Greetings from Ecuador!
Our days of travelling are moving faster than the hours spare to update our blogs. We have not been so fortunate to have access to fast internet through Peru and Bolivia for large photo gallery uploads. However, in the meantime I have been keeping a daily post on Facebook and we are now up to Day 230. I know hard to believe.
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A friend, Sharon had recommended Colonia, Uruguay before we embarked on our trip to South America. This planted a seed in working out possible routes into Brazil. Uruguay attracts a lot of sun lovers to its coast and we started to research traveling to Brazil through this beautiful country. However, now is autumn and the cool weather isn’t perfect for beach travel and we also wanted to head north to Iguazu Falls, so we decide to take a day trip to Colonia instead.
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Excitement to find BA’s Chinatown and have our first Chinese meal in 3 months. We are missing spicy food so much. The night before did the obligatory tango show. Bit touristy but worth going to see.
There are so many highlights to see in Buenos Aires it was no wonder we had to spend two weeks here, and yet it didn’t seem enough time. Each day was filled with new sights but one that I had been looking forward to was Recoleta cemetery, where Evitas grave is located.
Nobbies have been singing ‘Don’t cry for me Argentina’ for 6 weeks now so we dropped in on Evita at Recoleta cemetery and wandered for hours amongst the ostentatious crypts of dignitaries, notables and the wealthy. I asked Ben would … Continue reading
Day trip across the bay to Uruguay to visit a beautiful historic town, Colonia. An hour ferry ride also gives us access to ATM’s that dispense US$. Gotta love the greenback in Argentina.
Nobbies on a day off. Well we call this our task day researching what, how, where to go next week after BA. Looks like more long bus trips ahead to Iguazu Falls & Brazil. Thought you’d like a change of … Continue reading
On our first Sunday in Buenos Aires we decided to go for a wander to Plaza de Mayo to take in some of the city sights. As we neared the centre, we started to notice people painting things on the street, and in the distance we could hear a lot of noise clearly being made by a lot of people. Ignoring the travelling advice of avoiding large congregations of rowdy people, we approached and saw a sea of people divided up into groups and carrying flags and banners.
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Exploring the barrio of Recoleta with its parks and art museums. But there is one art we are trying to master and that is crossing a 15 lane main road!
We wanted to see a football (soccer) game in Buenos Aires, but it’s very difficult to get tickets for the better games. So even though it would not normally be our preferred way of taking in a local event, we decided to go on an organised tour to the River Plate vs Velez game at River Plate’s home stadium. River Plate is one of the two local Buenos Aires teams, the other being Boca Juniors. Games between these two are highly coveted, but Velez is also an arch rival so hopes were high for a thrilling game.
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