Tippity Tap Tap Tango

It is not Argentina without some Tango...if we didn't go see it, it would be like going to Egypt and not seeing the pyramids, going to Panama and not seeing the canal, going to Paris and not seeing the Eiffel Tower, going to China and not seeing the Great Wall...ok, ok, you get the idea!

We went to the famous Cafe Tortoni...the oldest cafe in BA...where Carlos Gardel (the most famous tango singer) hung out...gwow!!!

We too hung out and watched a tango show...it was better than we had expected; the singer had a great "party girl voice" and the tango dancer had crazy legs... she almost kicked us in the head! It was a small intimate venue that made it less cheesy. We really enjoyed the music and the romantic dance moves, what do you think????

On to the LA BOCA=colorful homes and too many tourists! Honestly the best thing about that area is the stadium...which we saw from the bus while driving into and out of La Boca.

Here are some shots:

This is our last post :( We are leaving to go back home tomorrow evening. BA has been good to us... warm people, great food, fabulous shopping, lots of wine and many fond memories. We highly recommend visiting Argentina ... you can't go wrong visiting this country!

Ciao BA! Hola San Francisco!

Besitos de las chicas,

Ana, Mimi and Kym

BA Nightlife and Lifestyle

BA Nightlife: So... we thought that New York was the "city that never sleeps" ... WRONG!! NY nightlife is nothing compared to BA. A typical weekend night begins at 10 pm or later for dinner. Things happen from then until after 2 am, which we are still not sure what it is. Then AFTER 2 am is when everyone arrives to the bars/clubs. This is for real. For example, we left at 2 am to leave for the bars and the cabbie said we were early... d'oh! He explained that the original social routine used to be pretty normal... clubs closed at 2 am. However, public transportation stopped running between 2 am and 6 am. To solve this problem bars/clubs decided to stay open late. There are "after party" places that stay open until 12 noon the next day.

Our attempt at this was pretty hilarious. Friday night ... we go to a club called Mandarin. We arrived a little after 2 am... walked up to the entrance and to our surprise it was City Nights in BA. Seriously everyone was under 18! LOL! We sucked it up and went in and had one drink. Then we tried another place called Sugar... it was an expat place and it was alright... we should've brought oxygen tanks with us because we could not breathe with all the cigarette smoke! Bleh!

Saturday night was successful! We went to Club Araoz. It was MUCH better because everyone was over 21 years old. However, all they mostly played was house music... BUT they did play a good amount of reggaeton! The entertainment from the people there was endless... they don't know how to dance and everyone looks and dresses the same. For the chicas... it was long wavy hair, with skinny jeans and boots. For the chicos... long hair/mullets with faux headbands. See the example below...

Santi... do you want us to get you a headband for your long locks???

We left the club at 5 am and that was STILL early!! People were still coming in! HAHA!

Back in BA...

Ugh... after an 18 hour bus ride from Iguazu, we are finally back in BA!

It's been a loooong day of eating parilla (good effing Argentine meat), drinking lots of Malbec wine and cafe, enjoying some delicious ice-cream, shopping for some cute ass shoes, accessories and clothing (we did too much damage to our wallets - yikes!)... We know... it's a hard knock life doing all this... we know... *sigh*

We went to the Cementerio de Recoleta. It was really beautiful and and interesting to see all the gaudy mausoleums and tombstones... people have way too much money. We visited Eva Peron's grave... it was very modest looking and really cool to see at the same time.

Just for ish and giggles, we went to McD's to compare the chicken nuggets to the US McD's. Final conclusion? ... they are exactly the same. However, the coffee is much better. They have a real espresso machine!

Tonight we are doing it up in BA... hitting up bars and discotecas... we'll update you tomorrow... maybe... hahaha!!

Ciao!

36 hour bus ride to and from Iguazu Falls, worth it?....

YES!!!! I mean next time we will budget for a goddamn 1hr 1/2 plane ride instead!!!!!
What can we say, this place is beautiful...just like Paradise Falls in the movie UP. Check out the scenery:

We left BA at 3pm on 7/28 and arrived at Iguazu at 9:30am 0n 7/29, omg that was the longest ride of our lives!!!

Checked into the hotel and immediately signed up for a waterfall boat ride tour AND got some drinks while waited...of course. Tour took us through the forest and to the waterfalls, where we were drenched by the heavy waterfall mist.

For our evening plans consisted of a quick trip into town, where we ran into a Peruvian traveler that we had met on our boat tour earlier. Our drinking skills were put to shame by this little tiny woman...LOL.

Ciao!! Besitos!!

DRUNK BLOGGING in Uruguay...

OMG...k, so this city is, how do you say, lame-o!!!! Ha!!! Ok, well it's no BA. The people are half as nice and the prices are 2x's as much as BA...so us travelers have come to a unanimous decision that this place kinda SUCKS...LOL...

We are just saying this bc we (aka Kym and Ana, Mimi is in the room sleeping) bc we've had some drianks!!! Thanks Nelly for the hotel hook up--it has been the highlight of our stay here; who does not like spas, massages, and food and DRINK half off!!!! Here are some LAME pics of this city...JK{pcfotgj pcofijgdfkgna k!!"!!!!!! No disrespect to folks out heeeereee.

That´s our bartender... we didn´t het his name but thanks!!

Ciao!

A day in San Telmo....

Ventured out to a Sunday day fair in San Telmo...walked around...had lunch and made some friends with a waiter that would not let us leave before treating us to some cafe. He bid farewell with a line from the Terminator, "Hasta la vista, Baby"...the whole time there consisted of movie one liners...it was hilarious.

For dinner we had good ass osso buco (we really dont know what this is???) We also made some more friends at this nice Italian restuarant called Piegari...the waiter would not let us order more than 2 entrees...we fought over this for a while and relented...and of course he was right, it was too much food. He invited us back next week for some bubbly on him and of course we gladly accepted.

Reunited...

... And it feels so good!

Before being reunited, Ana and Kym spent the day in DC looking at the monuments and enjoying sangria in the park... lots of sangria...

We went to the airport feeling tired and grimy. We checked in for the flight and to our surprise Ana and Kym ended up getting upgraded to business class from DC to Buenos Aires...

Mimi on the other hand flew into Sao Paolo and her flight was cancelled and ended up with a 12 hour layover!

We FINALLY landed! We all had drama getting here, but we are here. Ciao!