Hola from Argentina

Hola! We´ve been in Buenos Aires a few days now and everything is going well. We are getting into the rhythm of traveling as backpackers. the best part of is is not having to rush to do anything, or visit any place. We can stay at a place as long, or as short as u want. Sometimes we simply just hang at an internet cafe and connect with your family and friends back home – like what I am doing right now.

Before diving into the detail of our trip…

I want to backtrace and tell you the days before our departure. We were seriously stressed out. As we were boxing things up and moving them to the storage, we realized we have SO much crap! When we first saw the 10×10 storage unit, we thought it was REALLY spacious. After moving everything in, it’s now filled to the brink, after we threw away many things and made several trips to Good Will. Few hours before flying out, we had to call our friends Anne and Naim to rescue us with their truck(thank you Anne, Naim!)! with everything stacking up like this, I had no idea how on earth am i going to find that electronic scale in the bathroom, or the water boiler in the kitchen,, but at that point, i really did not care, all i wanted was to shove everything in and forgot about it. i never ever want to move again….

after weeks of whirlwhind, we finally arrived at the airport, waiting in line to check in.

the flight to Buenos Aires was really long. i almost kissed the ground when we finally got there. we checked in to the first hotel we could find and went straight to bed. when we woke up, we went to look for hostels, almost all the popular ones are full but we finally found a decent one and moved in the next day. never staying at a hostel, I must say i am quite impressed. some of the hostels even offer free tango & spanish lessons, cooking class, soccer match, and .. party! we are still learning in this whole new department but i can say we are getting better. we´ve booked ourselves some really nice hostels down the road with excellent ratings.

BA did not disappoint me as the capitol of tango. you can literally see people dancing on the street, that´s no exaggeration. and there are of course tons of shows and lessons you can choose from. we went to the classic cafe tortoni for our first tango show and it was really impressive. pascal took some nice shots of the dancer.

the dancers

inside the cafe, isn´t it really nice? it has that kinda of old world lavish feel to it.

another ärea worth mentioning is La Boca. this is what i imagine BA would be, colorful walls and windows, artsy sculptures, street fair, and tango dancer on the street. this place has it all! every corner, every building in this area is a good photographying material and i couldn´t stop snapping shots here. however, sadly this is also a poor neighborhood and we´ve been warned not to stroll outside the main touristic blocks. something to note if you have plans to travel to BA.

see any familiar face here?

our hostel. this is the common area where people can rest, upstairs is free internet, TV and an lounge area. our room is the first one to the left.