Bus

Based on the Rio de la Plata, BA is Argentina´s largest city, and of course its capital!
Incidentally, it is party central, and the restauranteurs feed you a whole cow everytime you decide to lunch!
(Don´t expect any veg with that though... because it ain´t going to happen!)

The Service can be awesome too, though! One place gave us a free shot of Port to open out stomach before eating. Followed by a free Lemon Shot (pictured), and rounded off with a nice glass of champers!!! What service!!!
Ooh... that was for a main course and dessert... a bottle of wine & water... and it was still less than 10 GBP per head!

Arrival

I arrived in a slightly grumpy mood... since my amazing Argentinian bus experience turned out to be a bloody nightmare... (I am beginning to dislike South American busses) for a couple of reasons...

Not wanting to dwell on it... here are the lowlights:

21.30pm Bus arrived about 3 hours late... (now feeling very hungry).
21.31pm Assigned a seat that didn´t fully recline as promised. Happiness eroding.
23.00pm Dinner of 5 cold chips, and some cold rubbery beef coated in breadcrumbs served. Yuk.
23.02pm Brummies complain loudly. I ignore it & nod off. Happiness restored again!
23.50pm I wake up feeling rather wet... hmmmnn...
23.51pm Discover its not my sweat or dribble.
23.52pm Apparently a leaky aircon unit above my head is to blame.
23.59pm Agree with the bus-hostess to change to the only other spare seat on the bus! Nod off in a reclining seat without leaks. I perk up slightly!
00.55am Bus-hostess wakes me up... to offer me my glass of champagne... cheap fizzy water at this hour? No Thank You!

01.50am Bus hostess cant leave me alone! Evicts me back to my waterbed... since this bed is for another passenger! Just great!

01.52am Attempts to stop the leak are futile! Lying in the most un-natural position, I avoid the majority of the flow. I ignore the Brummies continued whining and nod off again...

Stupid AM Woken up thanks to Russell Brand´s Booky Wook falling onto my head-y wed! Twice! Why I placed it back on the shelf above me after the first assault - I have no idea!!!

After negotiating the rest of the night, I woke up with the sun light at about 7am and found a seat that had been vacated... unfortunately next to the Brummies... clearly still whinging... now about the fact they had not been able to stop for a cigarette break... or something like that... and demanding compensation... (I would love to see how far their 40 quid bus ride gets them back at home!!!)

Ironically, at this point, the TV was on... and the song "Stiff Upper Lip Was Playing" (AC DC). I think the subtlty of this was lost on the Brummers though!

Ok... whinging and moaning over... on to the good bits now... part two coming up...!

South American Bus Hating Bees-Out!