Chinito
Chinito Hernández Shen Zanetti Joined: June 5th 2008
Logged in: January 9th 2010
Logged in: January 9th 2010
I've decided to join this through persuasion of one of my friends! Also, last year during my summer break from Uni, I had spent roughly two months away first in Shanghai, China. Then Los Angeles and Las Vegas, in the States. And Finally, traveling all around Mexico before and after, my volunteer program in which I was selected to participate (through the Uni) in Puebla, Mexico, for 4 weeks, working with Children at an orphanage. Because of this experience I feel ready now to embark on some more adventure!
25/6/08 to 5/08/08 I will be studying in Argentina and hopefully I will be traveling around the country and also, visiting Chile and Uruguay depending on the situation!
For now it is EXAM time!!!!!
3/12/08- Will be off first returning to Buenos Aires and then travelling around South America this time covering Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay....If we have time hopefully Ecuador as well!!!
Travel Blog Posts
8/12/08 1. woke up walked around got coca tea and then some ham and cheese roll 2. headed to the cable cars and then went to top of the mountain then walked back down 3. walked on my own to get a nice milanesa roll for lunch and then gettin lost back 4. went to play soccer with the locals and other ppl in the hostel realised im now shit and cant run or chase i felt sooo out of the game!!!! 5. gettin ready for midnite bus ride to the border of bolivia!!! ok here we go ! fuk hostel internet is slow, annoying with ppl waiting and did i mention slow!!!! anyways, i willl updated the full when i get a chance!!!!... read more
7/12/08 1. we got off in the arvo and checked into our hostel! 2. town in general is peaceful and very nice....walked around the centre taking pics 3. got some food and did a late nite walk with one of the guys here 4. headed off 2 sleep!... read more
6/12/08 I am staying in a shit hostel now and i cant no be stuffd typing the full blog rite now or even think of uploadin pics but here is the summary: 1. 4am wake up 2 help my mate with his translation with his date 2. cant sleep, decided to get food with two other guys 3. then jut walked around the pink house, puerto madero and the eco walk 4. then went back and the gang all took a sub to palermo soho for just bohemian inspired shopping! 5. got some pizza for lunch and then to retiro for a bus ride to salta 6. got our ticket for 8pm 20hr bus ride 7. slept at the terminal for the whole arvo and helped my mate get a mohawk haircut!... read more
5/12/08 We started the day having a group meetin during breakfast and then we had six of us agreeing to come and 1st jump on a hardcore local bus to caminito! Ok becuz for those that are not 2 familiar.... caminito is located in the rough working class area of buenos aires in la boca(think of the harlem and inglewood area of BA!)...so yeah we decided to do the local thing and catch a bus there, well not really local but sort of that style of rolling!!! anwyays the bus ride was cool having walked there last time and almost gettin mugged along the way this time i had the pleasure to enjoy the street life before headin to caminito....when we got there we just took pics and yeah had a blast....then we took a bus ... read more
4/12/08 Ok so today we got up, well I got up a bit under the weather from going a bit hardcore from partying straight from being jetlagged...so after having one of my friends book us in at the other hostel, needing to check out at 11am...man, was i in for something! ok so not only do i manage to wake up just in time and checking out 5mins late at 11.05 but yeah i didnt need to pay that extra bit of cash but anyways as a result becuz one of my other mates had been drinkin until literally 10am the next morning...we were walkin in the main streets of buenos aires like a full circus show....finally walking around and askin tonnes of locals ´donde podemos encontrar el hostal milhouse´..we finally reached our destination!!!! We just ... read more
3/12/2008 Ok so after months of trying to grind uni, study, work and catching up with my mates....Something great happened on top of the current financial crisis!!! We booked a promo with Qantas and a South America Airpass that allowed the group (four original from Mexico) and myself personally to return to Buenos Aires so soon!!! Man who would have guessed like always going from Australia to the Americas! It´s a bit like groundhog day! Meaning we left on a Wednesday at midday and got there around 11am the same day(technically earlier)! Yeah, man after doing some exchange and finding out BA isn´t as cheap now as before...off we went on a taxi straight to the city central....This time I´m staying in a hostel with the group near the city and it´s so funny i felt ... read more
Viva Argentina, gracias por todos!
1/8/2008 Today I woke up realising that all good things have to come to an end. In my case I am talking about leaving South America! Yeah, it was a bit disappointing to not have travelled to my ideal destination Rosario, due to the fact that our landlord was coming around the usual “sometime” during the day sort of thing, as a result I couldn’t really leave the place, as my other housemates were in another country(Uruguay!!!). So I ended up spending the morning watching and catching up with all my football(soccer) gossip and friendly matches…BOY! Let me tell you how obsessed and how much I am gonna miss this place. They have like 5 sports channels, at least 3 play soccer non-stop, Yeah im talking about 24-7! So when finally, our landlord came and I ... read more
River plate Stadium, how good is this!
Today waking up and trying to convince myself I needed to get up before dawn to get on a megabus…boy was it hard to do here in Buenos Aires, this place has a night life that literally starts when Sydney Sleeps hard into the night…so waking up early is near zero…But anyways, after making the mountainous effort I finally woke up and decided to walk to Retiro bus terminal and got me a megabus to La Plata!!! La Plata, is kind of like the Canberra of Argentina, even tho Buenos Aires is the Capital…but nevertheless La Plata is where all the jurisdictional buildings and legal places are…So finally getting there…I was kind of shocked to discover I didn’t have that good of a map to begin with and to make things worse…the tour guide and info ... read more
El barco
Finally with my studies all over and done it was time to travel for my remaining days here in South America…If you asked me now, I would tell you rite now im at a stage where I feel like this is my place and I actually feel like I live here and in a way im sort of really sad to be leaving very soon….i mean literally I know the streets of Buenos Aires inside out now..know the customs and at times even began using the slang here when getting around so travellin to other places didn’t seem that daunting anymore… Becuz I was also at a stage where my budget is goin to break any min now…I decided to go and visit Tigre and the Delta area and San Isidro the cheap way and Im ... read more
Time to Party!!!
28/7/2008 Today I woke up a bit stressed because DADADAH!! We have our final exams today…I was just having breakfast and trying to do some last minute cramin which to be honest never really works for me and since im overseas the motivation so wasn’t there… I ended taking the test and in Spanish…boy! Was it a challenge, but at the same time I didn’t feel it was that bad or near mission impossible! After that I decided to quickly go home and sort of research and finish up with my oral presentation for tomorrow 29/7/2008 Finally, my final exam here in Buenos Aires and my final day at uni! Was in a way really sad and happy..Sad in that I will miss everyone here and the usual goodbyes…. happy in that Im free and can ... read more
