Buenos Aires

It's been a while since I have last posted. I am in Buenos Aires, staying at a lovely little apartment in Polermo disctrict, enjoying a balcony, fruit markets and a new travel guitar. It feels really (really) good to have my traveling shoes on again. I am getting better at Spanish and found a lovely wine for $2 a bottle.

I have had a lot of adventures since arriving in South America, over a month ago. Nine months working in Antarctica was life changing, and my experience has given me a great appreciation for life as a slugabed traveler. I came to the city of Buenos Aires, through Chile, across the Andes via bus.

Crossing the Andes

Switchbacks en route to Mendoza in Argentina

Buenos Aires is a great place and I have been enjoying the local sights and sounds with my inspiring traveling companion, Carla. Buenos Aires is friendly and easy to get around. The food is great, life is affordable and green spaces abound around every corner. City life here is elegant yet rough-edged, welcoming to travelers looking for an interesting place to live for a month, or longer. I just have to remember to keep my pockets buttoned and get used to staying up late. Porteños (Buenos Aireans) normally eat dinner between 8 and 11pm and bars are usually open until 6am.

The streets on Sunday in San Telmo

Building facades near the San Telmo markets

Groovy alien graffiti

These torso-less creatures are painted all over town

A protest in the streets

Kitty Cat living among the coffins in La Recoleta Cemetary

Statues in La Recoleta Cemetary

The past couple of days I spent in Colonia, Uruguay, scooting around on a motorbike and enjoying the sunshine and relative calm of a vacation town. The Barrio Histórico (historic quarter) section of Colonia del Sacramento is designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and impressivly solid, having been build in the 1600s. I will definitely post some photos shortly. For now, I head back to the streets.