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Published: December 17th 2005
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Milhouse
Milhouse Feeling slightly bored, and for the change in scenery I moved to the Milhouse hostel about a week ago. Situated downtown, near the business center of Buenos Aires, the hostel is in a three storey house, and is the home to over 160 people. Life here is very hectic, people seem to come and go all the time and the place itself has a more business feel to it then 'El Firulete'. Milhouse caters for the needs of a variety of guests, it organises trips to a large number of social events including football matches, tango shows and barbecues. There´s a large bar, TV room, pool table, laundry service, and even an in-house travel agent. I guess the only drawback is the highly inflated prices.
The hostel seem to live up to its reputation of having a ´party´atmosphere, as it attracts a young crowd, most ready to party almost every night of the week. I met some very interesting people here, including a large number of Brits, some were friendly, some were not. The ones in my dorm were a bunch of animals, they were a group of kids getting drunk every night making a nuisance of themselves and a mess
Milhouse 2
Milhouse 2 of both the dorm and the toilets.
I made a good friend here called Chris, a chilled out guy from New York, taking a two week holiday from work. Some of the more interesting characters were - a South African guy, I think his name was Neil, but as he didn´t respond to it we just referred to him as ´N´. He was rather predatory when it came to women, and one night when unsuccessful he did his best to put off Chris´s new female friend with his drunken comments. Another guy I met was from Brazil with a very short attention span. He was kind of like ´N´without the brains. We ended up calling him the ´dude´, as we forgot his name but didn´t get the chance to ask him again. We had to listen to ´N´to find him amusing, whereas with the dude we only had to observe, as his actions were more or less random.
On Saturday I bumped into a guy called Fabricio from Uruguay. He was already drunk when I started talking to him(he seemed to be a big fan of Guinness). I managed to talk him into giving the woman sitting next to him
Milhouse-Dorm
Milhouse-Dorm a foot massage, not realising her feet was swollen, the result of of some nasty mosquito bites at the Igazu falls. Although she evidently found it slightly painful, she seemed to very much enjoy the attention.
At two in the morning we all went to a club called 'Patcho', which I didn´t really enjoy as I´m not into techno. I was sitting down and was a bit bored when a big drunken Mexican guy came next to me asking where I was from. Being a bit tired I decided not to explain to him that I´m Hungarian, so I simply said 'London'. I doubt he was a fan of the English as he enquired why do I have to say it with such a f**.. sophisticated English accent, so I figured it´s a good idea to let him know I´m not English, which seemed to have calmed him down a bit.
Although life at the hostel is very hectic, I managed to sleep very well every night, not even the sounds from the porn9 cinema next door could disturb me once I had my earplugs in . I did wonder where the red doors led to when I first arrived
Asado at ElFirulete, Chris & Friend in corner
Asado at ElFirulete, Chris & Friend in corner at the hostel. I think I prefer the more boring lifestyle in Palermo, so from Monday I arranged to stay at the Tango Backpackers near 'El Firulete'.
I´m beginning to get used to life in Buenos Aires, people seem to treat me as a local as long as I don´t open my mouth too much. It´s amazing how far a bit of confidence and a few words like ´Si´and 'Gracias' can get you. I haven´t had time to do more sightseeing this week, but I´m hoping to go to a few places like the Recoleta cemetery next week. Spanish is starting to make more sense, I guess Monica´s strict homework policy is working.
Over the past week I managed to refine my travelling plans. I figure it´s not such a good idea to spend Christmas in Salta (although Salta is a beautiful place with very friendly people, apparently it´s not known for it´s social life). Instead I decided to to make my way up slowly to the Igazu Falls, just in time for Christmas, and then head for the beautiful beach town of Florianopolis for New Year´s Eve. After this I´m thinking of heading to Uruguay, where I will probably
Downtown BA
Downtown BA explore Punta del este, Montevideo and Colonia. After this I think I may pop back to Buenos Aires for a day or two before going south, perhaps visiting places like Mar del Plata and Puerto Madryn (although the whales will probably be gone by the time I get here) until I reach Ushuaia, which is apparently the southernmost city in the world. Going north from here (obviously) I may pop into Chile, before visiting El Calafate and El Chalten. I´m considering taking a boat from Puerto Natales(in Chile) to Puerto Montt. From here I will probably go to Bariloche, and then to Mendoza. After this I´m thinking of spending some time in Santiago, Chile and then head north again, probably popping into Argentina to see Salta and Jujuj.
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