On-the-Road Tales

Up and out of Hotel Goya and headed to the domestic aeroport. AEP.  The flight was Aerolineas Argentina and I was excited I had secured a primo wondow seat to catch my first glimpe of the mountains.  I board the Md’80 and am dismayed to find someone squatting in my seat.  A lot of broken spanish back and forth which basically boiled down to – she did not want to move, she liked there, no.  So I am not proud but I summoned the flight attendent and curtly explained ‘ nosotros tenemos una problema.  I payed a lot of money for this privledge with my foreigner fees so I was getting my window seat.  Strike 2 against argentine manners on aircraft.  I got my way and booted her out and settled in happy next to my window view.  I am not proud but there are some things I dont compromise on…

3.5 hours of panpas with scattered clouds and then we arrived in Patagonia.  Wow.  Amazing is hardly enough to describe the jagged white peaks surrounded by water.  I have never seen such a distinct snow line. 

We landed, along with my bag, and the hostel had sent a taxi for us.  It was about 10 degrees C. Super warms and sunny.  We asked taximand the forecast, it could be like tomorrow, or it could snow.  Welcome to Patagonia. I settled into the dorm and dubiously noted the bathroom was outside.  Great – trekking across dorms in my flipflops with potential snow – just like the pioneers.  On a positive note, I discovered the floors were heated so a definate plus.

I set out to explore Ushuaia. Went ot 1900 mass in espanol and starving by this point, headed tot he Irish pub for some dinner.  I could not look at beef one more night…It got mighty chilly by the time the sun set at 2200! Gotta love late spring…early tour tomorrow

So why stay in 1 country if you can do 2? Been to BA before and interested in something different, so hopped on the fast boat to Colonia Uruguay.  Accidentally caught the wrong bus and instead of the city tour we signed up for, we ended up on the country tour en route to a farm.  OK.  As my sister says “you cant make this stuff up” so we enter this farm museum, and see a sign talking about all these collections.  The first room is filled entirely with keychains. huh? door closes behind us and the woman explains this guy who owns the farm owns the largest collection of keychains in the world, in fact he is the guiness book record holder.  Not only that ‘ he hold the record for other collections unduplicated matchboxes, Lead pencils, ashtrays etc.  We go on to tour the other rooms and sure enough, he has them all.  I could not stop laughing and this english women kept telling me to hush or I would get us all started.  We had a great lunch in Colonia while it poured cats and dogs and then we did a city walking tour.  Very cute. 

Jumped on the ferry back to BA and stopped off to see Puenta de las mujeres and a few other sites.  For dinner we headed to Recoleta and true to BA style dined way too late 

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So...I turned 35 this morning, Nov 25, 1974.  Made it this far in life relatively unscathed which is reason for celebration.  How is it I am headed to the aeroport to travel or the next 22 hours approx...well...due to work commitments, I ... [Continue reading this entry]

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