Friday, January 19, 2007

the first week here
















Well the first week here was great. When I got here it was like the only day it has been raining really. The other days have all been about 32 and up on the celcius chart. I found the bus that costs 1.35 pesos(3 pesos to the american dollar about) so about 50 cents for this bus to my hotel. It seems no one else here used it but Iam glad that I did. It took almost two hours but I saw lots of Buenos Aires on the way in. It is an amazing city. The architecture here is very european and the food is quite european aswell. Anyways, when I got to my hostel I found it to be quite compfy and costs just under ten dollars a night. This isnt that bad but you can find hostels for around 6 dollars if you look hard enough. I have met lots of nice people here and it seems to be run strictly buy Israeli and Brazilian travelers so it is hebrew and portuegues in the air all the time. That and a lot of smoke. It seems people love to smoke when they travel. The nightlife here is crazy and I usually wake up to my roommates coming in at almost five after going out on the town starting at 1am or so. This doesnt bother me all that much either except I usually feel like such a loser staying in some days lol.
The food here isnt quite as tantelizing for me as it was in asia but that is ok because I think I will like it a little more when I get to the coast of Brazil. Oh by the way, I decided to buy a ticket to Sao Paulo because I found one for 35usd before taxes one way. I bought a round trip and leave on the 31st of jan. The Visa is a tough thing to get for that stupid country lol but I got it now. I have been walking lots and seeing tons of the city and decided that it is almost time to move on. come monday the 22nd I will be checking out Mar del Plata which is a beach city south of here about five hours on bus. I am very excited to see some more of Argentina.
The past couple of days have been some real airy days for me in BA and my stomach always feels so tight. its tough to work up a big appetite with all this gas sitting in me 24/7. I hope this goes away soon and I know that it is a normal occurence when you are travelling. I told myself that I would not send any pictures and people could see them when I got home but I changed my mind and will be posting a few periodically. Now its the weekend and I hope that I have some energy to go out a bit. Tight stomache and low on energy(sucks) well atleast I dont have the flu or anything. Still can function. Well thats about it for now. Besides getting robbed for 100 pesos when they told me they were taking me to tango lessons but actually werent. ( I sat and talked with a girl for a few minutes while they brought beer and then they said I needed to pay for the girls´ beer. 100pesos!!!) I paid cause im a little wuss lol. well just that and gettin lost the other day walking are my most exciting stories. lol. anyways okay thats it and I will update later. Signing out from Buenos Aires.

2 comments:

Brent Klassen said...

I think my jealously is starting to show. You are making us sitting in our homes/offices above the 49th crave your warm climate adventures!

ENJOY YOURSELF! Looking forward to the stories.

Kiley/Jessica said...

Hi Adrien, I'm glad you decided to post a few pictures. It makes it fun to "travel with you", but only in our imagination cause as Brent said, some of us have to sit in offices :o(

Keep having fun!!!