26th in Buenos Aires

Yesterday we had a relaxing start to the day organising our laundry and updating the blog site. Then off to see how the underground works and a trip out to the botanical gardens. It looked like a storm had been through recently with many trees down. It was a bit neglected but a very interesting collection of plants.

Then on to the adjacent zoo where John managed to get photos of some of the birds and animals that had eluded him in the wild. It even had a tuatara with chicks hatching out of eggs. We got ripped off buying lunch at a Macdonalds type place, the only place to eat, at 25 pesos each for a buger, fries and a cold drink = no other choice of food. Very hot at about 36 degrees, so we had to keep buying bottled water.

Then on to the Japanese Gardens for a stroll before meeting two people off the other Dragoman truck and a taxi back to town.

We went for a cold beer at a cafe on the corner down from the hotel a 6.00pm and had a snack, then back to the room for a cold shower and a freshen up before joining the rest of our team for a drumming show across town at about 8.30. The group were a bunch of Brazillians who do a show every Monday, about 12 of them on bongo and kettle drums etc. They are supposed to be one of the best groups in South America. It was very hot, but they sold ice cold beer in one litre cups!

The show was loud and very fast paced. I reckon there were 2000 young people there, mostly foreign tourists by the look of them - as well as a few oldies like us. Then a taxi back to town for dinner starting at 11.30pm - looks like we are catching on to the Argentinian habit of eating late. In bed by 12.30 this morning for a well earned sleep.