- 6 really nice Couchsurfers from Buenos Aires, talking mostly in Spanish with each other but being nice to me
- thousands of mosquitos! (You just can't avoid all the bites! I hope I didn't get dengue... The best repellent seemed to be ' PunkkiÄssä' that I bought in Finland.)
- a river you're not allowed to swim in! (Dunno if it was because of the currents, boats, anglers...)
- 'asado', a real Argentine barbeque with lots of meat
About packing for this trip:
Taking my hammock was a good choice, I slept in it at the campsite this weekend. And thank God, it has the mosquito net! I also used the windstopper jacket, because the mozzies were biting through my fleece. They even bit through jeans! For any trips to mosquito areas I truly recommend PunkkiÄssä (http://www.punkkiassa.fi).
I've already used my dancing shoes once. I ended up taking a private lesson on Friday, 20 EUR/hour. The teacher was good. Tomorrow I'm planning to go to a cheaper group lesson.
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You can't avoid soccer, el futbol, in Argentina. Last week when I visited la Boca, there was a big match starting at the stadium and a lot of policemen on the streets. At a museum close to Recoleta graveyard, I went to see a photo exhibition about soccer.