Blogs from South America - page 5198

Today (Saturday) started earlier than I would have liked, considering we were out at an Asada dancing until the wee hours of the morning... but it was worth waking up for. Nicole and I walked from Palermo to Recoleta, an old and wealthy area of BsAs for the weekly Hippie Market. It is a decent walk, and the weather was a little chilly, so we stepped into an Italian restaurant for some lunch (lunch in BsAs is eaten between noon and 3 p.m.). After some free alcohol, complements of our waiter who wanted to help us "warm up," stuffed spinach and cheese raviolli, and coca lite, we headed to the market. This market was incredible! Hundreds of little booths were set up selling traditional and contemporary handicrafts. Needless to say, I heard more English spoken in ... read more

Estas fotos foram tiradas, no Parque San Martim, na cidade de Mendoza Argentina, no dia 21 de Maio de 2006, realmente um lugar inesquecivel, que creio que todos que por la passam ou passaram jamais se esquecerao! Confiram...... read more

rio, wohl eini vo de bekannteschte staedt uf de welt. und jetzt sind mir do. isch eifach de hammer. so vil gruen innere stadt mit fascht 7 millione iwohner. de hammer. aber jo. eis nochem andere. nochdem mir noch uesere abartig ueble busreis denn mol endlich in rio acho sind simmer zum hostel. copacabana tropical hostel. en empfehlig vo de cat und de daniela und wuerkli en guete tipp. de luis baldomar, en unikat und ganz en geile typ. nochem gruess usrichte simmer natuerlich gad uf sinere site gsi. chch. however. am nommi nochem acho sind de moghe und ich is maracana, copa brasileiro. wunderbar. sgroeschte stadion vo de welt so seitmer aber isches glaub nuemme. however. nochere chillige autofahrt zum stadion im hiphop (hippihoppi uf brasilianisch ;)) simmer denn is stadion. wurkli e maechtigs huere ... read more

Well, it seems like everyone from the program went travelling this weekend with the exception of Stephanie and myself, so we spent the time that we had together. I also spent a fair amount of time with my Argentine friends. Unfortunately, Charly and I had a bit of a falling out, something about him wanting to date me and me not really wanting to have a commitment to anyone with only a month left in Rosario. Something like that. However, I did have a chance to rediscover my great friend Cristian! It was wonderful. We went out to a club called Bonita (aka Satchmo) together on Thursday night just the two of us. We danced and had a drink and then ended up walking home and talking about what he would do with his life if ... read more

Another week. Another blog. I’m sure you must be bored reading all this by now… ;-) Last week’s instalment was a bit of an epic, and this week’s threatens to be just as longwinded. So, to help the easily confused (including myself), I’ll give a quick summary of the last seven days instead: Saturday and Sunday - Took a bus (or three) through the central highlands to a little market town called Guaranda high in the mountains with two of the new volunteers. The roads to and from this town are famous in Ecuador for their beauty, and have amazing views of the extinct Volcano Chimborazo. The town itself is quiet and friendly, with beautiful views of the surrounding countryside from a viewpoint on the edge of town. The road to Guaranda rises to over 4000 ... read more