves to an uber taxi to get home at midnight after a tango 

show - then uber demanded cash! So we had to walk the streets of 

Buenos Aires in the middle of the night searching for a working 

ATM with 2 very tired children advising them it’s not a good idea to 

tell men with facial tattoos to pick up their dog's mess!


I did enjoy mine and Finlay’s tango lesson - could not persuade 

Rolly to join us.  And I loved the tango show.  


We are off now to mendoza where we will hire a car and go 

exploring the national parks.   Looking forward to breathing some fresh air. 


Mary 

 

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