House of the Rising Sun

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View from our appartment on the lake in Florianoplis. I got up at 530AM to get this set of photos.

Can´t describe how wonderful it is to be here for the next 10 days, no packing rucksack, carryin rucksack, getting to bus station, sleeping on bus, moving hostel, sleeping in a dorm full of sweaty people farting, sharing skanky kitchen with people.

None of that for me for the next 10 days. We really landed on our feet and have rented out a furnished appartment with an awesome view, massive terrace, 2 double bedrooms and most importantly BBQ! All that for a tenner a night each. I actually feel like I am on holiday!

I Woke Up Bloody Early To Get This Shot

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5.30 AM to be precise. Its a shot of the sun rising as seen from the terrace of our appartment in Florianopolis that we are renting. We hit the jackpot to be honest. The appartment is on the 1st floor of a house, we basically have half the house, including a huge terrace and an amazing view of the lake, which the house is on. We´ve had a BBQ every night since we got here!

Cat DJing

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Saw some pretty cool street art in BA, I liked this one particuarly. Its a cat, DJing. Of course.

Wheels Of Steel

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Theres a really good antiques market in San Telmo. I bought an amzing pair of retro sunglasses for 30 pesos (about 6 quid), I look REALLY cool wearing them, hope I dont lose them anytime soon..........

Outside Boca Juniors, on My bike

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Pulling a weird face for some reason

The Two Ronnies

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Buenos Aires

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A rather delayed look back at the ´Paris of South America´. Spent my first few days there miserable and suffering from a very upset gut. This no doubt equally disturbed the fellow travellers in my hostel, which to be honest wass a little bit too noisy and PARTY focussed for my liking anyway. Maybe I´m finally getting old.
Anyway, BA, seemed more like a cross between Barcelona, and I iamagine, somewhere like Rome, than Paris, although it is definitely more like being in Europe than South America. The food is amazing, very much influenced by the Italian immigrants, the ice cream is incrediblee! The women are beautiful although the city itself not as pretty aas its European counterparts.
We were there for a week, about half of this I was ill. The other half was spent enjoying a bike ride through the South of the city, including the port area, San Telmo and Boca (home of Boca Juniors FC). There is a great vibe/pace of life in BA, very relaxed with a focus on good living and good food. We checked out a drum and bass club one night too, my one bit of partying there.
I enjoyed it, although not as much aas people had raved on about it, maybe because I didnt have enough time or maybe because it seemed like a pale version of a great European city.

So, ater all that, we hit the road again to Puerto de Iguazu, the Argentinian side of the most impressive collection of water falls in the world. A not too shabby 24 hour coach journey......