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South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Bahía Blanca November 28th 2015

Iguazu to Corrientes Next day started off fairly straightforward until Gerardo entered the dining room to announce his departure to hospital. It transpired that he had thrown his hand in the air - during the course of getting ready - straight into the metal ceiling fan. This required several stitches which were undertaken sans anaesthetic! This hasn't prevented him from riding albeit with a wet weather over glove as he couldn't fit his bandaged hand into his riding glove. So a slightly later start at around 8.30am. Our next drama was a fright for String when a motorcycle rider (not one of ours) was hit from behind and sent sliding down one side of String whilst the riderless bike flew down the other side of him. String missed both and felt lucky not to be physically ... read more
Bikes getting a well-earned oil change
Military base in Parana
Campana

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Bahía Blanca August 13th 2015

Distance driven today: 421 miles / 678 km Cumulative distance driven: 15,003 miles / 23,531 km Today’s trip: Buenos Aires to Bahia Blanca, Argentina Record in longest distance driven in a day: yes Record in wettest ride ever: it poured down for 10 straight hours More clutch issues: unfortunately yes I left the hotel in Buenos Aires at 7am, in order to put in a really long day and make headway toward Tierra del Fuego. Unfortunately, it was raining when I left Buenos Aires, and it continued to rain hard for the next 10 hours. But a little bit of rain was not what made today’s riding probably the second most challenging day of this trip. It wasn’t even the very strong wind, blowing from the east across the open plains, at over 40 mph / ... read more
The NW parts of Argentina have gotten so much rain that even the cows are under water
The wind pushed the car into the truck with fatal outcome
Bahia Blanca after 10 hours of rain and 400 miles

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Bahía Blanca October 20th 2010

Ein letztes Mal bekommen wir von Abuelita ein süsses Frühstück zubereitet. Danach heisst es dann aber auch schon Abschied nehmen, denn noch am Vormittag verlassen wir Bahia Blanca. Mit dem Bus geht es erstmal bis nach Buenos Aires, das wir am späten Abend erreichen. Auf der Fahrt dorthin, die ja diesmal unter Tag stattfindet, bekommen wir nochmal ein Gefühl für die schier unendlichen Weiten der Pampa. Grüne Weideflächen so weit das Auge reicht. Abgesehen von der "Autobahn", die schnurgerade die Landschaft durchschneidet, erinnern nur ab und zu die vereinzelt auftretenden Estancias wie kleine Nadelstiche daran, dass es hier in diesen Weiten auch Menschen gibt - und natürlich die immer wieder auftauchenden Viehherden. Aber auch dieses scheinen sich im unendlichen Grasland zu verlieren. Die Ebene der Pampa wird nicht durch die geringste Anhöhung gestört, sodass man glauben ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Bahía Blanca October 19th 2010

Das Wetter heute ist wunderschön. Bei wolkenlosem, blauem Himmel und strahlender Sonne geniessen wir unseren Mate und das Frühstück im Garten. Am Vormittag fahren wir zum Busbahnhof um uns über die Möglichkeiten unserer Weiterreise zu erkundigen und die nötigen Tickets zu kaufen. Am Nachmittag holen wir eine Freundin von Claudia ab und fahren gemeinsam nach Fortin Cuatreros, einem alten Fort aus der Zeit der Unabhängigkeitskriege. Danach geht es zum alten Fischerhafen von Puerto Cuatreros. Dort gibt es erstmal wieder Mate und Kuchen. Wir bleiben noch etwas länger um die über dem Atlantik untergehende Sonne zu geniessen. Ein heimischer Fischer erzählt uns von seinen Sorgen über zu wenig Regen (weshalb der Wasserspiegel empfindlich gesunken ist) und der Umweltverschmutzung durch die Petrochemie in Bahia Blanca. Nach dem die Sonne untergegangen ist, fahren wir zurück nach Bahia Blanca... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Bahía Blanca October 17th 2010

