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Hello from Argentina
I arrived yesterday morning – seems like a week ago already – and had a full day of reviewing ourwalk and hotel situation, then attending a delightful dinner tango show in the evening. Needless to day, after flying across North America, then through the night to Argentina, walking 10+ km, and staying up till midnight for the tango show …
Surprise ! Belgrano...
... une grande avenue, et surtout beaucoup plus verte, et je me dirige vers les installations militaires. Regardez les photos, vous allez comprendre... J'vous jure, ici l'armée c'est pas comme au Canada !!!
Par la suite, je me mets à zigzaguer au hasard dans les belles petites rues. C'est vraiment un quartier charmant ! En fait, aussi sinon plus beau que Palermo ou Recoleta parce que c'est plus "égal" (riche et beau partout, pas juste quelques rues...). Y'a super plein ...
My First Milonga
... or acted, like they had been to the place for years, and interacted and exchanged partners with such casual elegance you could almost forget that many people were very obviously foreign and just there to chase a passion and find something in the music. Nevertheless it was an experience, perhaps of a ripping the bandage off type, but it did highlight to me that tango is a world and a law unto itself, and not something for everyone.
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Friends in Low Places
... Te gusto perros." Within a few sentences we were speaking in English, which thankfully, he spoke well. Turns out I had the luck of meeting one of the nicest Argentines in the city. Joaquin has helped me get a cell phone and a bus pass, but more importantly, welcomed me into his circle of friends. He invited me to his friend’s house for home made pizzas the night after my camera was stolen. Took me out for an awesome Friday night with all of his friends, and treated me to ...
The city that never sleeps, except for siesta time
... rampage on the Kumuka people.
On the Monday morning we cancelled the already booked day trip to Colonia (uruguay), so we decided that it was more important to sort out the the missing 35 days of our trip for peru, chile and bolivia. On that note we also decided to can the trip to brazil as getting visa was going to take up more time than ancticpated, or if we organised it back in aus, had to send our original passport to the emabassy and await up to a 20 working days to ...