Monte HermosoA popular beach resort for Argentines in the summer.
Playa Hermoso, the ghost beach town is the southernmost beach resort in the Buenos Aires Province and only a 30 min. bus ride from Doerrgo. It looks like a bustling town in the summer, but in the fall there are only a few fisherman and lots of shells scattered on the beach.
I walked up and down the beach soaking up the sun and admiring the iridescent colors of the oyster shells. I spent the day contemplating if I was going to go to this volunteer job or not, I am getting very frustrated waiting around for them. Still not quite sure, but it was a relaxing day anyway.
Feeling uncomfortable with simply flashing photos of strangers, I decided to introduce myself to a fisherman on the sand. His name was Blas and he was from Spain. I could immediately tell he wasnīt from Argentina because I could actually understand what he was saying! Anyway, he seemed happy to chat and didnīt mind that I wanted a photo. But now I have to send him a copy! And of course he is 80 years old and doesnīt have email, so I have to print him a copy and snail
mail it. Oh well, the chat was worth it.
Time for dinner!
Blas, the fishermanBlas is from Barcelona Spain. I could understand him a lot better than the Argentines! What a relief!
Cute houseI decided to be fair I had to add a photo of a nice house to make up for my love of old, beaten down buildings. I wouldnīt want anyone to have the impression that this place is beaten down at all, be
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