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Mar*del*Plata
... Ein Arbeitskollege (vom Cha Chá), der in der Schweiz lebt, aber in Mar del Plata geboren und aufgewachsen ist, hat darauf bestanden, dass ich seine Heimatstadt besuche. Jedenfalls hat mir eines Tages seine Schwester, die in Mardel lebt, eine Email geschrieben und mich eingeladen, die Küstenstadt kennenzulernen. Dies hat mich sehr gefreut und überrascht und ich nutze diese Chance :-)
Am Samstag Morgen früh ging es mit dem edlen Bus Richtung ...
The sea side town of Mar del Plata
... a fairly late start as Dion and I had a fairly late night out drinking at an Irish bar. We went for a bite to eat and a further walk around before heading back to the hostel to wait on Alex and Harris who were arriving that afternoon. It worked out good time because as soon as we got back, they arrived. They dropped their stuff off and Alex and I went out for a walk taking in more of the local sites. There were little markets and stalls down by the water stretching up and down the coast ...
Inicio del viaje
... y regalarnos los deleites de su cocina. Gracias también por las sillas tan confortables para los chicos!
A Dana y Marcela por ese chapuzón reparador que nos dimos en la Posada del Solar! Fue un placer compartir charla, asadito, recuerdos y mimos.
Besos de plata y mar!!!!
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Mar del Plata, mucha gente
So after Buenos Aires, I stayed in Mar del Plata with a couchsufer named Sergio. He is a psychology student and works with trouble youth in a really bad neighborhood. I had the opportunity to go with him one day.
The kids are into Morga. Which is a style of street drumming music based in the Buenos Aires area. They showed me some of their rhythms and their instructor played guitar as well, and knew BLUES!!!! So ...
Happy New Years!
... sidewalk and they had a singer entertaining us with traditional Argentine songs. This was not a fancy establishment, so it seemed like we were the only tourists there and we really enjoyed the atmosphere, the singing and clapping at favourite parts of the songs. At midnight everyone stood up together for a toast and some of the locals came over and toasted with us which was really nice. And then the obligatory fireworks! I don't think any ...