BUENOS AIRES 7.-13.7.2009 Olen opetellut argentiinalaista perustangoa, mutta tangolajeja on useita. Milonga on hauskaa, humoristista, nopearytmistä jalkatyöskentelyä. On puskettava omaa rintaa ja otsaa miestä vasten, mutta canyengue on kaiken huippu. Siinä nainen roikkuu miehen kaulassa ja näyttää raahautuvan hänen mukanaan. Olette varmaan nähneet Sally Potterin elokuvan The Tango Lesson vuodelta 1997? Sen sisäistyneeseen ja riipaisevaan tangotunnelmaan en ehtinyt päästä. Kaksi viikkoa oli liian lyhyt aika siihen; huomenna jo matkustan Patagoniaan. Useimmat tango-oppilaat viettävät tääl [View Full Entry]

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Buenos Aires, 7th to 10th Decmber We awoke in the morning after a good nights sleep that was much needed after the previous bus journey. Our bus departed at 6.30 that eve so we had a day of sorting . Having seen the Iguazu Falls from the Argentinian side we saw little point of visiting them again so did lots of odd jobs which we´d had on a list for a while. The day passed quickly and with all jobs complete we checked out of our hostel and were soon back at the bus station waiting for what would hopefully be [View Full Entry]

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BUENOS AIRES 30.11.-6.12.2009 Päiväni ovat täyttyneet espanjan ja tangon oppitunneista. En ole ehtinyt viikkoon kirjoittaa mitään. Helpoksi luulemani espanja on muuttunut ihanan vaikeaksi. Nyt siinä on haastetta. Tiettyä aikamuotoa - perfekti, pretérito indefinido vai pretérito imperfecto - saa käyttää vain kun tietyt ehdot täyttyvät. Ja lisää on tulossa. De dónde vos sos? Mitä ihmettä kadunmies kysyy? Mikä vossos? Espanjassa kysyttäisiin De dónde eres? De dónde es? Mistä olet(te)? Argentiinassa sinä on vos eikä tu, ja ser(olla) -verbi taipuu eri tavalla. Tai mitä argentiinalainen sanoo [View Full Entry]

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Second try at this travel blog thing. We initially tried the Fuzzytravel blog site and had very little luck uploading images so here we are. To be honest we liked the layout of the other one better but the interface was just awful. So we will put a link up from there to here and hopefully everyone can follow our wacky adventures over here. We are a day behind in the updates and will try to get caught up here. Rachel here! We're sitting in the bar at the hostel catching up on blog entries and planning our Patagonia trek. Tomorrow [View Full Entry]

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This was something Rach really wanted to do and had hoped to drive out into the Pampas to see gaucho country firsthand, but we have changed our itinerary a million times since getting here and it doesn't look like we'll have time, so we decided to do it the most touristy way possible, ie by bus tour! The bus left our hostel at 9am and arrived at Santa Susana Ranch about two hours later. This is not a working ranch as there was not a cow in sight, but we had wine, parilla, a gaucho show with tango and impressive gaucho [View Full Entry]

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We crossed the river Plate on a fast cat - a surprisingly large body of water - took about an hour and a half, with free wifi...! Have to confess that I wrote one of the earlier blogs from there! Buenos Aires was really not what I expected... it started when we got off the boat and had our luggage x-rayed.... wrong way around, I feel! Then it was a cab ride to the hotel - moderately tame, and it being a sunday I teamed up with Rick and Simon and Shal to wander over to the San Telmo antiques market. [View Full Entry]

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Quedan solo 4 días para partir con Mer y Pachi para NZ. Tenemos muchos nervios por lo que esta por venir, pero estamos super entusiasmadas por vivir todo eso ya! La despedida la hicimos el sabado todas juntas, a pesar de la lluvia tuvimos gran convocatoria para la fiesta...se ve que nos van a extrañar. [View Full Entry]

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Days 149 - 168: Buenos Aires (Arg), El Calafate (Arg), Torres Del Paine National Park (Arg), El Chalten (Arg), Buenos Aires (Arg), New York (USA) Executive Summary Status: At the end of an amazing trip! Current location: New York, New York Notable incidents: Stayed in the best hostel of the trip, camped in the frozen tundra of Torres Del Paine National Park, lost our food to a Puma, had my watch stolen, saw a different side of Buenos Aires, watched the “best derby in the world” and nearly missed my flight home! Ful [View Full Entry]

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1.20 am awake listening to astor piazzola remixes, the reinventor of tango. For once I am inside at this hour and not discovering the deeper meaning of malbec. My days comprise mainly of lounging around the city as if I was an architect enthusiast lamenting over which european influence was most present, but no, head firmly on the street activity ,and yes, debating which girl has the most beautiful face/figure is the cultural activity of everyday. I won't indulge any further on this matter but a footnote should include that it is a relentless and compelling task. The most interesting [View Full Entry]

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... back again in Buenos Aires. Ueber die Stadt gibt es nicht mehr viel zu sagen. Wir sind nochmal nach Buenos Aires gefahren, weil es in der Umgebung die schoensten und urigsten Estancias gibt und wir eigentlich vorhatten eine davon zu besuchen. Nun ja, das Geld hat uns im Stich gelassen und wir mussten unsere Plaene aendern. Stattdessen haben wir ein paar ruhige Tage dort verbracht und nachgeholt was wir zuvor versaeumt hatten. Am Sonntag waren wir auf dem Feria de San Telmo, einem entzueckenden Flohmarkt. Es gab Strassentang [View Full Entry]

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