Firmly 'Rooted' In Buenos Aires

Wow, what an interesting first few days.

We arrived after a very long and uncomfortable flight to a rainy Buenos Aires, not what we had signed up to!!

First adventure: We managed to get a very local bus out to the Recoletta Cemetary - this was after an hour of searching for where the buses pick you up from! The cemetary was amazing, with crazy tombs - it was like a whole village of dead people. We aren't really morbid, it actually a highlight of Buenos Aires!

Second adventure: Teeth (check out the film by the same name ;) ). James had the unfortunate timing to get tooth pains the night before the flight, too late for an emergency appointment. We assumed it was just stress but by the first day in Buenos Aires we realised it was a bit more complex. So 2 appointments and 1 root canal later we are hoping that is the end of our bad luck and that James hasn't contracted HIV or Hepatitus B from the really dirty needles (joking mum!)

Tomorrow we are going to see Boca Juniors vs Newells Old Boys, in a VIP balcony - that´s just the way we do things! Thanks for sorting that, Mehrdad! Then it's off to Puerto Iguazu, more commonly known as 'holy cow that's a big waterfall'!

Next update and photos to come soon!! Fingers crossed we won't maintain this ratio of 1 medical emergency to every 3 days.

Ciao!

Jess & James x

Intro - 3 Weeks to go

Welcome to the best blog of 2009 - brought to you by James & Jessica.

As you may or may not know, we are just three weeks away from setting off on our belated gap year adventure, for which we are travelling down to the 'depths' of South America.

We thought it'd be a good idea to set up this blog to give people a chance to keep up-to-date with what we're up to on our 4 month trip and as a way for us to keep in contact with people while we're away.

Our [brief] itinerary so far is:

Flight from UK to Buenos Aires (Argentina) - 10th Feb
Visit Iguazu (Argentina & Brazil)
Visit Uruguay
Fly down to Southern Argentina and Chilé
Travel up through Chilé and Argentina
Travel through Bolivia
Cross into Peru
Inca Trail etc.
Flight from Lima (Peru) to UK - 28th May