Background information. We like longer cruises, especially repositioning ones as you get to see so many different ports. Also it means that the demography of the cruisers is to our liking. We are both retired and determined to make the most of the money we have available. We have never been able nor have we wanted to ski till now, no not snow ski but Spending the Kids Inheritance!! We have 5 children and we never made huge sums as a teacher and relief pharmacist so were unable to take many family holidays. When we sold the property we lived on and moved to a small house in town the kids all said (they earn more that we ever did) spend it on yourselves; so we are.

Hotel information (if any). We flew to Buenos Aires direct from Auckland, about 12 hours, and because of the frequency of the flights we decided to make the most of it with 4 nights there. We were glad we did as there was so much to do, even though the centre of the city was closed down for much of the time thanks to Obama!! We did a couple of tours while there and also spent lots of time exploring; the best part of that was exploring the food. If you like meat and a good red wine BA is the place for you.

We stayed in The Tryp, right in the city and easy to get to and from; use Ezeiza Taxis at the airport, and the "hotel" to the port. Grey Lines have a cheap half day orientation of BA and there is a cheap (free) walking tour too. I would recommend a tour into the Tigre. Read more