San Remo Viking Pinamar

... goes in search of a Hotel. Jools comes back 20 minutes later, having seen 5 hotels - 3 closed and two open but pricey. We decide to head to the main drag and after another 20 minutes spot the Hotel Royal. <br><br>All in all Jools and I are very happy with the first day on the road, the bike is going well and we are both comfortable. The traffic seems manageable and relaxed (OK it was a Sunday) and life is great!!!<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br ><br><br><br><br><br><br>

... for the length of time this would take us (the map was very deceptive). Villa Gesell is not very wide (about 7 or 8 blocks) but its very very very long and clever us had decided to walk nearly the length of it in the blazing hot sunshine wearing 20kg each on our backs - who needs the gym eh? After walking for about 50 blocks (no joke, actual number), with a couple of detours here and there to find hostels, we were starting to feel like our backpacks weighed more like ...

... Enfin, je suis mechant car ils restent tres courtois et, la encore, font tout pour que je garde le meilleur souvenir de Villa Gesell et des alentours. Alejandro a le coeur sur la main, a une emission de radio locale 3h par jour a laquelle il me convie en direct et a l'improviste pour que je partage mon periple et que j'explique le concept de couchsurfing aux quelques auditeurs du ...

... is this (fairly disgusting) liquor that everyone seems to drink here. We also decided that instead of only ever ordering steaks, ribs and pork chops at the barbeque places, we should open our horizons a bit more so we ordered a bbq platter one night. We enjoyed the steaks, chorizo sausages and the pork that came with it, but the intestines and blood sausage didn't really float our boat! We tried everything to be good ...

We spent a few days at this coastal town, about 5 hours south of Buenos Aires, as a stopping off point to Puerto Madryn. The weather was lovely so we had a couple of very long walks on the beach, along with a few good seafood dinners. As we were off-season the town was quiet but there were enough people there for the weekend to make it feel lively enough. A really attractive place to chill out for a couple of days.

... time in there, it was left locked up all day, windows and all and it never really improved. Here, we´ve got a great big window that opens to the garden on the top floor with tons of ventilation. We love it. Of course things are more expensive than we expected... especially bus rides. I think our plan is to deal with it by taking overnight buses long distances and not have to pay for rooms those nights... not such a bad idea since ...

... Hopefully we will get better. The town is built amongst sand dunes some of which we explored on a quad bike. Even Mandy had a go and was a bit of a speed demon. It was nice to have all that space to play in after the hustle and bustle of Bs As. Made us feel like we were in the middle of the desert. Next stop is to Mar Del Plata to try and get a bus to Puerto Madryn.... fingers crossed the penguins are still there...

... mayan birth symbol is the yellow self existant human and he made me a necklace with my symbol on it and i happend to be wearing yellow it was pretty cool i cant wait to read more about it. While i was talking to that guy he asked some kid how to say something in english and i ended up talking to that kid for a while and hanging out with him till like 3 or so then finding the other kids again and staying with them for the rest of the night. Turns out they live near me in ...

... our room due to dodgy shower!! We spent some time on the beach, which was lovely, weather hot and sunny - it´s late spring at the moment. We´re on our way down to Patagonia now stopping at a few places and beaches along the way - on our first overnight bus journey tonight!

... og Palermo spesielt om noen vurderer aa dra dit. I palermo kan man gaa rundt i trivelige smaatgater og finne stilige butikker, og trivelige cafeer innimellom bolighusene. Behagelig stemning, og resten av byen er ogsaa stilig. Man kjeder seg ikke i Buenos Aires! Det ser naa ut som vi blir her i Pinamar en dag til, for vi drar videre sorover paa lordag (om ikke alle bussene er fulle, de har jo som sagt ferie disse soramerikanerne). Kjekt aa hore fra dere hjemme ogsaa!