Comdoro

Our bus ride to Comodoro Rivadavia went through the night, it was 12 hours... longer then the plane ride here! I had the pleasure of sitting next to a very large man for the journey which was not ideal, but he was lovely and his little daughter behind us was so cute, until she started vomiting everywhere. I didn’t get much sleep on the bus. Sol and I stayed with her great aunty, Rocio and Mariela stayed at Mariela’s brothers’ house a few minutes down the road. Comodoro was very beautiful as it is right on the sea and there are many beaches and it’s really hilly a bit like Dunedin. One night we went to Rada Tilly which is another town about 30 min away to stay with Sol’s friend, the idea of fun there is something like, walk to the plaza, walk home, walk to the plaza, walk home, well you get the drift. I probably walked the equivalent of the length of NZ in one day, no jokes! Rada Tilly was much cleaner and nicer then Comodoro but there isn’t much to do there. We went to the town centre in Comodoro, I was expecting to do some shopping but it seems like Argentinians just like to walk around, not actually go into any shops which was a bit disappointing because I wanted some new clothes haha. The day that we left we had a big asado at the house of Mariela’s brother for lunch which was yuummmmyyyyyyy. I think the whole world should have asados, seriously you don’t know what you’re missing out on.

Last night while I was walking to salsa there was something going on in the plaza by our house. A group of about 15 men had gathered and in the middle was a girl about my age being patted down by a police officer, I don’t know what was happening but it was scary. At night time we like to go out walking with a couple of friends, at about 11.30 we walk to the centre and buy lollipops then just walk around for a few hours in the freezing cold. There are a lot of boy racers on the main street here doing laps with their cars that they think are cool but really aren’t, it’s the same as NZ in that way.

I tried some Cadbury’s chocolate Argentina style yesterday, I think it was false packaging… it was disgusting and did not deserve the name Cadbury on it. I miss good chocolate. I went to the market today and since it’s so hot it was massive!  All the hippies sit around under the trees next to the market and play their instruments and sing; one guy was even playing a didgeridoo, actually a lot of people play didgeridoos around the town. Life is pretty cruisy, everyone thought school was meant to start today, turns out it didn’t so I’m still on holiday. It’s only been oh 4 months since I last went to school. Yay for no school (: