Buenos Aires is basically my hub city for my travels in South America. I’ve been here before and I absolutely love this town. It was my first stop when I flew in from Central America. I spent one day here before moving onto Uruguay and then I had a day here after Uruguay before moving onto Northern Argentina. I figured this would be as good as place as any to spend Christmas so I came back on the 22nd and spent the holidays here. Lastly, I came back after the Antarctic cruise before heading over to New Zealand. There was another person from my cruise also staying in BA that night so we went to dinner and a tango show.
It’s nice to know that Americans aren’t the only ones who tend to start the Christmas season early. This picture was taken on November 13th in a mall. I spent the day shopping and all I heard was Christmas music, the ENTIRE day.
The overnight buses in South America are known for being quite nice. There are different levels and this one was one of the nicer ones. It was non-stop from Mendoza to Buenos Aires (12 hours) where as many other buses make stops along the way so the trip is much longer. This seat reclines to 180 degrees. It was a great night sleep.
I got robbed in La Paz, Bolivia so I had to order a new cell phone. My roommate sent it to my hostel in Buenos Aires, but for whatever reason customs confiscated it. It took two trips to the airport ($60 in bus fare), 3 hours in customs, and an extra $75 (on top of the $150 it cost to send it in the first place) to rescue it! It was quite an adventure though and here’s my customs security badge to prove it.
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