Tango Porteño - Nico and Beni do Buenos Aires

Proud, beautiful, and hopped up on maté, the porteños of Buenos Aires take the already ridiculous Argentinian late nights to an absurd extreme. Restaurants don't open till 10PM and stay empty until midnight or 1AM. The clubs start up at 2,3, or 4 and more often than not see the next day's light.

We never made it to breakfast in Buenos Aires.

Our days weren't entirely wasted though. We did see the wild and crazy futból fans of River Plate, check out tango birthplace La Boca, peruse the posh cemetery and hippie market of Recoleta and gaucho market of Mataderos, stroll through Soho wannabe Palermo, and eat the best pizza (Ugi's!!) South America has to offer. Had it at least half a dozen times.

Also got bed bugs. That sucked. And we made a toga party in the hostel. That was fun. And rocked a tango lesson before attending the glamorous reincarnation of Buenos Aires' dancing heyday in the 40's, a stylish show called (coincidentally) Tango Porteño.

Can't really think of anything clever to say. Probably because as I'm writing this I'm half asleep; the last two nights we've been dancing on the sand in Uruguay's international beach resort Punta del Este until 5:30AM (at which point we took an hour driving tour of the area with a local doctor) and then 7AM (stayed up for sunrise on the beach with a Dutch friend we met in BA).  We also had absurdly huge steaks in Montevideo.

Oooh funny story about the older women drug smugglers. Remind me to type that up. Or maybe you'll have to ask me in person. Ha.

Apparently in Colombia, restaurants close at 9PM. Gonna be a tough adjustment.

Off now to see Diego in Montevideo and Max in Buenos Aires and then Bógota here I come. Get ready.

Didn't end up seeing Diego or Max.  Did run into El Luco though.  Before catching you up to the good times in Colombia I'm gonna write a thoughtful post with complete sentences.  I've actually had to revert to a normal schedule for a few days because of the scuba  lessons.  So check back soon for Eat Pray Love - Nech, Danny, and Alana do the world.