It took longer than expected to settle back into the travelling lifestyle (move to a new place, find a place to stay, explore, meet people, pack, rinse and repeat) after my immensely enjoyable extended stay in Buenos Aires.
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It´s about time too.
July 3, 2007It´s been quite a while since anything new has appeared here.
There is a lot to write about, several thousand kilometers worth. The wall of writer´s block has been smashed to pieces by a sledgehammer of inspiration and the great, empty chasm of blog between Buenos Aires and my current location of Salvador in the north east of Brazil will soon be plugged by a bridge of words, linking the two together. All these stupid analogies add up to mean that there will be more coming soon.
In the meantime, here is a new photo gallery of random pictures taken in Buenos Aires:
New Buenos Aires photo gallery here!
A couple of samples at the bottom of the post.
Lots of new photos to come – the problem is finding a net cafe with decent computers or connection to upload them all, ideally in less time than the opening hours of the cafe!
This picture is presented in response to the comment that I was taking too many pictures of dogs:
This one I just thought was cool, it looks like it could be an album cover:
Buenos Aires After Dark
June 5, 2007Another photo gallery of late night strolls; Sunday night rolling into Monday morning:
Buenos Aires After Dark Photos Gallery
I clearly have too much hands on my time:
Fish have feelings too..
June 5, 2007Many people assume that fish don´t have feelings.
Try telling that to this poor fish who was so sad when we left that it started to cry. Taken at the Japanese Gardens in Palermo, Buenos Aires:
Other photos of the Zen and flow (but mostly of other Koi) on this overcast day just before sunset can be found here:
Monday Morning Mosey!
May 28, 2007Technically more pace than a mosey, I suppose. It was cold out.
Just arrived back from a brisk 36 block walk on this crisp sunny Monday morning here in Buenos Aires. The temperature is currently somewhere between -3 and 16°C, according to the folks at BBC weather – nearer the low end at the moment but gaining momentum as the day goes on.
On an almost unrelated note, Monday Morning Monkey is coming soon!
(David, if you are reading this – you will be pleased to hear that you will soon be reunited with your long lost friend. I´m sure you both have much to talk about ; )
But right now, it´s time for bed..
La Recoleta Cemetery – final resting place of the Buenos Aires elite
May 22, 2007The sky was clear, the air crisp and still.
Conditions were good.
Armed with a new camera and freshly charged batteries, I set off to La Recoleta Cemetery yesterday afternoon to test it out.
Many influential, wealthy and important Argentinians are buried here – mostly presidents, military figures, scientists and opulent families – several names seemed familiar, later recognised as street names from the city and across the country.
The cemetery is best known to the outside world for being home to Eva Perón´s tomb and for it´s overtly lavish and diverse architectural styles – from walking through the Greek column fronted, neo classical gates – to the narrow streets filled with heavily adorned art nouveau, art deco and modernist mausoleums, all lined in terraces.
There was also an unusually large number of cats here.
They nonchalantly strolled about the place – sometimes playing and prowling amongst the graves, and often (as cats do best), sleeping lazily in the sun.
The cats, along with the tens of thousands buried here over several city blocks in area, are the residents here.
I had a limited number of photos at my disposal due to an almost full memory card, so had to be selective with the shots (otherwise there would be more cat photos).
If anybody has any tips about cameras or photography in general and is itching to tell someone else, get in touch..
Click here for La Recoleta Cemetery photo gallery or see below for a few images.
Camo´d Amarillo Armadillo Caught on Camera!
May 21, 2007A headline for all the red top readers out there.
I have a new camera – a shiny Canon Powershot S3 iS!
It is different to the one I had before, hopefully better and longer lasting..
The following photo was not taken with this camera, but with my old one.
Here we have Mike – trying, with near success, to remain unseen:
Personality test – do the voices tell you that you are disfunctional?
May 21, 2007This is my own watery version of the Rorschach inkblot test, commonly used for forensic assessment and by psychologists to examine their patients´ personality characteristics and emotional functioning.
Top Tip:
If you ever have to do one of these for real, give responses along the lines of “Flowers”, “Butterflies” and “Happiness”.. This will probably land you in the “non-psychotic” thoughts category.
Answers similar to “Insects burrowing through flesh”, “Immeasurable suffering” and “Bryan Adams and Celine Dion performing an epic duet” are sure fire ways to let yourself not see the light of day again. Or at least get a slap, especially in the case of the Adams and Dion combo. As a doctor, such delusions of bad taste should not be encouraged and must be nipped in the bud as soon as identified.*
* – this is probably true. If it isn´t it should be. I actually have no idea.
Say what you see..
I see water demons, not dead people.
New photos added!
May 21, 20074 new photo galleries added and an old gallery altered.
New:
Ushuaia to ElCalfate and El Chalten
Florianopolis and Isla Santa Catarina
Altered:
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