Buenos Aires and a day trip to Uraguay

So after another long overnight bus journey we arrived in Buenos Aires in the morning. It wasn't the best introduction to the city as just trying to get from the bus station to the subway someone tried to steal my bag. Fortunatly it was a scam that I had heard about so I realised what was going on. Basically someone 'dropped' chocolate icecream all overthe back of my rucksack and then someon else offers tohelp clean it off, which is suppossed to distract you enough for them to steal stuff. After 8 months travelling a lot bit more dirt on my rucksack isn{t going to make any difference.
Eventually made it to the hostal with everything and after breakfast headed to the San Telmo area of the city as on Sundays there is a big street market with Tango shows and muscians. Went back to the hostal for lunch and to check in, then came back later witha camera totake some photos. Decided to carry on to La Boca as its also suppossed to be a good place to go on Sundays. But we didn't get that far as we stopped to take a photo and 2 guys snatched the camera. This was in the middle of the day surrounded by loads of people but there was nothing we could do about it. So had to spend the rest of the day reporting it to the police.

The next day things improved a bit although despite only carryibg a minimum amount of cash it still didn't feel that safe a place to be. Spent the day exploring the centre, places like the Presidental Palace where Evita made her famous speach and the cathedral. The following day we went to Recoleta one of the wealthier areas of the city. On the subway someone tried again to steal stuff from my bag but didn't get away with anything. It's most famous for a huge cemetry where all rich and famous Argentinians seemed to be burried. Despite only being able to recognise Evita, it was very impressive with each family having a big, elaborate mausoleum. Spent the afternoon in the national art gallery which had good European and Argentinian collections.

The following day we went to Palermo, an area of the city most famous for its prks and gardens. But the hightlight of the day was going to a fooball match River Plate V Americas. It was a Copa Libertadores game which River PLate had to win to stay in the competition. There was an amazing atmosphere, even when River Plate were loosing their supporters cheered continuosly. So when they scored the winning goal in the last minute it was unbelievable.

For the final day here we decided to go to Colonia in Uraguay as its only an hour away by boat. Had a really nice day here just wandering round the old town. It was nice to escape the chaos of Buenos Aires and have a relaxing day where you felt safe. Also turned out to be a good idea, as there were storms in Buenos Aires and parts of the town ended up flooded.In the evening we went back to Buenos Aires and went out for a traditional Argentinian dinner, steak and red wine wine. It was excellent and a lot cheaper than anything you could getin the UK.

The next day I hadanother long bus journey to Iguazu.