Buenos Aires

Hello all! Sorry for the long delay between posts! After leaving Quito, and being stuck in the Lima airport for 5 hours, until 4 am for a 4 hour flight, I made it to BA! I caught a ride from some nice Venezuelen women, one of which had an art opening in the Palermo district, read rich, area of BA. I just walked around the city, fighting off a cold, the whole first day. I saw the balcony where Evita said, Dont cry for me Argentina, or at least I think she did. I also got to see the birthplace of Tango, which was cool, but the best part was lunch! I walked to what I was told was a cheap and good place for lunch and boy was it! Only 3 dollars for a huge plate of Ribs cooked up fresh! After the big lunch and a nice nap I met the first of many Israelis in the hostel. Wow, it seems only Israelis are travelling these days. Anyway, after a nice dinner with them we ended up walking around the city the next day together and switching hostels to the Palermo district. The new hostel was a questionable improvement, but the area was much better. We found an all you can eat Sushi place for dinner, it was so good! The next day we went to the Zoo! I finally got some pictures of monkeys, the same kind I saw in the jungle, but this time they were moving a lot less. After another filling and cheap lunch at a parillada (grill) and another nap, we went out to experience the famous BA nightlife. Wow, it was poretty amazing! We went to Opera Bay where there were 3 different dance floors, one with Rap, one with rock and one with electronica. I talked with some Argintinian girls who didnt believe that I was from the US bc my accent was so good, I know it was weird, I guess they thought I was messing up on puropose. Anyway, at about 6, after dancing all night, I decided I had had enough and went homne and slept until 2 pm, when there was a BBQ on the roof of the hostel! After another night of the BA nightlife, I decided I had had enough, and at 7 am I made an online reservation to go to the Igauzu falls on an 18 hr overnight bus, good thing I was kicked out of the hostel at 11 am, bc I slept the whole 18 hrs! I have to mention that this day was pretty hard. I really felt the absence of anything familiar, and felt pretty alone. I mean BA was nice and all, but it was so big and such a city that I just wanted to get out. Goog thing Puerto Iguazu was different.