Blogs from South America - page 5451

The good news is, Duran Duran were, of course, brilliant. The bad news is, we got the camera nicked in the crowd on Friday with all our photos from the last three weeks. Our sum total therefore are the couple on the Blog. New camera bought Saturday. Pics to follow. Friday night we saw Macy Gray. She has very big hair. And then we saw Simple Minds. Jim Kerr´s an idiot, but good to hear some of the old classics. Saturday night we saw Erykah Badu, she also has very big hair. The gigs here start late and finish late. Duran Duran finally hit the stage at 0215. We were down the front, knee deep in mud, aching legs, tired, but we sang loud and danced badly. Most excellent cultural experience. ... read more

Heute melden wir uns als Familie DEB zurueck. Jeden Tag ein neues Abenteuer, ganz besonders wenn man nicht in einem kleinen Dorf der Erholung nachgeht (aber auch dort kann man Spannendes erleben) sondern wenn man auf Reisen ist. Heute will ich euch von einem Stuhl in einem Teehaus berichten auf den sich niemand setzen darf, einer Stadt die sich seit 20 Jahren nicht veraendert hat, Baeumen die sich seit ueber 60.000.000 Jahren nicht veraendert haben, einem Bus der bei Tempo 90 die Tuer verliert und natuerlich von Silke und von Raphael. Um das alles zu erzaelen, muss ich das Rad der Geschichte ein bisschen zurueckdrehen. Alles faengt an einem windigen Samstagnachmittag im November an: Wir waren auf dem Weg in ein original walisisches Teehaus, die Sonne schien auf uns herab und wir freuten uns an den ... read more

Jeudi 1, vendredi 2 et week-end du 3 et 4 décembre : Quelques jours d’acclimatation avant de commencer à ‘travailler’, que nous devions mettre à profit pour régulariser nos visas et sans doute chercher un logement. En fait pour Agnès acclimatation signifie pour commencer un peu de shopping histoire de s’acheter une paire de chaussures confortables, nous voici tous deux avec une paire de converses aux pieds. Et l’histoire de visas va être vite réglée, il nous faudrait pour nous régulariser un visa de résident temporaire, ce qui implique une procédure de 4 mois, 90 euros, et des tonnes de papiers à faire tamponner par le Consulat de France, il sera bien plus simple de faire deux aller-retour en Argentine pour renouveler nos visas de tourisme de 90 jours. Vendredi nous nous sommes culturés un peu, ... read more

Hi Folks, The above means "Presbyterian Church of Ayacucho" which is where I headed at 11am this morning. What a wonderful experience!! The Church is very small - I was lucky that I spotted it at all from the outside which was purely by accident!!Inside, it is a rectangular building with a stage at the bottom end. I was thrilled to see a drum kit and some music stands on the stage. Wondered if they had a praise band anywhere near as good as ours!! There were no obvious signs that this was a Church - no communion table and no crosses or other symbols on the walls. The pulpit was effectively the stage and the preacher preached from what appeared to be a Bible stand covered in a white cloth, with a lovely arrangement of ... read more

Hola Chicas y Chicos, It is raining now in Bs As. When I first arrived six days ago it was quite hot and humid, then the following days were much more comfortable and sometimes jacket weather. I've only been to Europe once years ago, and this city and its people certainly has that flavor. Except for a few wide boulevards the downtown streets are one-way, narrow and typically congested with cars and people. This city is huge. With almost 12 million it is on par with New York or Tokyo. I've been to three or four different barrios, or neighborhoods, and have only seen a small percent. The people are friendly and quite patient when I practice my broken Spanish. My Spanish class, by the way, was really fun and provided a good routine for my ... read more