So I know an update is desperately necessary so I´ll just try to give some highlights:
1. Arrived at Tango Backpackers Hostel in the Palermo neighborhood Friday morning and almost immediately met Michael a 26-year old guy from New Zealand who did some IT stuff for the government there and in impressive fashion, quit his job to travel for 6 months. Also traveling alone, we hooked up and spent the four days together until he left Monday night (perfect for Jed to arrive Tuesday morning). Together we ate too many empanadas to count, explored the botanical gardens, Palermo neighborhood, toured La Boca neighborhood, went to the Recoleta, met some great Argentines, experienced some of the BA Nightlife with Fernando and Julian, two Spaniards from Mallorca, watched True Grit at a BA theater, and just hung out drinking on the rooftop.
2.) Since Jed´s arrival, we´ve slept in three different hostels and already been in two different countries. We did a day trip to Colonia, an adorable but sleepy colonial town in Uruguay about an hour boat ride away from BA, went back to La Boca neighborhood, walked around Puerto Madero, wandered some of the museums, and my personal favorite: last night we went to Villa Malcolm, a milonga (tango hall) place in the Palermo neighborhood. In a city where tango has become beyond touristy, it was a small, authentic place where we sat against the wall, admiring about 40-50 couples practicing their techniques on the dance floor. When we left at around 12:30am the place was just starting to get a line outside of couples to dance.
Our plan is to stay here through tomorrow and then take an overnight bus to Iguazu. On Wednesday we head from there to Puerto Madryn to see the breeding of Magellic penguins, sea lions and elephant seals. From there we´ll bus it to Calafate for hiking in Torres del Paine and to see one of the world´s last expanding glaciers at Glacier Park.Then, a bus to El Chaten, an absolutely gorgeous mountain town for horse trekking and hiking. And lastly, Bariloche - the Switzerland of the South, before heading to wine country in Mendoza.
I definitely can´t complain about life right now :)
Below are some photos from the past week:
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| Colorful houses of La Boca |
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| Caminito |
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| Recoleta Cemetary |
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| Tango Dancers taking a Break |
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| Old women talking in La Boca |
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| Viva Futbol |
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| Old tram |
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| On Top of the Colonia Lighthouse |
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| Street Tango Dancers |
1. Arrived at Tango Backpackers Hostel in the Palermo neighborhood Friday morning and almost immediately met Michael a 26-year old guy from New Zealand who did some IT stuff for the government there and in impressive fashion, quit his job to travel for 6 months. Also traveling alone, we hooked up and spent the four days together until he left Monday night (perfect for Jed to arrive Tuesday morning). Together we ate too many empanadas to count, explored the botanical gardens, Palermo neighborhood, toured La Boca neighborhood, went to the Recoleta, met some great Argentines, experienced some of the BA Nightlife with Fernando and Julian, two Spaniards from Mallorca, watched True Grit at a BA theater, and just hung out drinking on the rooftop.
This is really interesting! Who would've thought that there would be so many people traveling solo! It's great that you can just link up with people for a few days and explore.
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