Hotel del Rey La Plata

Der 2. Tag beginnt wieder mit einem schönen Sonnenaufgang (05:10) und schönstem Wetter. Das Schiffsleben ist nun schon fast Routine, die manchmal von Mutter Natur mit einer extra hohen Welle unsanft unterbrochen wird. Die Lektoren verkürzen die Reise geschickt mit Vorträgen über Geschichte, Fauna und Flora der Falkland Inseln und Workshops. Ein Thema, das mich fasziniert und viel Übung verlangt, ist zu lernen, wie man gekonnt Vögel im Flug bei böigem Wind und schlingerndem "Boden" fotografiert.

Nach einer ruhigen Nacht im leicht schaukelnden Boot, empfängt uns ein mega schöner Sonnenaufgang. Der erste Tag auf See hat begonnen. Stimmt so eigentlich nicht ganz, seit wir Buenos Aires verlassen haben, fahren wir auf dem breiten Rio Plata, um das offene Meer zu erreichen. <br>Stück für Stück nehmen wir unser schönes Boot in Beschlag. Herrlicher Tag; wolkenloser, blauer Himmel. Sachte gewöhne ich mich an die Bewegungen des ...

Tuesday, September 22, 2009<br><br>Latest news from Argentina:<br><br>- I'm sick. It has given me a surprise day off from school, which is nice but definitely not worth the sore throat, gross mucus stuff I cough up, or fever. <br><br>-Yesterday was definitely the best day here so far. It was a holiday in the city (Students' Day) so we didn't have class. Instead we were invited to go to a school in a really poor ...

... since it is frequent and effective although far from comfortable. On arrival we made our way to the well known and popular Puerto de Frutos (Fruit Market). Not a great deal of fruit but a super handy craft market and dirt cheap prices. On the way we bypassed a rather large theme park. We had no intention of going in but that didn't stop Jody and Niamh from endlessly requesting that we pay a visit, made worse by the fact that you could ...

... had probably my favourite name for an establishment so far. Certain rich people here seem to have an affectation of upperclassness that they like to associate with England, Georges cross, cricket, polo that kind of thing. The people we called picos in Seville suffered from this kind of derrangement too, they wore white slacks and pink wooly jumpers slung over their shoulders and stuff like that. In fairness to them the Argentians have a bit more ...

... morning, as he thought we were going to Palta. I don't think any such Argentinean town exists, but Palta is the word for avocado in some South American countries, so it's understandable that Ben was sad to miss out on seeing a giant avocado. Hopefully La Plata, the beautiful government centre of the Buenos Aires province, would be a suitable alternative for Ben. <br><br>Off to the Retiro bus station, about a 15 minute walk. We could ...

... completely validated my decision to stay behind in Buenos Aires and for the first time in 48 hours, I felt good about travelling again. I went back to Buenos Aires and visited the Museum of Latin American Art which was was alright (didn't bother to go inside though, just photographed the building from the outside) and the impressive Temple for the Amijai Community. I actually got told off talking pictures of the outside of the complex (the temple ...

... most tourists see, so this would have to do. We drank some wine and generally had a pretty good night. The following day was to be Chris and Dan's last in Buenos Aires. So we decided to cram as many sights as possible into it. We started with a trip to the antiques market in San Telemo. Can't say I'm big on antiques but there were some cool things in some of the stores. What I liked most was the atmosphere there. There were lots ...