We took a more direct road back to BA, stopping over in Villa Mercedes en route. Villa Mercedes is a provincial farming town with no tourists. The only decent hotel in town was a business hotel with casino attached. We enjoyed ourselves at a street cafe watching all the locals out strolling or joy riding up and down main street. Hours of driving through the pampas we finally saw the big scale beef farming Argentina is known for. We were surprised how much water there is and saw plenty of birds along the route. In fact, we enjoyed quite a bit of bird watching all over Argentina and next time we will go to a few places just for the birds. Back in Buenos Aires we spent our last 3 nights in St. Telmo at the highly recommended St. Tehlmo Boutique Hotel. On Sundays a huge street market takes over Avenida Defensa and the surrounding area with antiques, crafts, clothes and food. It's a must do if you are ever in BA. And of course we continued enjoying the Parillas and the Bares Notables for a few more days.
We had a week back in the UK to enjoy London and a fit in a quick trip to Cardiff to see the Springboks get beaten by the Welsh. At least from December we have had the rugby sevens Blitzbokke and the cricket Proteas to cheer on in victory!
Sunday market
Crocheted cactus anyone?
Mate cups and straws(bombillas)
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