Back in Argentina

And so we're now back in Argentina. The port is convenient for downtown - just a few minutes walk away. Getting to and from Uruguay from here is much more efficient over water than over land - check your maps!

We'd pre-selected a fairly posh hotel from our Lonely Planet, as a kind of going-away present to ourselves. It's three-star, and very nice: a/c, cable TV, buffet breakfast and so on. It's lucky (!) the Argentinian economy collapsed or we'd never be able to afford it!

That's that so far. We've got four days here (as you can see from the rather unsettling counter on the right...), but there seems to be plenty to do, and it's by far the most cosmopolitan place we've been to in South America. We spent this afternoon walking along Avenida Florida, the classy pedestrian mall, packed with shops like Zara, Mango, Harrod's, C&A, Nike, Tower Records, blah blah. Prices are pretty cheap - we haven't bought anything yet, but I fear it's only a matter of time :). New music CDs are about 5 pounds each here - we're very tempted by the latest Dido album... We had lunch in McDonald's (yeah yeah, I know) - I wanted to see if the meat in an Argentinian Royale with Cheese tastes different to that in a UK Quarter Pounder (it doesn't really).

OK, that's it for now. We'll let you know if we manage to see any tango or Evita posters or Falklands propaganda etc. etc.