Willie Styles

Aldea Luna was Awesome! One whole month without any contact with the outside world except the radio and visitors that came to the reserve. A private nature reserve deep in the yungas in Jujuy, the most North-Western province of Argentina, Aldea Luna was the cherry on my Argentine Pie. The owners are Martin, Elizabeth, their 13-year-old son Matias, and their friend Gerardo. All wonderful people. Many different groups of people came and went during my stay and I met people from England, France, Holand, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Germany, Canada, Kentucky, Washington, and New York. The work was always something different and almost always fun. The one job that I really didn't like was sifting sand out of a huge pile of stones, it involved attempting to shovel loads of stones onto a big wire grate that ... read more

For the past month I was working at La Farfalla in Cañuelas. La Farfalla (Italian for butterfly) is on one hectare of land in the country two hours (by train) south of Buenos Aires. Owned by Matias and Mariana, La Farfalla is a wonderful little farm producing zucchini, pumpkins, tomatoes, yellow tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, and all kinds of different plants for the consumption of Matias, Mariana, Juan-Paulo (who also lives on the farm), and any WWOOFers or visiting friends. Along with the crops there is also a pig, named Piggy, four chickens, a rooster, and two dogs, named Greta and Chicita. During the first week I was working with Raphaela, another WWOOFer from Switzerland, who showed me the ropes. Together we flattened some earth, cleared and formed some flower beds, and did other various tasks to ... read more

Era un tiempo largo desde mi ultimo entrada. No se donde a comencar. Mi escuela segunda es terminado, y tengo tres semanas mas in Buenos Aires. Me Encanta Couchsurfing.org! Tengo lugares gratis para dormir por los tres semanas proximas. I finished up my first School and between the two schools I was staying at the Gecko Hostel in Palermo. It was a really nice place with really friendly staff. There are a few photos below. During that weekend I wandered around Palermo and strolled through Rosedal, a gorgeous rose garden inside of a huge park, there were lots of photo opportonities there as you will see below. While I was walking through the park I could constantly here dance music pulsing away in the backround, and finally I decided to go check it out. When I ... read more

¡Hola! Hoy cumpleaños de Carlos Gardel y el dia de Tango! He estado en Buenos Aires mas o meno una semana ahora. Es muy muy bueno. Todo los Porteños son muy simpatecos, y todos las Porteñas es muy calientes! Me entrendan la gente, la carne, el subte, y el tiempo! Me molesta el transito, pero no es un problemo. Hoy voy a ir a el Cementerio de Recoleta, MALBA, y el Museo Nacional. Esta noche, voy a tomar mi clase de tango a Diez y media. Dos días pasadas yo comprado los zapatos de bailar tango! Son muy frescos y muy limpios limpios. Hello! Today is the birthday of Carlos Gardel and Tango Day! I have been in Buenos Aires more or less a week now. It is very very good. All the locals are very ... read more

It seems like ages ago that I was waking up at 4:30am and rushing out the door so I could stop by my Mom's house, an ATM, and then rush to the train depot and hop on the shuttle to SkyHarbor. After 24 hours of travelling I arrived in Buenos Aires, made my way through customs, and was able to find my name among the hundreds of signs being waved by various drivers as people were leaving the secure area of the airport. My driver, Carlos, after speaking rapid Spanish and then Italian and proceeding to make fun of my confused face, asked "Françia? Russe? Estado Unidos?" I replied English and he asked "London?" I said "No, no estados Unidos." Carlos laughed and said "I thought so." On the way into town Carlos and I talked ... read more