We arrived into Buenos Aires some 17 hours later from our departure from Puerto Iguazu in Brazil. After we grabbed our bags and stretched out our legs, we headed to the tourist info booth in the station to grab a map of the city in order to find our way to the hostel. All I could think of was food&shower! The girl at the tourist desk also handed us a booklet and explained that it was the International Jazz Festival for the next 5 days. What luck! We found the subway, got off at the right station, walked the wrong way, decided to grab lunch, than walked back the RIGHT way and found our hostel for the night. After one night, we thought the grass would be greener elsewhere and decided to change hostels to one closer to the centre. That night, after arriving back to the hostel from a great dinner and free jazz concert (La Jam) in the old part of town, we noticed a large crowd of young people lined up next door to our hostel entrance. Turns out it was an all night club that started at 1am Im guessing?-and went till 7am-again I'm guessing? Our room was conveniently located facing the street where hundreds of club going teens partied till the early hours of the morning-as many young Buenos Airians do! Needless to say, that was our last night there and we moved far from the centre!
La Tractienda Club where 700 or so jazz fans (us included) packed in to see Gillispi and friends jam for a few hours. Start time: 11:30pm. Did I mention that everything starts late here?
Heather happy after finding the 3rd and best hostel in Buenos Aires.
We've arrived at appropriately named Chill House.
We like the location of the Chill House Hostel and the vibe so much better and ended up staying 3 more nights! Everyday we walked somewhere between 5-8 hours steady. Our feet and legs need a break so we are actually looking forward to another 20+ hours bus ride-lol. Although one thing we are really diggin' in this place is the $5 bottles wine! Helps with all the walking;)
Heather makes decisions on vino while Shawn tours the cerveza aisle. We also purchased some fresh bread, cheeses and olives to compliment our selections;)
Here are some photos of some of the places we visited while in Buenos Aires.
Subways in Buenos Aires
Sunday antiques market at San Telmo-an old section of BA.
The vendors continued down Rua Defensia for over a mile!
A must needed stop at a great little pizza shop in the heart of the San Telmo market. Walking over 2km+30C deserves a pint or two!
Glad you finally got to "chill" :)
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