Wednesday 22 February 2012  -  Buenos Aires

Today there was time for a little sleep in until 07:50.  A quick but tasty breakfast in the elegant restaurant facing onto the walled garden with waterfall down the 6 meter high back wall.  The morning was in our room repacking, cleaning and writing the diary.  The time soon gets away when you slow down and take it easy.  I was interested to see that the room had Australian power points as well as the standard British/South American style.  Just after 13:00 Malcolm and I walked into the city where we were able to take a tour bus on a route around the new harbour, visit the largest soccer arena in Argentina and the embassy part of the city and some of the richer areas of town.  We were back in the city centre at 16:50.  Malcolm bought us both an icecream, we then looked at a couple of shops and walked back through the city park, stopping at the Belgrano memorial for photos.  Dinner was once again at El Mirasol to sample some different steaks.  Tito the waiter was happy to see us again and received a hefty tip to show our appreciation for his good service.  In Argentina a waiter earns about 750 Pesos a month.  This is equivalent to about $175.  (In Peru a school teacher earns $450 to $500 per month which is probably equivalent to one fourteenth the Australian wage).  Retired for an early night.