I arrived in BA on sunday and came straight back to the hostel I stayed at last week, on the Subte (Tube). Checked in, had a shower and went out for the afternoon. I went to the Recoleta area of town, which is a residential area. It reminded me a lot of Paris or Lyon. My plan was to go to the Recoleta cemetery where the elite used to be burried, including Eva Peron (Evita), but it started pooring with rain so I headed for the little market which was nearby. Once the rain stopped, I headed for the cemetery. It is a pretty amazing place but slightly disturbing! The tombs are huge, like little houses with doors. You can look into some of them and the coffins are on shelves. It's kind of strange!
At one point, I was trying to take a picture of one of the tombs and to get it in the shot I had to back up into one of the small alleys. And there this guy walks over to me, grabs me and tries to put his hand over my mouth. I managed to scream and push him away (really hurting my shoulder in the act) and he backed off and then started asking me for change. Obviously I walked away and the security guard came and chucked him out. I was pretty scared but I am absolutely fine now! What pissed me off more than anything was that there were people walking nearby and nobody bothered to ask me if I was okay or see what was going on!
Anyhow, I came back to the hostel that evening, had a beer in the bar with a few people and headed to bed. On Monday, I went to Florida street with Eva, where there was a little market. In the evening a big group of us from the hostal went to La Bomba again. It was really good, there was a reggae singer this week. When we left, we were told to get into a school bus which was taking everyone to another place. So we got in and ended up in another bar somewhere. It was pretty pricey so we headed back to the hostal and had some drinks there.
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Je suis arrivee a BA Dimanche et je suis venue direct a l'hostal ou je suis restee la semaine derniere, j'ai pris le Subte (Metro). J'ai pose mes affaires, je me suis douchee et je suis sortie pour l'apres-midi. Je suis allee dans le quartier Recoleta. Ca me rappelait vachement de Paris ou Lyon. Je voulais aller au cimetiere de Recoleta ou les riches se faisaient enterrer, ainsi qu'Eva Peron (Evita) mais il a commence a pleuvoir donc je suis allee a un petit marche pas loin. Quand il a arrete de pleuvoir, je suis allee au cimetiere. C'est tres impressionant comme endroit mais un peu bizarre! Les tombes sont enormes, comme des petites maisons avec des portes. Tu peux voir a l'interieur de certaine et les cercueils sont poses sur des etageres. C'est tres bizarre!
A un moment, je voulais prendre une photo d'une des petites maisons et pour qu'elle rentre dans le cadre j'ai du reculer dans un petit passage. Et il y a un mec qui s'est approche de moi , m'a attrape le bras et a essaye de mettre sa main sur ma bouche. J'ai pu crier et le pousser (je me suis vachement faite mal a l'epaule en meme temps), il s'est recule et a commencer a me demander pour de la monnaie. Je suis partie et le garde est venu le mettre dehors. J'ai eu vachement peur mais maintenant ca va! Ce qui m'a le plus enervee c'est qu'il y avait des gens qui marchaient pas loin mais personne ne s'est arrete voir ce qui se passait ou si j'allais bien!
Enfin, le soir je suis rentree, j'ai bu une biere avec quelques personnes de l'hostal puis je suis allee me coucher. Lundi, je suis allee a Florida avec Eva, une grande rue avec pleins de magasins et un petit marche. Le soir, on est reparti a La Bomba avec un grand groupe de l'hostal. C'est vachement bien, il y avait un chanteur de reggae cette semaine. Quand on est parti, on nous a fait monter dans un bus qui menait tout le monde quelque part d'autre. On s'est retrouve dans un bar quelque part. C'etait un peu cher donc on est revenu a l'hostal ou on a bu quelques bieres.
So you went to see Eva Peron in the cemetery and then you and Eva went to the market in Florida Street...OK. Need some explaining!!
ReplyDeleteCareful with these nutters, try to go out with someone else..Safer than on your own.
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angelique..be careful!!!i'm glad you are fine but poor thing you must have been so scared!keep your eyes wide open and i agree with your dad best keep with som1 else..much safer!p.s. love the new pics!!! xxx sophia
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ReplyDeletethis is my second attempt to post a note(the other one deleted when put the page up..and lost it)
I am loving the jurney !! and the pics!! oh my days I wish I was there wid you..every post..every pic... You look great and can see you loving it.
Loved the water falls looks amazing, but dude them bruises looked nasty..can't believe you went on a bike again lol
so please get in touch soon xxxx
love you xxx
p.s: you a great photograph dude love the pics !!