Streets of Buenos Aires
even the graffiti is colorful playground corner store in palermo fresh orange juice (pure juice!) squeezed for you. 3 pesos. (1 usd.)
Colonia, Uruguay
Colonia (full name “Colonia del Scaramento”) is an old colonial town built by the Portuguese. Its a short ferry ride away from Buenos Aires…. and seriously one of the most idyllic and romantic towns I’ve ever seen. We spent a short (but relaxing) afternoon in Colonia. delicious meal at “el drugstore,” an excellent restuarant in old colonia iglesia matriz street corner lighthouse the shore playing cards windows a school
Iguazu Falls – Day Two
Day Two at Iguazu started at La Garganta del Diablo, the largest of the Iguazu waterfalls. It was amazing. Simply awesome. I think i’m ruined for all other waterfalls… the garganta del diablo (“throat of the devil”). check out the bigger version here. aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! across the way, you can see the brazilian lookout cheers garganta del diablo garganta del diablo garganta del diablo garganta del diablo san martin falls san martin falls
Iguazu Falls – Day One
Took a two day side trip to the Argentine side of the amazing Iguazu Falls. The first day we did La Gran Aventura, which includes a boat ride around and up to the falls. (I highly recommend.) There’s a huge rush to looking up at waterfall that is rushing down at you. From wikipedia: Upon seeing Iguazu, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt reportedly exclaimed “Poor Niagara!” Vastly larger than North America’s Niagara Falls, Iguazu is rivalled only by Southern Africa’s Victoria Falls which separates Zambia and Zimbabwe… here start your visit la gran aventura: in the boat. beany in …
Recoleta
I spent Monday wandering around Recoleta, one of the nicer barrios in Buenos Aires. The highlight was, of course, the famed “Cementerio de Recoleta” where the rich & powerful are buried. Or, perhaps more accurately, enshrined. 🙂 cementerio de recoleta evita’s tomb @ cementerio de recoleta me @ evita’s tomb @ cementerio de recoleta floralis generica. the sculpture closes its petals at night like a real flower. outside the facultad de derecho colonial style building in recoleta
Trip to Buenos Aires!
Next Saturday, I leave for a week in Buenos Aires. I’ll be visting my college roommate, who is currently doing a semester of law school abroad. I’m very excited! Current side trips planned: Iguazu Falls on the border of Brazil. Colonia in Uruaguay. Argentina Time: GMT/UTC -3 () (noon in Seattle = 5pm im Buenos Aires) Currency: 1 USD = 3.08 Argentine Peso Weather: 80F, Clear (forecast)
New Camera (i’m all digital now!)
My new D80 has arrived! I’m very excited to play with it (especially in Argentina, when I travel there during Thanksgiving). I tried it out over the weekend. Here are some shots from the Pike Place Market in Seattle. (You can tell from the ambient greyness that it’s officially fall in the pacific northwest.)
Last Film Pickup
Yesterday, I picked up what may be my last rolls of developed film. I have to say, there’s definitely something to the delayed gratification of seeing your photos for the first time as prints in your hand. A couple things I hope to still do when I convert to pure digital: Compose the shot right the first time. I realized, with my digital point & shoot, I would take 20 photos to try to capture a picture (instead of 2 or 3) just because I could. To some extent, that’s the benefit of digital… But I think if I’m not careful, I’ll just get sloppy. Printing photos. I love …
Yangshuo
Yangshuo is labeled “sleepy little backpackers’ town” with “views that have inspired Chinese artists for centuries.” While the scenery is breathtaking, the pollution is killer and the town has lost a lot of its quaintness in its mad dash to commercialize. The highlight of the weekend was an early kayak trip down the Lijiang river Saturday morning. We got dropped off upstream and paddled for about 3 hours. We had no guide, the morning was fresh, and there were very few tourists out – just fishermen and locals. note: pictures were “depollutionized” in photoshop karen kayaking view on the …