Blogs from Argentina, South America - page 1060

a small quaint hippie town akin to nimbin in australia, full of dreadlocked hippies, street kids trying to sell u pot and home to anything organic and home-made. this has become a backpacker stop for obvious reasons. i stayed in a refugio on a farm. no i didnt milk any cows!! it was very tranquil...went trekking up a mountain made of granite to get to a view point with 25 figures made from the stumps of dead trees...yep, you're right, it wasnt that exciting!! The town becomes alive on market days- tuesdays, thursdays and saturdays...these, it seems, are the only days that people work!! not a bad way of life...i met an Israeli girl at the refugio that looked like Natalie Portman...who it turns out is also Jewish and was born in Israel...as i had said ... read more

After spending almost 2 months in Patagonia, it was nice to arrive in this great and especially warmer city. The 24 th was here a national memorial day (30 years after the army took over control) What I saw was amazing, thousands of people heading to the big plaza de Mayo ,demonstrating, especially not to forget what had happened. At the plaza where the mothers of the lost children, who where speaking to the crowd, and it was a huge crowd! The rest of the day I spent some time at the dentist, since I lost my (fake) front thooth, so I havent been smiling since a week now, and I had to wait another 5 days!!! Too bad but thinks like that happen as well when traveling around! My hostel was not the best but ... read more

This was a 2 day bus trip from hell!!! i was told that this was meant to be a highlight of the patagonian experience...arid landscapes, beautiful mystical scenery.. a must see part of the backpacker experience!!! after a few hours it was clear the people who wrote about this must be on drugs!!! i was stuck for 2 days on a bus travelling down route 40 with its desolate interior and the andes mountain range in the distance...no point trying to romanticise it...between snorting the dust fusing its way through the bus and trying aimlessly to get rid of that cramp from sitting too long, i started hallucinating to keep myself occupied!! The highlight was when we stopped at a hospital (which looked akin to a run down veterinary hospital) because a woman was getting right ... read more

No pretty pictures for this entry because I can't rip out my heart...its already gone. I can't show you how I am feeling I dont even know if I can write about it....but write I must. For the tears I am about to bring I am sorry. Im sorry, Im sorry, Im sorry, Im sorry. Im sorry Jenga, Im sorry Mariah. Fuck, Im sorry. Know that our tears are falling together. For everyone else: I am sorry I haven't filled you in on the events in which I am apologizing for. I will attempt to now. This weekend in Seattle at a party, parties that my girls go to, filled with the friends of my girls, a boy went on a shooting spree. He killed 7 people. One of them was someone Jenga loved dearly and ... read more

HI, Well I think I left off about One week ago. Sharon and I arrived on the night bus. Sharon had a cold. And then we finally got grounded after the 22 hours bus ride. we checked in. Then went to sleep for a few hours. It was needed Sharon was feeling sick and I was not really feeling that much better. When we woke up we went out and Got some food. We ran into The Calfornian at the same restuarant. It can be a small world. We talked a bit and then we ate. We enjoyed the warmth and the sun. We than left there said Farewell to the The Calfornian. We went to get a cup of some where else. It was much warmer than it was in Bar. I was sitting there ... read more