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Published: August 15th 2006
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Leaving Ba
This is taken as I walked onto the Boat, nice ehh? Firstly sorry, it´s been a while since my last blog. During the week, I didn´t have much too report, just going to school, coming home. I went out on Tuesday night, for a beer or 2, yeah right, and it ended up as all great, beer or 2 nights do. It was good fun though, and I ahd some good conversations with some really cool people. There was an american Eric, who works on cruise ships as a musician, and is in BA, for some out time, or to get away from the party´s on the ship, somthing like that anyway, but I reakon that´s jsut a line to see if he´s got comedian material in him. Like honestly BA, to chill, to not party.....lol... good one. There was also a guy called chrisitan from Austria, he was working for the austrian trade office or somthing, for his university degree. Last I heard he was going home for 2 days, then off the sweden, to study for anouther 6months.
On wednesday, I went to school, raysaka, it was lots and lots of fun, trying to learn spanish with a raysaka. But I lived. Then that night I went out with
Protest Cops
These guys are here for the sole reason of managing protests, the pink palace in the background is where Evita gave her famous speach, hence why people protest here. Christian for a beer and some pool, except this time it was only a beer, as we were both still a tad hung over.
On thursday I met cynitha,a nice good humoured american, who is down here to do some volunter work, and some sight seeing. She was dead tired when I met her, so being me, I took some photo´s, and told them I´d put them on the web, I think she thought I was joking... ha ha ha ha.
On Friday I went to Colonia uraguay. Colonia is a chill chill place, like you can walk accross the main street without really looking, because there´s hardly any traffic, I doubt there is even a set of lights in town. Really old, historical, with a nice´ish beach, that was deserted, well except for me, and the odd person walking there dog. I really liked the place, it kinda reminded me of Bathurst on a sleepy sunday morning. What´s more the weather was good, and the hostel wehre I stayed was nice. It was in a really old building, with a couple of court yards, had a "nothing much is really happening" feel to it. Spent the night
in the hostel, cooked myself a nice feed, watched Tv, talked with some people, drank a beer, and generaly chilled out. Ohh did I mention that there was an open fire place, ohh and also I met a really cool nice chick called Mary, she was from Canada. What´s with Canadians and Aussie´s getting along well.... I think I´ll have to visit one day.
On saturday I went to montovideo, on the bus. Ab Fab, there were open spaces, and lots of them at that, somthing that I have not seen for a month, and I sorly missed. I spent the trip just watching evnjoying, and listening to music, of course. When I got to montovideo, I got lost, for like an hour. I blame this on the fact that there were no street sighns to be seen, and the fact that my map did not have where the bus station was. Anyhow, just as I get near my hostel, I see a big group of people, and some media. My protest radar perks up, and I pull my camera out, and start snapping away. They are about 700 people, closing down the main st, of montovideo, with a
Park
This is taken with my back to the pink palace, you can see the protest barriers permantly in place. huge banner, that i kinda worked out said somthing like, stop the genocide in lebonon and palistine. I´m lovin every moment of it. like how wicked can you get, walking into a town and finding a protest. Actually thinking about it, that´s what happened in BA. Hopefuly it keeps happening.
In montovideo, the hostel that I was staying at was really cool. It´s called red hostel, and I strongly reccoment it. It was plain and simple funky, warm and welcoming, and they have hamocks... ha ha ha. Anyhow, I met a heap of people traveling there, including and english guy, who was actually in my room in colonia, but we hadn´t really met, as he had just come from BA, and slept the entire time, suprise suprise. Anyhow on Saturday night I went out in motovideo, and and had a good night, although it must be said that montovideo is not BA, but it´s all good. One really cool thing was that they had a live band, although the music was somtimes lacking, although the locals seemed to enjoy it.
On sunday I woke up feeling crappy, but that all changed when i found out that the hostel
Street Scene
Can you see now why I´ve fallen in love with BA had vegimite, so for breakfast I stuffed myself with bread and vegimite. I caught the bus back to Colina, and then the boat to BA. Not much news really for sunday.
Ok some ramdom stuff.
what i eat
coffee, smoke, toast, empanyatas, pizza, steak sandwich, steak, pasta, plus i ussually make a salad once a week, and have some fruit. Ohh did i mention pizza, and steak, ohh and good steak.
I think i eat better here than I every ahve at home.
Somthing else random. Car parks, there everywhere, like everywhere, and they park people in unbelivably, like there are no drive ways just cars.
Trap doors and bunkers... remote controlled, intercomes.... yes it´s all true, and no it´s not james bond. It´s not unnusual to be walking along, when all of a sudden what you thought was somone´s front door starts moving into the ground, and bell starts ringing, and next thing you know, there´s a car trying to run you over.
People have porters here, like everywhere... different.
buses, lots of buses
dog shit... everywhere.. although worse in the afternoons.
people making out... everywhere.... like everywhere. where
Money Tank
Security is serious Busness here, espically for banks. Mind you there not too popular with the people. This thing is armoured proper, and the guys inside are packing serious heat. ever you go, there is a couple snogging away, the street, the bus, subway, park, cafe´s, even while queing for the atm... it´s crazy. Somtimes i just wanna scream.. GET A ROOM.
ohh and PORN... everywhere, they have these newspaper stand everywhere, that sell hardcore porn, on the street.
ohh and people selling leather mobile phone holders... that´s a big thing.
and homeless people... it´s really sad.
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Carla Morgan
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Copyright?!
Dude what is with the copyright?? what happened to sharing and community? I went to a similar protest in syd on sat, rock on!!