Blogs from Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America - page 9

“I’m smart enough to know when to be Yankee, and when to be Canadian, eh!” So said the bleach-blonde bombshell in her seventies; fixing the bat winged, 50’s spectacles with one hand, fixing the wad of foreign notes stashed in her bra with the other... It’s the eccentrics that give the best advice, though you often fail to realise it at the time. It was this pearl that came to mind whilst crossing the Paraguayan border into Argentina recently, as we, two British travellers, passed beneath the banners reading “MALVINAS!”; the islands better known to the English as the Falklands... Though we might miss the odd headline from time to time; despite the fact that we may not know a single song in the UK top ten; regardless of being completely unaware of (further, completely uninterested ... read more

Olaaaaaa a todos, aqui vai mais um blog e este sem muitas fotos, refiro me a Buenos Aires (fyi escrevo vos de Queenstown, este e o nosso ultimo destino do roadtrip que fizemos na Nova Zelandia, sao 17.49, 12 Marco e estamos tranquilamente sentados num starbucks). Verdade e que nao senti vontade de tirar fotografias, apreciei a cidade mas sem me deslumbrar o suficiente para mais uma sessao de fotos... As minhas desculpas por ser apenas texto... Voltando..., chegamos a Buenos Aires na sexta feira a noite, apanhamos um taxi do aeroporto ate ao nosso hotel. Esta estadia merce ser mencionada. O hotel parecia um dormitorio de universidade. Era um predio inteiro, 8 a 10 pisos, imenso movimento, ruido, etc. genericamente estava ok, ficamos em dormitorio de 4 com wc. Estava calor em ba (buenos aires ... read more

So, I ended my adventures in Argentina in Buenos Aires. I took an overnight bus from Salta to Buenos Aires, and stayed in a hostel in the Congreso area. Sadly my travel companion departed for England, but I carried on discovering this amazing city solo. I don't quite know how to express my love for Buenos Aires. For me, it was an amazing experience for many reasons. I was very happy there, and got to know the city, because I was there for two weeks. It is somewhere I could definitely live, and always springs to mind when others ask me about my travels and places I love! I spent two weeks in Buenos Aires attending a Spanish school Monday to Friday from 9am - 1pm (VOS school, http://www.vosbuenosaires.com/en/). My class was small, maximum four students ... read more

Our location at Los Ejercitos lies under the shadow of an abandoned hospital, the project aborted midway through construction. I am certain that the architect knew that it was doomed from the start, and so decided to entertain all of his structural fantasies with a free reign, as a child sits down determined to draw the biggest skyscraper in the world. It is sickeningly big; black cavernous holes, once intended to be ward windows, pepper the entire twenty stories like paralysed, unblinking eyes. It is without question the most terrifying building I have ever seen. Nowhere else does the abortion of hope stand so tall and disfigured, a mocking reminder to be endured every day. Underneath the children mark out a rudimentary football pitch, complete with posts composed of dogshit. With curious regularity, I have found ... read more

So where were we...... After my last email we went to the famous Recoleta cemetry right accross from where we are staying. It only took us three days but its always the way isn´t it? Definitely different to our cemetries at home. EEEeeeekkkk! You can actually see the coffins inside the big stone coffin houses, with white cloths and vases and crosses and other religous things. It´s most famous for being where Eva Peron is buried so we went for a squiz at her grave which was just like all of the rest of them really, but with more flowers. I think I might read her autobiography when I finish my current book, sounds like an amazing story! Then last night we hit uptown for a real proper Tango show. It was called Sabor a Tango ... read more