Friday, January 30, 2009

Buenos Aires, Argentina

I got to Buenos Aires bright and early yesterday morning after an all nighter on the bus. The bus was actually really nice-they served us cocktail drinks, dinner, and champagne! It was pretty ridiculous. The seats were a LOT better than the previous bus rides, so I slept fairly well. Unfortunately though, during the day part of the ride, there was an Argentinian man that happened to sit next to us on the bus that would not stop talking to us and calling us ¨Chanquis¨, which really is Yankees, his term for us Americans. He also had a really annoying simpsons ring tone on his cell that went off every time he got a text-which was about every minute. Finally, around 10:30 pm I told him if he could either turn it down or turn it off, as Alex and I, along with everyone else on the bus, were trying to sleep. He didn`t bother us anymore after that.
Anyway we got to the BA bus station at 8 in the morning. There were a million people around, and it was only 8 am! Well, Alex and I waited around until a quarter to nine. We were suppose to meet our aunt at her office at 9 am, so we took a taxi at that time. The taxi driver took us to a completely different side of town because he thought I had said a certain street-which I never did. He kept insisting that I did, and I told him, how could I tell you a street in a city that I have never been in? I had never even heard of that street? Well, we arrived after nine to the office and I told my aunt about the incident. She got mad and ran after the taxi driver and yelled at him for trying to take advantage of tourists. An argument broke out on the street and I just wanted to get away from it. Yeah I had been overcharged, but what can you do? I know its bound to happen to me because I am a tourist. It already happened in Rio. I got charged more than double what it should have cost! Oh well, deal and move on!
So Alex and I met our aunt and then we went to her house, where we hung out and rested most of the day.
Then yesterday, we went with our two cousins. Caro and Maxi, to visit the Casa Rosada-the presidential palace, Caminito-where tango originated-I think, and Puerto Madero.
Today, Alex, Caro and I went to see the movie Yes man, with Jim Carrey. It was funny. We have been taking it easy, its been nice to not try and do a million things in one day. Plus I have been to BA before, so I have seen everything touristy.
Tomorrow we are going to El Tigre, an area outside of the city that is a delta. Its very nice, and it was prob my fav thing that I did last time I came to BA.

No comments:

Post a Comment