Read about Dan’s travels around the world.

Kitty Heaven

April 14, 2006
Day 198
Andrea Visit Day 6

The only thing we had to do today was go back to the Recoleta Cemetery. We didn't leave the hostel until noon, because we were waiting to see if we could stay in our same room. The people ended up not showing for their… Read More »

Tres Friends

April 13, 2006
Day 197
Andrea Visit Day 5

On the agenda for today was the zoo, art museum, and a tango show. Dan called up his friend Kathleen, who he met on the Antarctica cruise, to see if she wanted to hang out with us for the day. She did and we… Read More »

Cowabunga, dude!

April 12, 2006
Day 196
Andrea Visit Day 4

Considering I went to bed late last night, I slept in this morning. I did not get carried away by bed bugs last night as I thought I might. I did wear as much clothes as possible last night; I even put the hood… Read More »

Much Ado About Nothing

April 11, 2006
Day 195
Andrea Visit Day 3

Today was a day better spent doing pretty much anything but what ended up doing, which was not much of anything. We got up early with plans to got to Tigre, a smaller town 40 minutes, by train, north of Buenos Aires. The hostel… Read More »

Buenos Aires In Three Hours

April 10, 2006
Day 194
Andrea Visit Day 2

Today we slept in and caught up on some much needed rest. We got up just in time to have some medialunas, sweet crosissants, at around 10:30. They are very good. Then we went to the mall to check out the Salvidor Dali exhibit… Read More »

Reunion

April 9, 2006
Day 193
Andrea Visit Day 1

To the faithful readers of Dan's blog, you are now about to gain a new perspective, mine. (Dan Says: Well, I still feel the need to throw in my opinion every now and then. So plan on hearing from me throughout Andrea's ramblings. Think… Read More »

Preparations

April 8, 2006
Day 192

Today I went to a soccer game with Kathleen. It wasn't between any of the elite teams in the city, but both teams were good and evenly matched, making for a good game. I didn't realize this when I got to the stadium, but each side of the field… Read More »

Back In BA

April 7, 2006
Day 191

This was a day of preparations for Andrea's upcoming visit. I said goodbye to Julita in the morning and took a bus back to Buenos Aires. Most of the afternoon was spent searching for hostels for us to stay in. Most of the places I like didn't have much… Read More »

Life In La Plata

April 4-6, 2006
Day 188-190

For the last few days, I've been staying with Julita. It's been nice because I've done a lot of hanging out with her friends. I don't feel like such a tourist when there are no foreigners around besides myself. Together we've gone to some parks, drank mate, played pool,… Read More »

Couchsurfing In La Plata

April 3, 2006
Day 187

Last night I took an overnight bus to La Plata, which is about an hour south of Buenos Aires. I'm staying with Juliana, who I originally met back in Vina del Mar, Chile in December when we were both couchsurfing in the same place. I slept most of the… Read More »