Alejandro and Mariana were our first couchsurfing hosts ever. We have hosted many couchsurfers back in SA, but have never surfed a couch. We had an absolutely amazing time with them, they have a beautiful apartment in the old part of Buenos Aires called San Telmo. The apartment is really a reprieve from the hustle…
We have just arrived in Cordoba after leaving Rosario this morning. Rosario was a lovely city and our couchsurfing host – Sergio was amazing and he had a beautiful home and was a really good chef. Right now though we are bushed and are probably leaving Cordoba tomorrow for the mountains, so once we settle,…
San Telmo is one of the oldest neighbourhoods (Barrio) in Buenos Aires. It has cobbled streets, small narrow lanes, beautiful buildings and amazing deli’s and street food. Last night, at about 8pm I strolled through the streets and captured some of the essence of San Telmo, just a few images, I will post more as…
We are having a great time at our couchsurfing hosts Alejandro and Marianna. They are really special people and have welcomed us into their lovely apartment in San Telmo as if we were old friends. We chatted with them until late last night and drank some amazing Malbec wine from the Mendoza region. They are…
This is a quick photo essay of what we have been up to so far in Buenos Aires and some sights from in and around this huge city… The big bird that flew us here: this is a pic of our plane landing at Cape Town International, coming in from JHB. Yesterday (Thursday) we went…
We have less than two weeks to go before we leave Johannesburg and go down to PE and then Cape Town. We fly out of Cape Town to Buenos Aires in mid December and from there the journey begins. We will spend a few weeks in Buenos Aires and then we are planning to go…
