Back to Buenos Aires

Sadly it came time to leave Ushuaisa and the good times had there (and the dream of sailing off to Antartica) to head back to Buenos Aires to meet up with Lena and Shilpa and again sample some fine BsAs nightlife - its a hard life but someone has to do it!

So after 50hrs on a bus and experiencing cramp in ever part of my body I arrived back in BsAs - a few days before the girls arrived from Brazil. I rocked back up to the Portal del Sur hostel where I had stayed before and immediatley bumped into friends I had met before, Ewan, Graham &, Kate so was just like coming home in a strange kind of way. Also had the chance to catch up with Carola - a BsAs girl I had met in Bariloche - first night back was a case of catching up and meeting some of the new residents as well as reaccquianting myself with the roof top bar.

After a few hours recuperation and wandering around aimlessly it was time to once again hit the town, and in true Kerry style it was hit hard! Went out with Kate and Ben to a salsa club and danced the night away with my newfound dance skills (at least in my head it was skill.....). At first it was a bit puzzling - we went in to the club and there were 4 men on the stage in various stages of undress and dancing a very VERY camp routine - had we stumbled into a gay club by mistake? Nope - apparently this little routine is put on for the ladies and judging by the hordes crowded around the stage they certainly seemed to appreciate it. Think of The Full Monty and you might have an idea of the scene - hugely amusing and I have to say one of the muscle men was particularly attractive and not at all hard to lust after!

Anyway they finished their little act and the real action started - SALLLLLSAAAAAAA! Hot, sweaty and full of passion - the latin spirit in its true form. Oh yeah - and I got to dance with the latino muscle man too, not an altogether unpleasant experience it has to be said! Turned out to be one of the best nights out I had in Argentina - lots of laughs, lots of dancing and way way way too late to bed - 8 in the morning if memory serves me correctly although by BsAs standards that´s pretty normal.

It took a a couple of days to fully recover from that particular night and then the girls arrived. Can´t say how nice it was to not have to go over the same conversation with everyone you meet - What´s your name, where do you come from, where have you been, where are you going, yadda, yadda, yadda. I think I could run a good business printing t-shirts with those particular details on them for the travel weary - what do ya reckon?? I know I´d buy one!

We took a few days to see some of the sights and experience some of the nightlife....again (by the way is it me or is Drum & Bass not the most boring music ever????). By this stage I had lost my voice almost completely which was highly amusing for everyone else but obviously not for me - meant I couldn´t do the pubs/clubs thing as too much ciggie smoke really got to me - a good reason you would think for giving up you would think eh? But that certainly didn´t stop Lena - I swear I don´t know where you get your energy from my friend! We also took in a polo game, the second last of the season and got to see 2 of the top teams in the business as well as the top player in the world who´s name escapes me just now so you´ll have to take my word for it. Not a bad day out but extremely hot sitting in the stands with no shade and surrounded by people crammed in like sardines to get the best views - still I´d recommend it if you find yourself in BsAs when the polo season is on. Get to see how the other half live and all that.

So that was BsAs this time around - next stop Colonia in Uruguay for a few days by the beach!