Buenos Aires

We landed in Buenos Aires at 6pm and took a cab to our hotel arriving at around 7pm. Priscila, the owner, was very friendly and had great suggestions on where to eat and where to go.

The first night, we went to La Dorita for an amazing dinner and then went to a Jazz show at the Thelonious Club.

The next morning, we had a slow start. We bought tickets for the hop-on hop-off bus. The bus is a great way to quickly see the major sights in the city. We had lunch in La Boca and walked around there. We decided to not stop in San Telmo since we planned on doing the Sunday market the next day.

We stopped in el Centro and went to Cafe Tortoni for some frozen lemonade with mint and ginger. Priscila has recommended watching a Tango show there, but the show for the night was fully booked. So we reserved for the next day.

We walked a bit after that and we were told about a free Tango show at this random restaurant at 9pm. We went back to the hotel to shower, and since we had no other options, we decided to go to the restaurant for the Tango show. While the food was underwhelming, the tango show was good and I was picked to a Tango dance lesson. That was fun!

The next morning, we took a cab to San Telmo market and walked around for a few hours checking out all kinds of random stuff. We stopped for lunch at the market for amazing empanadas and beers.

We then walked down to Puerto Madero before heading back to Plaza de Mayo to check out the sights there and stop for some lemonade. We took a cab to Jardin Japones for some zen time and then went for dinner to Calden del Soho. After dinner, we went to Cafe Tortoni for the Tango show at 10pm. The show was fun; amazing music, cute pianist and good dancing.

The next morning, we took an Uber to Carlos Keen (about 90km from Buenos Aires) for a horse riding tour. It was pouring down rain all night and didn't stop for the whole day. Still, the ride was fun and definitely a memorable experience. Food was also arranged as part of the tour and we ate parilla and drank wine in someone's kitchen. After returning to Buenos Aires, we went for some drinks and burgers.

The next morning, we took a ferry to Colonia de Sacramento, a colonial town in Uruguay right across Buenos Aires (on the Rio de la Plata). The town was nice, but doesn't require that much time to see. So we had a lot of time to kill and most restaurants were closed for the day to prepare for New Years Eve. I didn't like it much; the food was sub-par and way overpriced.

At night, we went to Lo de Jesus for dinner and then headed down to the bars area to celebrate the new year.

The next morning, we checked out our hotel and went to the airport to catch our flight to Mendoza.