Blogs from Entre Ríos, Argentina, South America - page 2

Hi all - its Tal, Since I liked the writing part, I am going to write also the following entry; this time the entry will depict our journey north from Buenos Aires. In Buenos Aires we learnt that in a very near city, called Gualeguaychú, only 200 Km north, a carnival takes place every Saturday in January and February. So we decided to cut our northbound route and stop for a weekend in this unknown town, what turned to be a very special weekend. We reached this hot town late in the afternoon, and went straight to our bungalow exhausted from the heat. In the following morning, we took our bathing suits and went to the close by Gualeguaychú river. River swimming is very common in South America, as we learnt. As South America is an ... read more

Hola, So today was not our best day. We started out the morning today still not totally sure where we were going. We both knew the smarter plan would be to head back to buenos aires, and then start heading west and into bolivia. Well neither of us was willing to give up on the bike just yet, and i think thats why we both were hesitant on making a desicion. I know i wanted to go to mendoza, which would mean spending another 10 days on the bike. Well this morning unfortunetly our choice was made for us. We had to see what dates we would be able to switch our plane tickets too, becasue our current return date would barely let us get back to lima. Well Richard helped out, and made the calls ... read more

hola, for those of you who are spanish impaired , well you'll have to wait till later in the entry to find out what that means, haha. So we are officially cruising the open rode on my motorcycle. Our plan was to get an early start Thursday, but it didn't happen exactly that way. We finally arrived at the bike shop around 11am. After an hour or so of waiting, chatting, and waiting some more we finally had the bike outside and loaded up. We were lucky to be able to leave most of our stuff including our packs with C´s friend who lives in BA. So we tried to only bring minimal clothes since we had a lack of storage space on the bike. We decided to go north to the iguazu falls instead of ... read more

We set out from our hostel at 7 a.m. from Punta del Este not entirely sure how we were going to make it over to Gualeguachu. Of course, nearly all the other passengers on the local bus are absolutely tanked, blown out of their skulls, finding their way back home just leaving the bars. Some were a bit ridiculous, one girl was complaining to the entire bus about the inefficient size of her male friend´s genitalial, with him right next to her. After everyone told her to shut up, she started complaining that all the other males on the bus were too small as well. Then a fight broke out and the Uruguayan marine in the back of the bus jumped up and started yelling at people. He was also, oddly, carrying a sword. I almost ... read more

ENG V B (fotki pozniej, jak znajde kafejke w kt ladowanie zdjecia zajmuje mniej niz 20min). Colon nie jest najciekawszym miastem dla turysty, ale calkiem przyjemnym. Jest to raczej miejsce letniego wypoczynku dla Argentynczykow. Polozony jest nad rzeka Uruguay, ktora stanowi naturalna granica miedzy Argentyna a Urugwajem. Ja tu zatrzymalam sie tylko 1 noc, a przyjechal tylko po to, zeby dostac sie do odleglego o 50km Parku Narodowego El Palmar. Park wyglada niesamowicie egzotycznie. Flora zdominowana jest przez zaskakujaco wysokie palmy. Jest tez mnostwo zwierzat. Mialam sporo szczescia. Widzialam jelenie, lisy (kt podobno sa autochtoniczne dla tego obszaru;trudno mi sobie wyobrazic w jaki sposob), zolwia morskiego, olbrzymie pajaki i motyle wieksze od dloni, ale przede wszystkim przeurocze kapibary, ktore wydaja dzwieki podobne do zachrypnietego psa i pancernika. Pancernik byl niez... read more