I spent the day in the city centre. I didn't have much time to explore the city the last time when I was here so I took this opportunity to have a detailed look this time. I visited all the touristic places like the cathedral, the palace, Colon theatre, obelisk, May Avenue, Cafe Tortoni, etc. … Continue reading I Was Robbed In Buenos Aires In Broad Daylight
I took Crusel del Norte instead of Andesmar bus form Iguazu Falls to Buenos Aires because I thought Crusel bus was faster. Well, it was one hour faster than the Andesmar one but it was not comfortable - the air conditioning wasn't working properly and unlike my bus trip to Iguazu Falls, the bus company … Continue reading Tango Night in Buenos Aires
It wasn't that bad to be on the bus for that long. An attendant served us food on board. That was great. In retrospect, I think it was because a route for tourists. Hence, such service. The bus trip to Tucuman is something that I'll never forget especially the seat near the toilet on the … Continue reading The Spectacular, Amazing And Awesome Iguazu Falls
I woke up quite late and checked out at 11am. Needed to take the bus at 3pm to Tucuman and then to Tafi del Valle where Magdalena's sister was. She had a holiday house there and it was vacant until January so during these few days, I would stay with her in that house. It … Continue reading New Year With Another Argentinian Family
Thanks to Andrew Llyod Webber's 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina', I knew the name of this country when I was young but I had no idea where it was, what language it spoke and in general, what it was like. Little did I know that I'd be travelling there and spending time with the local … Continue reading Christmas With An Argentinian Family
Woke up at 7:30am. We had pancake for breakfast. Yummy! Guess which pancakes I remembered? Yes, the ones I had in Tibet! After this delicious breakfast, we started to walk. This group of people were very nice. They would stop and wait for the others. We had an old couple from France. Their pace was … Continue reading Colca Canyon Trip Continued
I said goodbye to my host family last night. They said they were really happy to have me there. I hope I didn’t give them too much trouble. I wish I could spend more time with them to practise Spanish but my Spanish was not good enough to converse. I still needed to think before … Continue reading Colca Canyon Trip Was Afoot
I had my first lección de español yesterday. Too much stuff to memorise. The grammar structure was really different from the English grammar. The teacher remembered the couple I met in Mongolia. One of my teachers was the couple's teacher. In fact, it was the couple who gave me the name of this escuela. After the … Continue reading My One-Week Spanish Lesson
My first stop was supposed to be Peru where I planned to take some Spanish lessons as recommended by the couple I met in Mongolia. However, as mentioned in my previous blog, I missed my flight to Peru so I started my journey without knowing any Spanish. I took the bus from Puno to Arequipa … Continue reading Arequipa, A Beautiful City
Lake Titikaka is full of artificial islands. They are also called the floating islands. They are different from those artificial islands formed by land reclamation. The local people used totora leaves as the foundation and then built the houses on top of those leaves. The foundation was as deep as 12 feet. The locals invited … Continue reading One Day Tour To Lake Titikaka
