By the time I started on my second full day (that was after my Skype chat with Sally), it was already close to noon. Somehow, there was no urgency to explore the unknown environment I was in. Maybe I was getting into the chill out mode though I was subconsciously bothered by the stories I heard from fellow travellers. The weather did not help when it somehow predicted my mood; it was greyish and moody. Perhaps I was sinking into all that melancholy shit again.

Took a walk down Av 9 de Juilo and reached San Telmo within 30mins. This is one of the most attractive and historically rich parts of Buenos Aires where its narrow cobbled streets are littered with up-market cafes, eateries and shops. Wandered into a market but I found nothing around the area that can ignite my interest. Wanted to had lunch initially but food looks so "expensive" (the prices was not that bad but I just could not spend S$10 for an unappetizing plate of pasta). In the end, I downed a beer from a nearby convenient store and watched the world go by.

I boarded the Subte (or Subway) from Constitucion and headed to Juramento (where Chinatown was). Inaugurated in 1913, the Subte (Buenos Aires is the only city in Argentina with a metro system) offers one of the cheapest ways to travel (AR$0.90/S$0.42 per trip) within this bustling city. Its trains also enable people to peddle their goods. There was a lady who came and dumped cartoon stickers on every passenger's lap. After she was done with the entire carriage, she came back and collected the stickers if the passenger was not interested. Perhaps everyone on that train had no kids; no one became her customer on that day.

The Chinatown in Buenos Aires was probably a location where one can buy Chinese themed decorations or food indigrients (e.g. Soya sauce) for Asian cooking. It was definitely not the best Chinatown though one cannot complain much when he is all-alone in South America. Well, at least I got my rice noodles fix; it was my first taste of Chinese food in 4 days.