El Chalten- FitzRoy Mountain

Took a 3 hour bus ride NW of El Calafate to spend a few days in El Chalten. It is a hiker’s mecca there! It is such a beautiful mountainous town, and best of all… it is so small that it is not overcrowded with people. Jessica and I biked around the whole town in about 15 mins. Ha ha it is really small! We hiked to Cerro Fitzroy (11,286 feet) and it was well-worth the 7 hour hike (round-trip), and it wasn’t so bad since we met friends from all around the world at the hostel to hike with. So beautiful, the Andes really are spectacular!

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We got caught in the craziest hail storm and had to wait at the Train Station until it passed...

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The Tranie Park

So there is this huge, beautiful, park in downtown Buenos Aires, but at night the creepers come a lurkin´. Once it gets dark, the park is filled with Transvestites. It is so crazy... a lot of them really look like girls!! Sure, there a few ugly ones that you could obviously tell are men, but there are some that if i saw them walking down the street, i wouldn´t have a clue. Our friends German and Juan drove us around the park to relieve our curiosity, haha oh man it was crazy to see it up close!! We drove past one of the "HeShe´s" or whatever you would call them and apparantely i was staring too hard because the HeShe said to me in Spanish, "Envy me Barbie?" ha ha it was so great... such a classic night out, one i won´t forget!

Recoleta Cementery

Puerto Maredo

Jessica, Juan, & me

Bachelor Boy we saw at Puerto Madero

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Rose, Jessica, & me

Bienvenidos a Buenos Aires... "Welcome to the Good Air"

Buenos Aires reminds me a little of New York mixed with California. There are a lot of people and it is a big city but there are palm trees and it is warm here (its high 60`s low 70's now, its perfect! not too cold, not too warm). Before i came i had a few misconceptions, first, it is not that cheap. I thought the food would be really cheap here because that is what i had been told, but it is actually more similar to that of the US. People here do not have a unique dress style, they just wear random things and it is hard to pick out a commonality amongst what they wear, then again this may be due to the fact that we are in a big city and it is more versitile. No one here speaks English, seriously, no one... i thought that being in a big city there would be at least some people that speak english but it is actually uncommon to find someone that does. It is a good thing though because it forces me to practice my Spanish...or should i say my Spanglish? haha, oh man i need to learn quick!

The Food
The "comida" is "muy rica". We have Empanadas and Dulce de Leche like almost everyday. mmmmm. The country also has really yummy steaks and those are very cheap... like $13 for a big slab, although its the wrong country to come to when you want to eat less meat and more veggies ;)

The City
Everyone walks everywhere and it is a nice change to not have to worry about a car or buying gas every week. The parks are really pretty with a lot of greenery. The other day Jessica and I walked to Recoleta Cemetery and just relaxed and sketched some of the gravehouses. It was the most beautiful cemetery i have ever seen. My other two favorite places that we have been so far are Puerto Madero and Palermo Viejo. Puerto Madero is a port for ships and it is really cool to walk around, it reminded me of San Francisco. Palermo Viejo is a hip town with a lot more students and young people, it is full of cool boutiques, restaurants, and has a good nightlife. Pictures of all of this to come...

Our primera dia in Argentina