



C Notes are falling from the sky, sorry that was some Nas that inspired me a little bit there. Wow just realized I havent wrote anything in awhile so to the public I am sorry. Well that 17 hour bus ride started and about 15 minutes after we start on our journey there is a check point. I see someone with a gun and a uniform enter the bus so take off my headphones and hear pasaporte. Alright pull out my passport and show it to him a little nervous of the open yet corked bottle of red wine I had snuck in the bus. Dont really know if I had to sneak it but neverless I was a little nervous. He moved on with little hesitation and made his way up to an Agrentinian man who didnt have a passport, then the man with the gun(respected by me, anyone who has a pistol on their hip, Im slowly realizing that the right to bear arms is truely a American thing due to a lot of converstaions with people. People have told me theyve never heard a gunshot in their life so that is teaching me a few things.)back to the man he starts to search this guys stuff. Dvd player, digital camera, all sorts of electronics. The man with the gun starts to interrogate this man and then he is pulled off the bus and his bag is searched. Then he comes on the bus and grabs his things, as I think wow he must of done something wrong for all this to happen and I hope they dont find my bottle of wine, hahaha. Long story short we wait, for 5 hours at this one checkpoint and have made no progress on our trip. Oh here comes a movie while we start waiting thats cool, oh my god, its 27 dresses. The movie line up on this bus was extremely confusing to me because they had no idea what they were playing and the order had no sense of order. After watching 27 dresses, ahh I guess it wasnt that bad the next movie comes on, yes we are still 15 minutes away from where we departed, and is one of the most depressing films ever. Ok this couple have been married for 45 years and have been together since they were both 18, the lady starts to develope alzheimers and she decides to put herself in a clinic and the husband disputes but she wont listen to him. The first month she must stay there and not see anyone so after the month hes all happy to see her and she doesnt realize who he is and has developed a connection with one of the other patients. He shows up everyday and she wont give him more than 3 sentences before she needs to tend to the other mans needs. He shows up everyday just to watch her and then after the man she developed an attachment to is pulled out by his wife she goes into a rut. Wont move, crying all the time, wont walk and everything reminds her of him. The husband shows up still to read her books and try to keep her active but she doesnt know who he is at all. Just a horrible position to be in and really that was a true love tragedy just basically made me feel like shit after. Wheres that dedication these days, i dont know if I could do it but I mean anywhoo off that subject, the following movies were Scoop(woodey allen flick, just sucked), Under the Tuscan Sun(reminded me a little of myself as in looking for change but total chick flick, it was alright) and then 10 items or less with Morgan Freeman and who I thought was Penelope Cruz turned out to be Paz Vez(I like Paz wayyyyyy more now) The bus ride was way better then my previous one other than the delay because of the movies, they feed us, glasses of wine, and my seat reclined to make sleeping somewhat comfortable. After I arrive in BA I tell the others who Im traveling with that I kind of needed some space eventhough it was just for a night which helped me. I fell back into the I know noone but this time I was more willing to meet people and talked to a couple guys, played some ping pong, had a few laughs and beers. So in BA I met back up with this guy that I met in Rio and he has a couple of friends that Ive been hanging out with going to eat and clubs. The meals are so good, I had a steak and split a bottle of wine and spent 50 pesos, the dollar is 3 to 1 here so thats around 17 bucks and Im talking filet mignon. Huge steak and it was seasoned in garlic and just amazing, Im straving right now just thinking about it and will go for more steak tonight. Apparently Argentina is supposed to have the best steaks in the world and they havent disappointed me yet. I went to a couple clubs which if I liked techno wouldve just been amazing but since I dont Im kind of just stuck bobbing my head and pretending. I mean these guys are out here in stunna shades moving there bodies too much for my taste and have some of the weirdest hairstyles ever. Spiked mohawks, shaved sides, shaved everywhere but the back(wish I got a pic), I mean just some things that would be made fun of back home. I walked up and down this street called Sante Fe in Buenos Aires and realized that Im one of the darkest people here, its a more white skin tone here then in Brazil so Im standing out a little bit more which I hope is in my favor. Im going to club Pacha tonight and hear its supposed to be amazing so Im pretty excited, like one of the best clubs in the world. Lets see what else do you want to know, the hostel Im staying in is notoriously known for being a party hostel and its a club inside around 10pm with DJ and everyone just meets up there before heading out to other clubs at like 2am. Im having a lot of fun right now and its short lived because I head to Peru on Tuesday to trip to Machu Piccu so those pics will just be amazing. Well love everyone and Ill update you later and every computer I use just wont let you put up pics, also they have a totally different keyboard everywhere I go so I gave up on trying to find question marks and apostraphes(sounded that one out)
4 comments:
hey crazy boy - great blog. I watched Away from Her (alzheimer movie) and cried like a baby. Keep eating the steaks - who knows what you might get on the Machu Picchu trail (sacrified virgin?). With you, even a bus ride is an adventure.
MOM
This is rome. I had to post anonymous cuz it's being weak....
What it do, Pinkey? I hear that you ran into my friend Amanat? I'm glad I could hook up a couple of the homies in a different country. Oh and it's spelled apostrophe. Just in case you were wondering. but while i'm trying to clown, i definitely had to hit spell check. Holla.
The beef in Argentina is amazing. It has cattle country,just like the US,only the cowboys are called gauchos. I've been reading all your blogs and am impressed. Although there is quite a bit of raunchy partying (hey - you are young enjoy it) there is an equal amount of reflection and sociological commentary. I am proud of your spirit. You are taking a risk to fulfill a dream and that's great. We love you. Keep those blogs coming.
Stop sneaking stuff! IM glad you having so much fun, your pics are amazing im so impressed by your writing technique, I can actually visualize what you are talking about. I heard south america is the disco techno capital, just start shaking real hard like your having a seizure and you such fit right in! The girls will dig that one for real!
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