Apart Hotel Alvear Rosario

... sa journee de travail, Lorena tient absolument a me faire voir toute la ville et a m inviter a bouffer. Je les laisse avec regret mais la ville n'a pas trop d'interet et il me reste beaucoup de choses a voir. Maintenant direction les plages, je saute donc buenos aires pour me diriger directement vers la cote atlantique et Pina Mar, mecque encore assez pittoresque des janvietistes de buenos aires (et oui, ici les grandes vacances c'est en janvier fevrier!)....

... drinking mate up on their horses--the epitome of Argentina machismo. However, it was pretty fun and exciting to be so up and close to such an intimate aspect of the campesino culture. Needless to say, we stuck out like a bunch of sore thumbs, not only were we some of the some of the only women in the entire place, but I´m pretty sure I was a head taller than most of the men here, who acted like they had never seen a blond before in their lives. After ...

... was, by far, one of the FUNNNNNNEST things I´ve ever done. Just kicking and punching and dancing (??) the whole time. It actually felt like we should be in 2nd grade gym class. Then he teaches us a gangster dance routine and we have to ¨battle¨ with dance. Then we get in a giant circle and do a cha-cha line. Then we run like crazy around the room and he finds a small girl and puts her on his shoulder so the song ends in a ¨bang,¨ as he ...

... and it´s obvious. All the girls here weigh like 92 pounds, and it´s rare to see an overweight Argentinian. If they all eat only apples for dinner, it´s obvious why they weigh what they do. So I´m glad my family eats a lot. And they eat a lot. And quickly too. I take almost 4 times as long to eat as they do... and I don´t know why. And last night, we had a steak. And a sausage. The steak was fabulous, and the sausage was great. And then ...

... dedicated to celebrating friends - how awesome! And Rosario was 'the' place to be as it was host city : ) The photos will do most of the talking - not much daylight was seen, apart from a last ditch attempt to do the tourist thing before hopping on the bus to Cordoba. Rosario: definitely recommend a weekend here and the club to be at is 'Madame' - just be prepared to be gobsmacked!

... and music and foods and great sounds and smells and style! Wow, are we really still in South America? I have to admit though that it doesn't have the mysterious romantic setting that Bogota has! But they are two very different cities! I waste no time getting stuck in. I just head to the first hostel I find which is right in the city center and it is great! huge rooms, great lounge and bar and cool balconies! Love it! I spend all my days walking around the various ...

... beers before we left and by the end of the night I am ****ed. Needless to say I didn`t do very good with women although there were probably 500 hotties. The girls here are the best looking I have ever seen in my life but they aren`t nearly as cool as Brazilian chicks. But maybe my stumbling and slurring ass didn`t help the situation. Hah, I can only imagine how bad my spanish was being this hammered, I mean it sucks pretty bad as it is, no ...

... 4:30, at which point we quickly got a taxi back to the hostel. It was a crazy festival, lots of fun, better than I had expected. I should also mention that many of the spectators were wearing the typical gaucho clothes, which was cool. There really were not that many gringos at all. We saw what seemed to be a group of Germans, but otherwise I don't remember anyone who stood out as not from Argentina, or at least South America. OK, that's it for now, ciao.

... the film and focused on the wide fields of crops going by outside the windows, because that was all we were going to see of the Argentinian countryside. The bus sailed into one of this country's gigantic bus stations with multitudes of concrete bus docks outside. They build their bus stations like we build airports, rambling and full of numbers. And far from the actual city they serve. We got frustrated trying to buy bus tickets from a machine that only took ...

... and plants inside a park.. around that you have all the necessary buildings a community needs eg post office, church, town hall, hopsital, school, shops, pharmacy, restaurants, tourist office... quite cute. Day after I planned to walk along the riverside before my 19 hour journey to Buenos Aires. 8th: so indeed to pass a bit of time before my bus, I enjoyed a morning march along the shores of river Chimehuin making the most of the fresh country air.... Best ...