Backpacking, Dorrego, New Years Tango Eight Months On the Road Bus Through South America By David Rice |
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| Dorrego, New Years Tango Backpacking by Bus In South America Eight Months On the Road By David Rice |
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Dorrego, New Year Tangos
From Colonia I caught a bus to Montevideo the next morning. I
wanted to visit the capitol of Uruguay and I also needed a visa
for my return to Brazil as I headed north.
The Brazilian immigration official, however, just wasn't too
friendly and she insisted that I needed a return transportation
ticket to get the visa. Usually I am able to talk my way around
this and make the official understand that I am passing through
and I am able to get the visa without having a return ticket. The
officials do this because they want to be sure that you have a
way out of their country. At the border crossing, however, no
inspector ever asks to see your return ticket.
The Brazilian official in this instance did not relent as we talked,
so I decided to go north without passing through Brazil. I would
return to Buenos Aires via Colonia, where I spent Christmas,
and then to the ferry over to Buenos Aires. I booked into a
different hostel closer to the tango action at the Plaza Dorrego.
A considerable upgrade it turned out, Hostel San Telmo offered
a free breakfast and much more comfort.
On December 27 I went out to the Recoleta cemetery to see the
burial place of the Perons. I continued my tour of the city
museums and sights including downtown which has great
shopping areas with pedestrian-only streets and upscale
shops. Many of the building reminded me of French European
architecture.
At other times I would go to San Selmo and just sit on a bench
and eat white chocolate ice cream while watching the people
go by.
I had a surprise one day when I met the German man who I
traveled with in Panama on the sailboat through the San Blas
Islands. It really didn't amaze me to run into him again, I know
that more than likely I will run into the same people several
times on a long trip. We all travel the same trail: the
backpackers trail around the world. All the sights are on the
same trails, we all head to the same places. I have run into the
same people four or five times in different countries on long
trips.
I also reacquainted with a couple that I met on my first stay in
Buenos Aires, a Dutch couple who were traveling around the
world by air. I joined them for New Years champagne and tango
dancing on the Plaza Dorrego where we met another traveler
from Australia. We sat in the square and watched tango
dancing while we drank red Malbecs and Champagnes at the
old bars with their open windows. We then danced with the
local women, doing our best Argentine tango.
We partied for what felt like long into the morning but when we
left Plaza Dorrego for our hotels, the locals were just starting to
get warmed up.
I toasted the New Year with a Tango and said my farewells to
Buenos Aires.
I caught a bus north on the second of January, heading to a
town called Villazon.
From Colonia I caught a bus to Montevideo the next morning. I
wanted to visit the capitol of Uruguay and I also needed a visa
for my return to Brazil as I headed north.
The Brazilian immigration official, however, just wasn't too
friendly and she insisted that I needed a return transportation
ticket to get the visa. Usually I am able to talk my way around
this and make the official understand that I am passing through
and I am able to get the visa without having a return ticket. The
officials do this because they want to be sure that you have a
way out of their country. At the border crossing, however, no
inspector ever asks to see your return ticket.
The Brazilian official in this instance did not relent as we talked,
so I decided to go north without passing through Brazil. I would
return to Buenos Aires via Colonia, where I spent Christmas,
and then to the ferry over to Buenos Aires. I booked into a
different hostel closer to the tango action at the Plaza Dorrego.
A considerable upgrade it turned out, Hostel San Telmo offered
a free breakfast and much more comfort.
On December 27 I went out to the Recoleta cemetery to see the
burial place of the Perons. I continued my tour of the city
museums and sights including downtown which has great
shopping areas with pedestrian-only streets and upscale
shops. Many of the building reminded me of French European
architecture.
At other times I would go to San Selmo and just sit on a bench
and eat white chocolate ice cream while watching the people
go by.
I had a surprise one day when I met the German man who I
traveled with in Panama on the sailboat through the San Blas
Islands. It really didn't amaze me to run into him again, I know
that more than likely I will run into the same people several
times on a long trip. We all travel the same trail: the
backpackers trail around the world. All the sights are on the
same trails, we all head to the same places. I have run into the
same people four or five times in different countries on long
trips.
I also reacquainted with a couple that I met on my first stay in
Buenos Aires, a Dutch couple who were traveling around the
world by air. I joined them for New Years champagne and tango
dancing on the Plaza Dorrego where we met another traveler
from Australia. We sat in the square and watched tango
dancing while we drank red Malbecs and Champagnes at the
old bars with their open windows. We then danced with the
local women, doing our best Argentine tango.
We partied for what felt like long into the morning but when we
left Plaza Dorrego for our hotels, the locals were just starting to
get warmed up.
I toasted the New Year with a Tango and said my farewells to
Buenos Aires.
I caught a bus north on the second of January, heading to a
town called Villazon.
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