Buenos Aires to Vegas - The Trek

BUENOS AIRES..... AGAIN :) Back in sunny Buenos Aires! The flight from Ushuaia was comfortable and we arrived fairly late at our apartment in the Barrio of San Telmo. We were greeted by our “party” liaisons Jose (Argentina) and Kate (America) from the company “ I GO BUENOS AIRES ” who showed us around our small cozy apartment. We had only briefly visited this neighbourhood on our first stay in BA but it is renowned for its bohemian atmosphere and classical architecture. Kate and Jose had conveniently compiled our entire week’s itinerary so we wouldn’t have to worry about a thing. However, there was a bit of a disaster as I could not find my UK debit card (suspected lost in an ATM in Ushuaia) and had to call the bank to stop it. This meant I couldn’t draw any cash out and had to rely on Riverdance and my remaining funds to survive. Not ideal at all!!. It also doesn’t help that hardly any places accept credit cards. It is really quite surprising how useless the banks are at helping peopl...

Leaving London on cold wet day was not very difficult for me Although there were many goodbyes and I will miss some people greatly, I couldn`t help being ridiculously excited for the trip ahead. Many thanks to all who sent me messages and saw/spoke to me before I left. Saying goodbye to some great friends So.... I had to get to Heathrow for a takeoff time of 12:05pm. The flight plan was Heathrow-Atlanta and then Atlanta-BA on Delta airlines. Being the panicky traveller that I am I decided the earlier the better and shot off at 8:30am. Getting to Heathrow and onto the flight was pretty easy, as was the transfer from Atlanta airport onto the plane to Buenos Aires. I even managed to keep down the dodgy looking chicken fillet that was served on both legs of the flight. Touching down at 7:30am,it was already about 20 deg and climbing rapidly. Even though I had only managed to grab 2 hours of sleep I was totally pumped up and excited. My friend Mara (a girl I`d met whilst working a ski seas...