I just got back from 2 weeks in Patagonia, and it was spectacular! I took so many photos that I put them in a web album instead of trying to upload them all here. You can access them at http://picasaweb.google.com/hillary.richardson/Patagonia, including commentary. ;)
So now I am back in Buenos Aires, at least for a while. I am hoping to go to Sao Paulo, Brazil, to visit a friend in March, and take advantage to see the beaches in Santa Catarina and the falls at Puerto Iguazu on the way back!
Originally the plan was to take these two trips and then come back to the US shortly thereafter, as I don't really have any fixed project or internship (and because traveling is expensive!) However, now that I've had a bit of a break from Buenos Aires and come back, I feel much more attached to the city! So at this point I'm going to make another attempt to find either a volunteer position or a real job, to be able to stay here a bit longer.
In other news, our water tank clogged and we've been washing our dishes in lizard-and-dead-leaf soup again... :p
further updates to come!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Starting to travel
January has been somewhat of a busy month for me between visitors and traveling, and I am about to head off again to get to know the south of Argentina. I had a great couple of weeks with Lindsay and Josh and Jess and Carol, and got to do all the tourist-y things that you don't end up doing when you are living in a place instead of visiting it. We went to the Cemetery of Recoleta, which has the tomb of Evita Peron and other famous people (along with a lot of cats and angel statues), the Museo de Bellas Artes, the Bosques de Palermo, which have paddleboats and a huge rose garden, and of course, to a tango show!
After everyone left, I went to visit a friend in San Pedro, about 3 hours from Buenos Aires, for 5 days, and then came back home and immediately got sick. So I've spent the last week and a half at home drinking tea with honey and taking antibiotics, and now that I've sufficiently recovered, I'm off to see the south of Argentina! I'm leaving tomorrow to visit a friend in Bariloche, a tourist-y ski resort town in the Lake District of Patagonia famous for its gorgeous scenery and chocolate en rama. I will be there for about a week and then I hope to be able to get a bus ticket down to El Calafate, a city in the province of Santa Cruz which serves as the gateway to the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. If I make it all the way down to the glaciers, I'll be sure to post pictures!!
In the meantime, here are some from the end of Jess and Lindsay's visit:
After everyone left, I went to visit a friend in San Pedro, about 3 hours from Buenos Aires, for 5 days, and then came back home and immediately got sick. So I've spent the last week and a half at home drinking tea with honey and taking antibiotics, and now that I've sufficiently recovered, I'm off to see the south of Argentina! I'm leaving tomorrow to visit a friend in Bariloche, a tourist-y ski resort town in the Lake District of Patagonia famous for its gorgeous scenery and chocolate en rama. I will be there for about a week and then I hope to be able to get a bus ticket down to El Calafate, a city in the province of Santa Cruz which serves as the gateway to the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. If I make it all the way down to the glaciers, I'll be sure to post pictures!!
In the meantime, here are some from the end of Jess and Lindsay's visit:
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