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6th – Quiet enough day, did a fast food crawl though. Went to Burger King then Maccy D's, Maccy’s D’s for a McFlurry then later that day when going cinema to see InGlorious *******s went into Burger King – i resistedthough and went with a hotdog & popcorn instead!Went to bed early as had check out in the morning.

7th – Got up for brekkie, bumped into 2 people that are both travelling on their own, girl from Israel that is heading to ...

We left sunny Honolulu summer on a Sunday evening and arrived to somewhat dreary and foggy Buenos Aires winter on a Tuesday morning. The two locations are separated by about 6,000 miles. For us they were separated by two redeyes, a 4-hour flight across the states, a taxi and sore backs. It was 9:00 am local time and 2:00 am our time.


We checked into The Clan House B&B, which was basically an annex to the hostel by the same name but ...

... to the USA as America as this appelation for my home country doesn't quite work in America del Sur. Getting a Sense of Argentina's Amazing Culture Portenos, and Argentines (excluding the northwest) in general, are an extremely European looking people. With a great migration of Italians and other Europeans over the centuries, one could easily mistake Buenos Aires for a European city. With such a mixed bag of ancestry ...

... daily. It seems as if the need to protest has become a common way of life for some Argentinians, though rooted to valid causes. For example; the state of the economy (bad for at least 10 years I can say!) and the marches by mother's and grandmothers - for sons and daughters kidnapped and killed by the 70's military junta - seeking justice and retribution; without any concession from the government in sight. From our less meaningful perspective; these ...

... falls. We have a 20 hour bus ride later today arriving early tomorrow morning. We hope all is well with you all. Much love and peace from the Bek and Jesse train. P.S. Thankyou for all those who have posted messages on our blog, it is much appreciated. I do intend to reply just probably not today as I have not much battery life left ... something to look forward to. Thanks again.

... of occasions.

Perhaps the most pressing reason, though, was a realisation that the immediate blocks I'd be traversing were beginning to feel quite edgy. This area of Buenos Aires might be a far cry from the abject poverty of barrios further afield, but in these conditions it feels noticably more Sin City than the leafy, cosmopolitan avenues of my home neighbourhood in Palermo, just twenty minutes away.
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... didn´t. They did manage to scam us into buying some of their fruit, and since I am such a fruit lover I couldn´t say no because I thought this was a typical grocery store in Buenos Aires. The cherries and nectarines we bought were pretty sad looking to say the least. Now if only we would´ve held out a little longer as we did end up finding a full-fledged ¨real¨ supermarket thereafter... can I just say I felt like I was in supermarket heaven?? Boy did it feel like a ...

... rcel de los inmigrantes que no tenían un status autorizado. Cuando mis abuelos llegaron a a Bs As entraron como indocumentados, y así comenzaron a trabajar. El que en su momento fue el socio y amigo de mi abuelo vio una gran oportunidad de negocio pero tenía que eliminar de la jugada a mi abuelo, por lo que lo denunció ante las autoridades migratorias y a los pocas horas mi abuelo, abuela y mi padre estaban detenidos en el Hotel de Inmigrantes. Ahí pasaron 6 semanas ...

... allowed to walk into the kop end, and to try and imagine the atmosphere here on match day.



It was fantastic to be back in a stadium which wasn't "all seater", and I realised that I'd give ...