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We didn´t get robbed

Rose with strawberry yogurt all over her. There was a robbing scam in full operation in Buenos Aires. Someone would be standing on their second story balcony waiting for an innocent tourist looking person to walk by. As soon as they are directly under them, they drop a substance (in our case yogurt, but others got salad dressing) on them. In the chaos, someone comes up from behind and robs you accompanied by other fellow robbers who pour out of the building. Luckily Rose and I already knew about this scam so right when it happened we were very alert. Also, we both saw a man walking uncomfortably close behind us so our senses were fully aware. As soon as the yogurt fell, we both turned and yelled at the man behind us who was now basically walking on top of us. We made a huge scene which deterred the robbery. Whew!
Feliz Año Nuevo

January 5th 2008
Hello Our Dear Friends and Family, Happy New Year! Hope all is well with you and that you had a warm holiday season. I am here in Brazil with my sister. We just got here a couple of days ago so you will see that all of our pictures are from Buenos Aires. Had a great Christmas with some other travelers at my hostel. On Christmas eve, we all went out to dinner at a fancy Argentine restaurant ... read more
South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires

Argentine Flag Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more
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