This town is amazing. I flew in from Patagonia and picked a hostel out of the book that looked cool and was in a cool part of town. The first night here was Saturday and I made some friends at the hostel that were cruising out so I joined them. Victor and Patrick are both riding motorcycles around. Victor started in Michigan and has covered 17 countries in 17 months. Pretty amazing. It was his birthday so we rolled to a club around 3AM. That is typical here. We danced and partied until the sun came up then slept till mid afternoon. I woke up and had a craving for a proper steak as Argentina is famous for it. Luckily on the corner near our hostel is an amazing Parilla (BBQ) joint and I ordered the steak. They brought it still bleeding and it was absolutely amazing. During the day I walked around the artist market in San Telmo which was very colorful. There were all kinds of street performers and crafts. That evening the three of us rolled to the local futbol game. We saw River Plate and it was crazy with fans! Unfortunatly they lost but the game was still great and the experience was amazing. It was an early night for me.
The following day I decided to track down some friends of a friend. This is an interesting story. I was on a night bus in Vietnam and started talking to a guy sitting next to me. He is an American and cool guy so we exchanged Facebook info. We hadn´t communicated at all after that until he randomly sent me a message about a week ago asking for an update and telling me where he was at. I actually didn´t even remember who he was at first until I checked his profile and remembered his face. So I tell him that I am heading to Buenos Aires and he says he has some friends there that I should contact...so I do. I wound up heading over to there house early on Monday to say hello. Robin, BJ and Mike are all from the states and became friends at San Diego State. BJ and Robin just started a bike tour company in town and Mike runs a futbol league. They are all super cool guys and we got on immidiatly. I decided to do the tour with Robin that day and see the North side of town. It was a great tour which included the Recoleta cemetary along with many sights and loads of cool information. That evening we rolled to Bomba del Tiempo (time bomb) which is an amazing drum band that has a special guest every week playing various instruments. This week was a cool bassist. That was amazing. We bounced to drum beats for a few hours straight all laughing and having a great time. It is a must do in BA and I think it goes down every Monday.
The tour was so much fun that I decided to do it again on Tuesday. This time we did the South part of town which included the nature reserve and a stop for the famous Bondiolla sandwich. Wow that thing was amazing. Grilled pork sandwhich with all the fixings on a huge fresh bun....my mouth is watering. The guys are so chill that they allowed me to crash on their couch so we spent most of the evenings chilling and watching movies and the mornings drinking yerba mate.
Wednesday I borrowed one of their bikes and went out on my own to check the local graffiti. Very cool riding around town and I pretty much covered all of BA in those three days. I met up with Nathan in the afternoon and we decided to kick it the following day as it was St. Patties Day. I headed back to the pad and went to play some futbol with Mike. I was a little worried that my skills would not stand up but it was no problem. I had 3 goals the first game (one header) and some amazing stops while playing goalie. The second game was with much better competition and I snuck one in and had a great time. Needless to say, I was extremely sore from all the biking and playing.
Thursday brought the festivities and I met up with Nathan and one of his friends in the early afternoon. We went to the happening part of town and drank beers on the street. It turned into a wild mess and we bounced at the perfect moment! I met up with the guys and we partied on a rooftop patio for a bit more before calling it a night. The weekend was actually pretty mellow for me aside from eating. I went to Siga la Vaca which was recomended on the tour for great steaks....and it is all you can eat. I did myself in there with all kinds of amazing BBQ meat, a bottle of wine and great ice cream for dessert. I bounced super early on Sunday to fly to Bogota where I am meeting up with Towe for some adventures. After two months solo on the road, I am ready to have a buddy!! Stay tuned!!
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