The Fog

I won't have much time to add anything new for the next few weeks since I'm headed waaaaayyy down to the southern tip of South America (650 miles north of Antarctica!) for the next week and a half, so here are a few items of interest to "show off" before leaving town.

A while ago we had some fog roll through the city (it's so humid that during the winter-to-spring transition it creates some interesting weather situations). So whilst wandering around one Saturday afternoon, here are a few scenes from foggy Buenos Aires... on the left, this is the view in the Plaza de Mayo. It sorta feels like you're in London or Paris, with the exception of the kidnappings, motor thieves, labor strikes, protest marches, and work stoppages constantly going on. ¡Viva la america latina!

Moving along, to the right is another view of the Plaza de Mayo, over towards the old Cabildo building. It was really strange because in my neighborhood (20 minutes away by subway), it was a sunny blue sky day... but when I arrived downtown, this is what was going on. You could see where the actual wall of fog began and ended - really weird but interesting. I am submitting it to Al Gore for more proof of "global warming". Plus with summer on it's way, I suspect the globe down here will become even warmer in the coming months. Al Gore will be getting lots of email from me keeping him apprised of our situation down here.

I also made a stop in the mega-touristy barrio of La Boca. This is the place where all the ubiquitous photos are shot of the Argentine tango dancers in front of the multi-colored houses, buildings, etc. But the real "photo action" this day was down by the docks on the foggy Rio Riachuela that feeds into the Atlantic (eventually). I also did a nice job editing out all the nasty garbage and junk floating in this river... if you accidentally fell in, I bet you'd lose a few layers of skin and probably contract some sort of hideous, incurable skin disease. Yes, it's that nasty and smelly. Looks pretty, tho...

Anyhoo, tomorrow is the big day that I head down to Patagonia. For those with a map, I'm flying down to El Calafate (for the Perito Moreno glaciar), then across the border to Puerto Natales, Chile to hike in the Torres del Paine national park, then down to Punta Arenas (Chile), and finally back across to Argentina to "the furthest south (populated) city in the world", Usuhaia. Then back to Buenos Aires... or at least that's the plan for the moment!