Our first stop will be Buenos Aires, Argentina to visit Lincoln's brother Adam and his girlfriend Andrea. We'll spend about a week in Buenos Aires, then head northeast to Puerto Iguazu for a couple of days to see some of the world's most spectacular waterfalls. Next will be a very long bus ride to get to Salta, which is in the northwest part of Argentina. We'll spend a few days in and around Salta, and then travel to San Pedro de Atacama, in the Atacama desert of Northern Chile. We plan to return to Argentina again some day (for Adam & Andrea's wedding perhaps?), so we are saving the other parts of the country for a future visit...
Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at 5:32PM Adam met us at the airport, and while we were outside waiting for the driver to bring the car around, the Dalai Lama walked out of the airport and into a mortorcade. What an auspicious way to start our trip!
Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 10:40PM Apparently when you are there with less people around, you actually get to help feed the baby animals and spend more time with them. This time we had to stand in line to wait to get into the cages to pet the animals. We pet young lions, pumas (a couple of them were only one month old – very cute!), and coatis.
Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 10:44PM Next we had a bite to eat at the pizza place again and took the bus to Puerto Madero, which is the old dock area of the city that has been completely refurbished in recent years. The place is now a hip hangout with several expensive hotels and restaurants lining the water.
Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 11:11PM Buenos Aires is a city of 13 million people, and rivals many European cities in beauty because of its colonial architecture, wide boulevards, and lively atmosphere. There are so many neighborhoods to wander around and things to do here. Everywhere we go, were are commenting on the nice buildings, the balconies overflowing with greenery, the huge ornate doors on almost every building.
Saturday, May 6, 2006 at 2:09PM These women have been protesting here weekly since the early eighties, demanding an explanation for the 30,000 people that were tortured and “disappeared” by the dictatorship government during the Dirty War (1976 – 1983). The women are grandmothers now, and have recently held their 1000th protest.