Hotel Garden Rosario

... bath from i left to go on my travels. When we got to our room it was like a time warp from the 1940's and the bath looked like it was taken from a crime seen. After freaking out the whole night and Brendan standing on a cockroach we decided to get another place the next morning. Rosario is where Che Guevara was ...

... set of the sweet 15's photo shoots. There were horse carriages, limos, or at very least cars with huge bows and ribbons on their roofs (yes, sweet fifteen, not weddings). The girls are traditionally given a formal party with 100+ guests invited. Although, in recent times they now have an option of this party, a trip to Disneyland or plastic surgery - good times. The party choosers congregate on a Saturday night to the central ...

... more. Neither of us had our camera, and if Sammie hadn´t been with me, I wouldn´t have believed my own eyes, and definitely wouldn´t be telling this story, as it´s impossible to believe. Imagine a 4-door sedan, standard size, piled with bundles of items so that it´s as tall as, oh, I´d say a semi or a double-decker bus. Imagine something from a Disney cartoon-- you know, where the family´s getting ready to move across the country ...

... around. IT´s just very different from any version of figure-skating I´ve ever seen. And after the competition, these scantilly-clad (sp?) women come out and ice ¨dance¨ with a little dog, who always seems to relieve himself on the ice. Then they have to stop and clean it up... and then it´s impossible to skate in the yellow ice... it´s just very comical. Last night, a distant cousin of Francisco (and good friend of Nélida) named Chuli came ...

... We also wanted to catch a bit of warm weather before trading the european summer for south american winter. After arriving in Buenos Aires there was no need to worry about this as their winter is easily better than our summer. Its a bit cold first thing in the morning but it warms up as the day goes on and by the afternoon its perfect for walking and looking around. The city itself is a peculiar place as ...

... point of me leaving Montevideo when I did was to save money but I ended up spending a months budget in two days!! Never mind, as I finally arrived in my destination of Rosario in Argentina, the birth place of Che Guevara! I checked in to my hostel, again it was mentioned to me in passing and to be honest I wish I had passed on it! It was a dump of a place, a squat for stoner's and deadbeats! The beds were filthy and the bathrooms where through the lounge and kitchen! Gross ...

... soll als auf dem Festland....Also Fahre genommen und rueber gefahren...den Tag in der Sonne verbracht...hübsche Argentinienren an geguckt und in genaeral lazy people watching betrieben....abends zurueck und im Hostel mit nen paar argentiniern rumgehangen...zum Glück konnten die english!;-) Ach ja heute war argentinische Nationalfeiertag und da ich in der Stadt bin in der Die Fahne designt wurde...war echt viel los!Umzüge ...

... of Entre Rios. We found a space right across from the Victoria Casino, how convenient! Feeling it rude not to admire the splendour of the local casino, we went for a wander. I entered with 100 pesos & departed with 92 & apparently that was the most expensive bottle of water in history, I say try Londis on Bridge St! We spent an hour in there looking at Roulette, Blackjack & being dazzled by the kaleidoscope of fruit machines. No Holdem tables were to be found, Baaaa ...

Here for two weeks for spanish school. its spring now, thank god, but really its just a mean season where it looks really warm outside and then you get out there and you´re freezing. we´ve been recovering from buenos aires and walking around argentina´s "second city". its also the birthplace of che, so that´ll be a fun museum sidetrip. more later.

Penultimate diary entry :S 4th Aug (cont'nd): ...First impressions of Bariloche (Argentinan PatagoniA) were all good.....This town home to 150,000 is surrounded by snow-dusted mountains and is beautifully situated on the shores of Lago Nahuel Huapi...It's a major tourist centre with chocolate, jam, cake, ice cream shops elbowing souvenir, sportwear, international cuisine restos along the busy main streets running parallel to the lake. Travellers arrive here to ...