Music: Cha Va Con by Buc Tuong
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first destination, buenos aires.
the city is very european. not that ive been to many european cities but thats what my friends said (all of them studies in the UK, aku sorang je sesat kat US). it was like paris but without the smell (of piss and vomit). BA is very clean, the people are really friendly of course. there were soooo many backpackers everywhere.. the first day first thing in the morning we had to go to the bolivian consulate to get our bolivian visas done.. awal2 lagi dah sesat... walked the wrong way but still got to see many things on the way... by the time we got to the consulate it was around 10am and there were soooo many people! but luckily we were the only ones queuing for the visa application, got it done.. and went back to our hostel.
we weren't sure what to do that day, so we joined the tour to visit la boca and caminito organized by our hostel, ramai jugak yg join! ada la dalam 40 ppl.. the place is soooo colorful! la boca is really a big thing there, the stadium for the one of the most popular football clubs, la boca junior, with diego maradona being one of their players before. caminito is nearby. but the place is supposedly very dodgy at night but masa siang it was ok. the guide Amelie talked to us and said she's never met anyone from malaysia before (we get that all the time while we were in SA), she was quite excited to meet us, and said she's bored with brits and australians already.. there are too many of them! hahaha. there were art streets and a market in caminito, and street tango shows etc.. it was the first time i actually felt excited being in SA, i was not feeling it prior to the trip remember? hahaha.
by 6pm we were went back to the hostel, we were still tired from the long haul flight actually so we slept in, was supposed to join in the free tango lesson that night we overslept, went down late anyway, after the class was over, we talked to the instructor about where to check out tango clubs or whatever, he told us this one place, so we took a taxi there.. it was really dodgy i tell u!! we went there around 10pm, there were still not many people around.. ppl started coming in by 11pm, and turns out there's gonna be a tango leesson, so 3 of us signed up, was really cheap anyway. it was a good class! the instructor spoke spanish to the others but english to us. i was paired up with my friend (the only guy on the trip), haha it was really awkward at first (at least for me, not because of the dance but because i had to partner him) but after a while i got used to it plus he was really cool about it. the class lasted a little over an hour, i didnt know my friend who was sitting at the side were taking pictures, and posted it on fb (picture on iphone) so after i came back i had to answer a lot of questions from my other friends about the tango pic... yes gossips all around, there's no truth to it but the pic looked scandalous anyway hahahaha.
after that we were ready to go back then 2 guys chatted us up and invited to go to another club to watch this old guy sing, apparently this guy is famous amongst the locals, the other place was just walking distance from the tango club and these 2 guys looked trustworthy, but when we were nearing the other place there was soo many ppl there looked really happening my friend who did not tango was feeling a little scared and didnt want to completely trust them. so of course we didnt want to leave her going back to the hostel alone so we opted out from going to the other place, i really thought it was a missed opportunity but we had to stick together plus it was already past midnight.
the next morning i couldnt sleep after subuh, so my friend and me went for a walk to the harbor.. around 5.30am.. walked for 20 minutes and then just sat in front of the harbor, there were boats and birds chirping and the place was really quiet weather was really cool and windy it was awesome, chatted for over an hour before we headed back to the hostel around 7.30am..
the next day we rented bicycles, the guys who were handling the bicycle rental one of them was really cute Ha ha and he even stayed in KL for like 6 months before... for work, he's a journalist.. have been all over the world if he's not in BA... ahhh the life... so we cycled all over BA, got the HRC tshirts .. cycled to many interesting places according to the route we were given, also went to the recoleta where evita was buried.. went to the harbor... etc.. was quite hot that day... that night we had a really good dinner and when went to bed, penat gila cycle frlom 10am to 7pm! our asses were really sore..
next morning took a train to tigre.. its like the place for weekend getaways for ppl living in the city, something like rottnest island to perth city.. nice quaint place, jalan2 around the market etc.. then went back to BA to get our lunch at the halal steak restaurant in palermo... oh man the argentinian steak was really gooddd!!! actually there were a few other halal restaurants in the area.. but we still went to Baraka.. and it was super cheap too!! btw water in BA is very expensive...its good to bring a water bottle so u can fill it up at your hostel.. the souvenirs and other things are also expensive in BA so we didnt do any shopping while we were there. just bought the mandatory magnets and of course HRC tshirts for me.
walked around the city for a bit more before going to the airport later that day for our flight to Montevideo, Uruguay.
btw BA has the widest street in the world.. Av de Julio 19.. our hostel is just 5 minutes walk.. it has 7 lanes, 2 way street.. this is even wider than the street in Beijing at CBD. there are sooo many grafitti around BA, they have grafitti tours to those interested..
btw this happened in rio.. it was our last night in rio and 2nd last night in SA, we walked from copacabana to ipanema to find a place to eat.. ended up at this diner we were seating outside, macam mamak, eating our pizza (by then we were so bored of pizza already but there's nothing much we can eat while we were there, when suddenly this 2 guys approached us and asked where were we from? are we from Malaysia? we said yeah.. got to talking and all and we invited them to sit with us. turns out they are turkish, but they live in denmark. they came to us cause saw me and another friend with the tudung.. they're muslims la. one of them have been to KL and stayed for 2 months (he has a friend who studies and works here). we bought them drinks and talked about for about 2 hrs.. the guy who went to kl at first he said it was nice and stuff but then we said, ok come on seriously tell us honestly do u really like kl or just saying that? then he admitted ok well he didn't really like kl, found out he was traveling alone the entire time coz his friend was busy so he didnt get to experience that much, did not try out about the best food and stuff like that. so we said, now u definitely have to come to kl again and we'll bring them around bla bla bla. it was really awesome, they said they've never met any muslim in rio (they're there for quite a while) or anywhere in south america yet. so i guess my point is, we can safely conclude that turkish ppl are friendly to tourists, even when they're not in turkey! hahahhaa.
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