Mendoza, Argentina

After the excitement of yesterday, I woke up feeling a little less in love with BA. I had a random FaceTime call from Amber and her school friend that made me laugh. Turns out she called a bunch of Louise’s friends including her boss. I had negotiated a late checkout at the hotel so I caught up on some Spanish and changed my passwords on my key apps. After checkout I decided to head towards Santa Fae to see if it was worth buying a new SIM card. It was only 30pesos so for less than £2 I figured it would be useful the guy even loaded it for me so there was no hassle. I walked towards Recoleta where I heard my favourite empanadas from La Cocina calling my name, once I had demolished two it seemed rude not to follow with my favourite ice cream. At Rapa Nui I tried a few flavours but the best was one called Marquis which was a caramel/brownie dense chocolate one. It was amazing! Once back at the hotel I grabbed my bags and got a taxi to the airport. On check in I had 17.5kg, and after all my stressing the attendant didn’t even flinch just put the ticket on it and sent it on its way. Meanwhile I am lugging all my shoes and heavy stuff in my carry on round the airport. The flight is progressively getting more and more delayed, with me now hoping it just leaves regardless of time. I get talking to a German guy called Roman who suggests exiting the airport to get some food. This turns out to be a great idea due to the continuing delay until we finally leave 3 hours late. Well, I did book with the budget airline. I arrive late to my hostel but get a really warm welcome from Javier. My room is huge, there are only 5 in the whole place and it is well laid out. We do all share one bathroom though which could be interesting. I pretty much just crash out as soon as my head hits the pillow, definitely been a long day.