Hotel del Sol La Plata

... und habe zum Glück kein flaues Gefühl in der Magengegend ... Das Gehen an Board gleicht der Gangart nach einer arg durchzechten Nacht.<br>Erste Meeresvögel lassen sich blicken und beginnen das Boot zu begleiten.<br>Die Lektoren beginnen mit ihren teilweise hochspannenden Vorträgen und so vergeht der Tag trotz "Nichtstun" im Fluge. Die Farbenpracht des Himmels beim Eindunkeln und beim Sonnenuntergang sind überwältigend schön.

... right outside the city and volunteer there. Most of the group went, and it was wonderful. For me, it was right up my ally. It was so much like volunteering at the Boys and Girls Club of Redlands or Emmerton Elementary in San Bernardino that I immediately felt right at home. I could try to describe that whole day and how amazing it was, but I would end up doing a much poorer job then my friend, Mariah, who has ...

Today we got up early and headed off to La Plata to go to El Bosque and Villa Elvira.  The ride wasn't too bad, but our driver had some trouble finding the chapel where we were headed.  It was great to see some old friends--Eduardo and Fabiana are planning on getting married soon...maybe I will have to come back to Argentina for the wedding.  The Pumaricas were at church today too, minus Abraham.  The boys seem like they are doing great.  We went to Neli's ...

... bed, where at least I wouldn't be mugged. After a recuperative snooze and shower, and feeling a load more rational, I headed off on explore #2. Colonia is a fairly small town, right on the edge of Rio de la Plate, with vast expanses of brown water as far as the eye can see. It was very relaxing strolling round the tree lined avenues; sitting in the harbour listening to the sounds of the cables against the masts and finding a restaurant that served Chivitos - a mighty ...

... side of me cold, but my back was still hot and soaked with sweat. I napped for a bit, and we were soon in Montevideo. Taxis are pretty cheap here, so I took one to the hostel. They have an odd system - I thought the meter displayed the price in pesos, but it turns out that they take the number displayed, and compare it to a chart to get the price. It's not a scam, just a roundabout way of doing things, in my opinion. The Palermo Art ...

... on dirait une ville fantome abandonnee. Ici tous le monde se ballade en motocyclette femmes, filles, vieux... Nous dejeunons, je me commande un chivito (un steak recouvert de jambon puis de fomage puis d´un oeuf, le tout servi avec frites et salade mmmmh). Nous prenons le bus pour Colonia. La il n´y a aucune place nulle-partpour dormir, un bresilien nous aide en vain en demandant a tous le ...

Bussen langs River Plate til Colonia del Sacramento, en liten godtbevart by fra, som navnet tilsier, kolonitiden. En meget sjarmerende liten by som er paa Unesco sin lange flotte liste over vernede steder paa kloden. Vi foeler at det har blitt mye byer og sightseeing paa oss den siste tiden. Vi er klare for aa komme oss tilbake til naturen igjen. Veldig ...

... is actually hidden from the outside). I did my usual "no entiendo" routine and threw in the old "soy estudiante de arquitectura" for good measure. The cop (who was actually stationed out the front) seemed to understand and rang the door bell. A man in a suit came out and but made me delete all the pictures for security. He said I could go inside and take all the photos I liked for 20 pesos. It wasn't a nice guesture. If I thought the money was ...

... que podíamos hacer en la ciudad en nuestro día. Luego de algunas cuadras a pie, llegamos al "Palacio" Campodónico, que más que palacio es una casa estilo renacentista italiano cuya particularidad es que ocupa una manzana triangular. Allí no nos supieron informar en demasía, quizás los platenses no están muy preparados para el turismo, pero nos dieron algunos folletos e información relevante. Volvimos nuevamente hacia la estratégica ...