Okay, my photos are finally up on Flickr. It took about 20 hours to post them all. About 2 hours into uploading was when nostalgia for film cameras hit me. Having a 2GB memory card and having the ability to take over 400 photographs apparently isn't always a good thing. And I still have to upload onto Facebook and Costco. Nurtz. Though probably it doesn't help that I am battling The Slowest Internet Of My Life. You may think you know what slow internet is, but you don't. That's right Sveta, possessive.
I've been avoiding posting about Argentina. Not because I had such a bad experience there that I just want to forget the whole trip ever happened, but because I spent 2 weeks there, stayed in 4 different hostels saw incredible, amazing things, and don't really have the energy to write about ALL of it. So for now I'm just going to go on a random rant about things that were different/similar to Chile/US because its 1:30 in the morning and I'm not about to attempt to organize all my thoughts.
Argentina, or at least Buenos Aires where I spent the majority of my time, is much more European-like than the rest of South America. It's very touristy, many people speak english, and everyone is white. I cannot tell you how many times I got approached for directions.
The transportation system is awful, at least compared to the one in Chile. The metro looks like a fork, so if you're at the top of one of the lines and want to go across the city to another line, you have to go all the way to the bottom, switch over in the very center of BA and then go back up. The bus system, which is much more extensive, is also rather ridiculous: it only accepts coins. This wouldn't be an issue in Santiago, where coins seem to be preferred to paper money, but in BA there is a severe coin shortage. Many stores will even have signs out front that say "No hay monedas" (We don't have coins). This can be a problem when its 2am, the metro isn't running any more, and most stores are closed.
Argentinians are very proud of the fact that they have the widest street in the world, 9 de Julio, running right through Buenos Aires. It will take two, and sometimes even three tries to cross it. Of course what they don't like to tell you is that it's actually three streets running parallel to each other. There aren't any buildings in between them, but there are several little parks as well as a giant obelisk.
Everyone in Argentina drinks mate, a type of drink made from Yerba Mate tea leaves. As the pisco sour is for Chile, this is the national drink. Vessels for drinking it are sold EVERYWHERE, and almost every vender on the street will have one next two him, as well as a thermos filled with hot water. Even their electric tea pots will have a mate setting on it, because the water isn't supposed to have been boiled when you pour it in, it's temperature needs to only be about 90º. It's drunk through a bombilla, a metal, straw-like instrument with a filter at the end. One of the guys at a hostel I stayed at made it for me and it's incredibly good. I'm surprised it hasn't spread outside of South America.
The most popular tourist attractions in Buenos Aires are: Recoleta Cemetery where Evita is buried, Plaza de Mayo where you can see Casa Rosada (The Pink House, where the president works) as well as the Pirámide de Mayo, and La Boca a very poor, slummy neighborhood that has three tiny very colorful streets where you can see tango and buy souvenirs.
Argentinians are crazy attractive. Men and women. It's somewhat ridiculous.
Alright, this shall do for now. I'll find an internet café later in the day and write more.
Chau.
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Thanks for an effort
There is 1 new album with Falls pictures.
What about BA pictures?
Will it help to know that the new card I got for you is 8GB :) ?
aaaaah-mazing. one day we will hitchhike around south america and drink mate with locals and set out each day not knowing where we're going next. can't wait.
uh you don't have a roommate downloading porn ALL DAY LONG and taking up ALL your bandwidth, thank you very much.
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