bad news in buenos....

After a correct flight (one hour delay for Air Comet, two for AA), we arrived at Buenos at one in the morning, tried to sleep in the aeropuerto.

People were clearly focusing on our bikes...and it is understandable! We´ll tape them so that they don´t look as nice. Buenos was freezing and hosting a marathon.

We found a good hotel in the centre (recommended by Lonely Planet), could not take our bikes though, so we spent 3 hours trying to find a place...unsuccessfully! We finally put them in a paying car park.

Then we slept, headed for la San Telmo and la Boca. Dangerous place, but there were few people, it was a sunny sunday afternoon afterall. The streets were pretty appalling, plenty of small groups of children sitting in front of creepy corridor and backyards. We headed for the river to be in a safe area, this is when we heard guys whistling at us, we ignored them, a girl told us to go back, that it was impossible to go ahead...(she probably was with them in fact)
We started walking back, a guy walked ahead, and threatened me (i was carrying a red bag) with a gun. At first i thought it was a fake, for a few seconds, and hesitated. i knew i had passport and visa in my belt, and wanted to make him believe that i had everything inside. He pointed the gun at my leg. Gave him the bag, with my camera, memory cards and fleece jacket...then Paul had to give his wallet...with passport and credit card...