Die Fahrt mit dem Bus bescherte uns die wiederum eine nicht unbedingt erholsame Nacht. Allerdings waren die Sitze doch komfortabler und gemütlicher als erwartet. Mit dem Licht der ersten Sonnenstrahlen gewinnen wir einige Eindrücke der argentinischen Pampa. Endlose Weiten, vereinzelnd auftretende Viehherden und nicht endenwollende, schnurgerade Strassen. Um 07:00 Uhr erreichen wir in Bahia Blanca. Claudia (die wir während unseres Auslandssemesters in Alicante kennengelernt haben) holt uns vom Busbahnhof ab. Das erste Wiedersehen seit 6 Jahren. Bei ihr zu Hause angekommen, werden wir von Abuelita (der Oma) erstmal mit einem reichhaltigen und vor allem süssen Frühstück begrüsst. Dann geht es erstmal mit dem Auto auf Erkundungstour durch die Stadt. Prinzipiell ist Bahia Blanca bekannt als wichtigste Hafenstadt Argentiniens und als Standort der Petrochemie. Touristische Highlights gibt e... read more
Unsere Gastfamilie

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Bahía Blanca August 29th 2009

Dianne's 60th Birthday... read more
Dianne's 60th Birthday Party 001
Dianne's 60th Birthday Party 002
Dianne's 60th Birthday Party 003

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Bahía Blanca November 5th 2007

Mon 5th Nov: Checked out of the hotel, but left the rucksacks there for storage. ´Had a walkabout and did some domestic shopping. Also bought a magnetic omnibus card to get out to the coach station where I purchased an overnight ticket to Neuquen (West Argentina). I noticed with a bit of shopping around that different companies compete for the same routes, so prices varied. I leave at 10:00 pm and should arrive about 5:00 on Tuesday morning. At 2:00pm Raul picked me up from the hotel and we went to his school (Collegio de San Martin). It´s an inclusive school which takes children from 6 to 16. The school day is quite different to the UK system as the older students (12-16) attend in the morning from 8:00 to 12:00, and the younger ones in ... read more
Afternoon Break Time
Time for a Rest
Teachers´ Break Time

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Bahía Blanca November 4th 2007

Sun 4th Nov: After a reasonable breakfast I went walkabouts to find an internet cafe - was unable to upload the photos yesterday as the PC had no spare USB port. The city was quiet and most shops closed but eventually found a place open. At 11.00 Raul, Patricia (his wife) and Austin (their nephew) arrived at the hotel and we went on a long drive towards the sierras. Austin spoke fluent English and translated the conversations. We soon left the flat landscape around Bahia for the rolling and beautiful countryside of the sierras. On the way I had my introduction to "mate¨" - the traditional S. American drink popular with people from S. Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. It is made with hot water (carried in a flask) and a herb called yerbos, it tastes ... read more
The Church In Tornquist
Patricia Fishing??
Cerra Ventana

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Bahía Blanca November 4th 2007

Saturday 3rd Nov: yesterday was a fairly lazy day; apart from a stroll down 9th July Ave and buying a much needed Spanish/Eng dictionary in Florida Ave, I just read for most of the day (one of Michael Murpurgos books). I said my goodbyes at the hostel and got a taxi to the coach station - a mistake- as I could have walked just as quickly (because of traffic), and yet another argument with the taxi-driver who tried to overcharge me. It was chaotic at the coach station with more than 30 platforms and I was told that my coach would be anywhere between platforms 4 and 14. It didnt help with the coach arriving 10 mins after it should have left! Anyway, I had a good seat on the coach - right at the front ... read more
Central Bahia Blanca
Municipal Theatre
 The Cathedral

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Bahía Blanca February 6th 2007

Saturday 3rd to Sunday 4th February, 2007. Another day another bus journey, this time thirteen hours across Argentina to Bahia Blanca, a port town on the east coast approximately half way between Bariloche and Buenos Aires. I knew precious little about it other than that it would be an opportunity to break up the journey and guessed it'd be a small slice of 'real' Argentina, not a Gringo in sight. I was right. The bus was again comfortable, the seats reclining to almost the horiziontal and for the first six hours I had two to myself. I slept, took in the views and got stuck into Roy Keane's autobiography, a gift from Southampton Dave, my memory such that I suspected I'd read it before but was half way through before my suspicions were confirmed. The landscape ... read more
Bahia Blanca; Brothels, Buses and The Box
Bahia Blanca; Brothels, Buses and The Box.
Bahia Blanca; Brothels, Buses and The Box




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