Buenos Aires

BA has treated me well... a fun, safe, beautiful big city that feels more European than South American. This is probably one of the most expensive stays of the trip and I think I still only went over the $30 daily budget one or two days... including dinning on fine steaks most nights and sampling many liter cervezas. The drivers are crazy (at least twice as crazy as the cabs in NYC) but every person I´ve come in contact with has been incredibly warm and welcoming.

Went to an Argenitian folk concert the other night which was by far one of the highlights of the time in the city. The band we saw was Onda Vaga (check out band link http://www.ondavaga.com.ar/)

The hostel I´ve been at has a roof deck, perfect for socializing and drinking beers with people from all over the world. I´ve already met/toasted with people from 14 countries and counting.

Tomorrow I am off to Uruguay which I believe is really the start of the trip. The plan is to hop from town to town (if you can call some of them towns) up the coast. There is not a plan from there except to make it down to Patagonia while it is still summer. I´ll be traveling the next leg of the journey with a Swiss woman, Michele, I met here and who will likely get many good laughs as I struggle to speak this second language for me (she speaks 5).

Street soccer court in La Boca

Common Street Market

The land of Tango... somewhat of a Tango pose with Michele at a famous restaurant/theater

To begin and explain:

Perdido = Lost
"Lost" has many degrees
I guess the objective or goal of this trip (which I have tried to avoid setting) is to get lost (ranging in the full spectrum of degrees) in another part of the world, another culture, another experience... this is likely one of the more attainable goals I´ll ever have given there are no real plans, no timelines, and no real contraints except a lack of money and limited spanish language skills, which likely will make ¨getting lost" that much easier...

"in South America" = the region to get lost in and star of this story (understanding "en sur america" would be propper espanol para no hablo español bien y escribo muy malo)

Keeping with the spirit of the trip and aforementioned goal I have no idea how often I will update, however, to track my aimless wanderings I think you can click the subscribe button and be notified when/if new entries are posted (not sure exactly how it works).

I had serious reservations about creating this world wide web peering glass into my life, but have been suprised by the positive response and interest I received regarding this trip... therefore, here it is. I´m going to try to treat this as a journal of sorts, so if you´re offended easily or are considering hiring me upon my return and swashbuckling tales of all night drinking and irresponsibility might negatively effect your decision then please don´t follow.

Also, hopefully this is the longest entry and I plan to let the pictures and capitions save me from the heavy literary lifting.

Day -1: The sack of stuff and a clean shaven version of me