Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Julie Covington

Another day of wall to wall rain but the Levee hasn't broken yet!
No good thinking of staying forever as there was that rendezvous at

Jorge Newbery Airport

in a couple of days time to meet Jim and his lovely wife Liz 

who had already booked me into the same hotel.

£120 Quid a Night?

The most that had been paid en-route was £8.00 while the average was £5.00 

"Paintings on the bulkheads, at a princely price,

we are only prisoners here of our own device!"

 Hotel California Revised

 TOUCAN BARBET

I'd had some of Jim before across Gambia, France, India, Mongolia, 

South Africa and others and know full well that

"Hoot with the Owl and Sing with the Lark"

doesn't come into it, good at the first half but felt a few mornings on my own comeing up!

Better get that 'Barnet' spruced up a bit alse me Pals won't recognise me?

RUFOUS MOTMOT
Oh blast, the flight was on time and they were on it!

 Hope they've bought a

 GREAT THRUSH
 (no not that but a)

Fist Full of Pesos

 BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY
Priorites, get them to the hotel, get my 120 quid off of them and then allow them to

 treat me to a

Light Lunch
This is where the sophistication of Buenos Aires (and the rest of Argentina) begins
where nearly all of the cafe and restaurat staff are male and totally 
immaculate and dedicated to everything they do

 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
 Over the next couple or 3 days ir was a series of more 
Restaurants, Sight Seeing, Beer Bars and shaking a Wicked Hoof or Two
Old hat to me but high on their, and for that matter everyone elses, priority list

 RECOLETA CEMETARY

 INCA JAY
 where lies the body of

Eva Perón

YELLOW-BREASTED ANTPITTA

EVITA
You Know I'll Always Love You!