Friday 9th January: After a brief visit to the British Embassy we left Buenos Aires in 90+ deg heat and drove the 125 miles to Las Flores. We stayed at a very nice motel where we dined on pizza, wine, and bread pudding. life is good.
Saturday 10th January: Getting a relatively early start to avoid the afternoon heat, we drove a further 174 miles to a very remote farm (21+ km down several dirt roads) belonging to our friend, Axel, near to Benito Juarez. We quite happily set-up camp for the night and the farm
caretaker very kindly killed and cooked a lamb for our dining pleasure (River and Diana were extremely content with the lettuce and tomato sandwiches provided).
Sunday 11th January: Breaking camp, we journeyed 214 miles through countryside of sunflower fields to Bahia Blanca. Our hotel, Hotel Muniz, is like a film set from Poirot and quite a welcome relief from the heat and dirt of the road.
Monday 12th January: Bahia Blanca is a lovely town of older shops and wonderful service. We are having a rest day today and taking advantage of the local laundry service although some of us (first name beginning with "C" and last name with a "P") reluctantly surrendered his
clothes from the challenge of seeing just how dirty they could get!
After another day and a half spent at the docks, lots of hand-waving and frantic paperwork, we finally greased enough wheels and got our cars out of customs. We are due to leave Buenos Aires tomorrow to begin the drive South.
