Little fella arrives in BA

I picked up Dave from the airport later than expected as his flight was delayed a good 3hours. The delay gave me time to book a cycle city tour for the next day, so after a night out in the central part of town (to help him over any signs of jet lag) we headed over to the Santa Fe park to see the city.

We met up with a 2 Irish lads traveling South America & Alex, who'd just arrived in from London to follow my southern route back north towards Lima.

We hopped on sit up & beg bikes & headed down through the central area, passed the Falklands war memorial to the regenerated docks area & then on to the Boca.

The Boca is famed for the Football stadium, but has equal charm & tourist pull for it's Tango & art. We stopped for coffee, photos & a chance encounter with a Maradona look alike... must be tough having to put on all that weight to keep your day job!!!

The tour took a good 3.5hrs. Our guide, a local student called Ana, showed us the sights & sounds of southern BA, told us about the Political situations past & present & gave us her opinions on differences between our countries.

We wrapped up our tour with a beer just off the Plaza Major. The group had gelled well over the day & whilst the Irish boys were unable to come eat with us due to a Tango show Alex joined us for some grub down in the arty San Telmo area. After a few beers & a lot of putting the world to right Alex decided he wanted to join us skiing in Mendoza; so we're looking forward to catch p with him next week for a few more laughs.