Sooo I'm clearly a failed blogger.
Awesome things that I never updated about:
Puerto Madryn:
Basically, we saw TONS of whales. We stayed in an amazing hostel right on the beach and in the morning while eating breakfast I went out on the balcony and watched the sun rise over the sea while whales lazily dipped their heads back and forth in the water. Also, I got sea sick on a whale watching ride and threw up VERY close to one of the bigger ones. It was pretty sweet.
In the town was this picture which perfectly represents Argentine spanish and the struggle I faced in my first weeks here.
(For those unfamiliar with Argentine Spanish, notice that they've crossed "eres" out and written "sos," changed "tienes" to "tenés" and put an accent over the e in "haces." Welcome to the vos form.)Iguazu
Basically, we saw TONS of falling water. It was spectacular and one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. I recommend that everyone add Iguazu to their bucket list immediately. Also, there was a house made completely out of bottles and we saw Brasil and Paraguay.
The Brasilian and Paraguayan coasts are on either side of us.
Argentina vs. Spain
Pure awesomeness.
'Besides that it's been pretty much same old, same old. My class at USAL has already ended (FREEDOM!!) and I planned out everything and realized I'll be completely done with everything by decemeber 1st. That gives me only 18 days to travel, any recommendations? I'm kind of freaking out realizing that there's still a lot more places I wanted to go and pretty much no time. I'm thinking Mendoza, Machu Picchu and one more thing. Salta? El Calafate? Also, in Machu Picchu I probs wont be able to do the Inca Trail cause you have to reserve way in advance for that and it's hella expensive. Should I just wait until my inevitable south american travel tour for that and replace it with something else for now like Chile instead of half assing it?
Today is the census day and in this country instead of filling out a form and sending it in they have people go around to every house in the country and ask the residents the questions in person. This means that EVERYTHING is closed, as people just pretty much have to sit in their house and wait until the census people come. This morning was the first time since arrival I didn't wake up to car horns or hear drunk people yelling and stumbling home in the middle of the night. Very odd.
Also, the ex-president (and current presidents husband) Nestor Kirchner died today. The news is, of course, being greeted with a mix of sadness and celebration. Argentine politics are very confusing and impossible to follow, so I don't presume to know anything about Nestor or his policies, but regardless, unless he was a complete dictator (which he wasn't), I don't think it's ever really appropriate to celebrate a man's death. But you know, who am I to tell the Argentines how to feel?
Oh, speaking of widely hated presidents. Yesterday, my Castellano teacher compared Argentines' feelings about Bush to peoples feelings about Stalin. ♥ Argentina
Anyway, I'm gonna try to update more often, but I wont promise anything cause if I did I'd probably be lying.
Chau!
