Riviera Mar del Plata
Belgrano 2118 Mar del Plata, Province of Buenos Aires, Central Argentina, B7600 GKD, Argentina
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Benidorm in Argentina
Well I{ve just written a load about this, but some how I lost it so here goes again... Another overnight bus journey and some **** films and we arrived in Mar Del Plata. Mar Del Plata is the biggest beach resort in Argentina, where everyone from Buenos Aries goes. We had arrived slap bang in the middle of there summer!!!! Found Hostel and hit the …
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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 ...
Life's a Beach!
... were pushy, all very polite.
Great beach morning, and after lunch we decided to drive South a bit and find a less busy beach. After driving right into a massive traffic jam where all of the Dakar activity was, we found a great spot where we paid 10 pesos to park and access the beach. I should note that South of MDP the shoreline is mostly beach with quite a high cliff behind it (actually looks a lot like Cape Breton) ...
Running the Gauntlet to Mar del Plata
... it is vacation time for Argentines and the beach was pretty packed, but not too many people in the water so the kids had time for a good swim in the waves.
After cleaning up we walked along the main street and stopped next to our hotel at a very busy skateboard park with probably 60 kids of all ages practicing their tricks and a crowd of pedestrians watching. Some really good skaters, including some really little future skaters!
We had noticed that ...
Strokestown Old Folks Home on Tour...
... excruciatingly hot...to the point it was unbearable...a couple of the lads got lit despite having a couple of coats of sunscreen plastered on...
After a couple of nights we made the short journey to BA...fully aware of the carnage that lay ...



