Blogs from South America - page 5371

That´s right, there was no tanning. Today we went sunburning (in the words of Kim). Even though, we used SPF 15 we look like tomatoes (this is Cari speaking, mind you. Cari is merely a light pink rose petal compared to the fire engine i am). We spent the day with Miriam in Punta del Este shopping and at the beach. It was pretty but there were too many people. Hopefully tomorrow we will find some secluded beaches up the coast-not that it matters because we don´t need anymore sun.... read more

Unfortunately the best times come to an end and I had to leave Easter Island but hey who cares if your next destination is Buenos Aires. Many who have been there hyped BA and I have to say there were completely correct. This place rocks! If you ever look for a place in South America that is not too different from back home but is still interesting then this is the place to be. Lets start from the beginning. I managed to get a shuttle bus to my hostel after arriving at 2am in the night! Unfortunately the hostel I booked was pretty loud and full of Israelis. Please don't get me wrong I like them if they travel alone but if they are in a group they are a pain in the butt. So on ... read more

Hola everybody. I am good here. There are a lot more people at the station now. Among them a couple from Canada has come to shoot a documentary. This is their first time making a movie, and I think it’s going to be really neat. They are always aiming their cameras at some interesting insect or plant or bird. I have two items of good news. The first is that the quetzal chick has left the nest! I saw her the day she fledged and she could fly really well. So I no longer have to wake up so early to go run around the forest (although I do sometimes anyway.) Now I am finishing up watching the video I took of the nest, I probably have a couple more days of doing that. After I’m ... read more

Hola de El Bolson !!! wie wir den Nachrichten hier entnehmen koennen, scheint sich in Deutschland ja der Winter richtig auszutoben - wir hoffen ihr muesst nicht allzuviel frieren! Frieren ist fuer uns hier zur Zeit ein wahres Fremdwort geworden - seit wir Puerto Natales verlassen haben begleitet uns Tag fuer Tag Sonnenschein und blauer Himmel :-) So auch als wir vor einer Woche hier in El Bolson angekommen sind. El Bolson, 2 h Stunden von San Carlos de Bariloche, der naechsten grossen Stadt, entfernt war in den 70er Jahren der Treffpunkt aller Hippies und Aussteiger aus Argentinien, Uruguay und Chile, die sich hier fern von der Heimat ein neues Zuhause aufgebaut haben und getreu dem Ortssignum "Die Erde ist unser Boden, die Berge sind unsere Waende, der Himmel ist unser Dach" alles eben ein bisschen ... read more

First real entry and I don´t know where to start! Not done much so far. The days I had in Toronto were great but, it all went a bit quick. Arrived in BA yesterday after a pretty mammoth journey and have done a wee bit of exploring today although that got interrupted by having to stop in a tv shop to watch Chelsea lose to Boro!! What´s all that about?? The digs I´m in are small but, decent enough. The Landlady is elderley but cool and speaks very little English. But, I´m supposed to be here to learn her language so, it´s not a bother. The other resident student is a ukrainian American that´s been here a month already doing Spanish at the school I´m going to and she´s conversing well. If I can pick it ... read more