Welcome to the "Good Air"

Hola! Just touched down in B.A. town and I already want to buy an "I 'heart' BA shirt.

After 100% Spanish talks, I somehow arranged for a shuttle ride + taxi transfer to get Buenos Aires. Then with full trust and next to zero confidence, I handed my backpack to the driver and hopped in the shuttle and finally arrived at the Ostinatto Hostel.



Mate was my first taste of BA offered to me by the Hostel receptionist Joaquin. It's made from pouring hot (not boiling) water over leaves of a native holly plant. The metal straw is called a bombilla and has a filter to stop leaves from being sucked in. Who drinks this? Anyways, I had know idea that it was a straw and I started to stir it up. Joaquin tells me no need and to just taste it. I still had no idea that it's a straw and lift the gourd (cup) next to my face in an attempt to sip those nasty floating things (weird thoughts in my mind for sure). Finally, I am instructed on how to drink this bad boy through the funky straw. Major fiasco for a simple cup of mate. It's got some caffeine in it and tastes sort of like tea and coffee combined. Not sure if I'm a fan right now...


Where in the world is: (BASS) Jeffrey Scott Bautista?
Casual dish washing after breakfast.



Getting around town is quite chill with the use of BA's subway system known as the Subte. When we see the sign we sing "Subte doop, Subte doop, Subte subte subte doop" from Salt-N-Pepa. I usually stop after that part but then Muzz continues with "Here I go, Here I go, Here I go again. Girls, what's my weakness?" and then of course I have to answer "MEN!" j/k Hella Gay.


We walked around the city and found the Casa Rasad at the Plaza de Mayo. This is their version of the White House aka the Pink House here in B.A.



The parilla scene in Argentina is known to have the BEST beef in the world!
I ordered the Bife de Chorizo Mariposa. Estaba buenisimo! Btw, standard dinner time in BA is at 10p.m.



Casual shopping up & down the streets of microcentro which is sort of like the financial district.


Obelisco - Inaugurated in 1936 on the 400th anniversary of the first Spanish settlement and stretching 68 meters skyward above Plaza de la Republica. It dons a pink condom for AIDS awareness day.




Ave 9 de Julio is the widest street in B.A. At least 14 lanes wide. In the Philippines, when cars are stopped at a light, people would zig-zag their way through the cars to try and sell cloths or newspapers. But on this Ave in BA, they do the same but sell super size tennis balls. Hella weird.





Hollllla! We decided to grab some chocolate y churros in BA's oldest cafe, Cafe Tortoni which opened in 1858. It definitely had an OTS (old time setting) feel to it.
Churros dipped in thick hot chocolate. I put my churro on my tip(finger). When I dip, you dip, we dip.