9 hours is nothing

Greetings from hot and humid Buenos Aires. I arrived this morning at around 7am local time, which is 2 hours ahead of Eastern time back home. Though it was a night flight I wasn't able to get much sleep at all. At least the gate agent hooked me up with a sweet exit row where I could unfold my long legs. Amazingly, after fliying to Asia so many times now, a nine hour flight feels like nothing!!! I was astonished how quickly it went by.

Upon arrival I changed a big wad of cach, purchased my ticket to Ushuaia for Feb 9, and then hopped on the local #86 bus to downtown Buenos Aires. I could have taken a Taxi for about $15to$20 or a minibus for $9, but I thought I should start out the trip right and use the 40 cent local bus. Though it did take me about two hours to travel the 35 miles into town on this thing, did I mention it was only 40 cents!!!!

I got off at the Plaza del Mayo, the most famous historical spot in BA, where the independence movement and other important politial events have taken place over the past 200 years. I tried finding a park with some nice shady spots because the sun was intense, not Bangkok intense, but still pretty hot. All the parks though seemed to weirdly be under construction so I instead headed to San Telmo, a historical disctrict with a variety of hostels to choose from. I decided to stay here> http://www.sandanzas.com.ar/ingles/buenos_aires_hostel.html It seems like every hostel in the town has their own web site so I thought I should include mine. Tomorrow I may try to stay with someone from Hospitality Club or CouchSurfing but I''ll have to explain what those are in a different post. Time for a nap!