Buenos Aires

This last four day weekend has been a blur. I left last Thursday night for Buenos Aires by overnight bus and I got back this morning at seven for classes at nine. The weekend was quite fun and I visited Colonia, Uruguay (making a total of four countries that I have visited), I went to the cemetery in Recoleta, the zoo a football (soccer) game and some of the government buildings in the center of the city. Pictures to follow soon.

Uspallata

I realized I forgot to post from my weekend two weeks ago. The pictures have been up on my Picasa account, but they are linked here for reference. These are from the border town of Uspallata and Aconcagua National Park. Aconcagua is the tallest mountain in the world, outside of the Himalayas. Mendoza therefore has hundreds of tourists who come to climb the mountain in the summertime (January-February)(Recall that seasons are reversed in the southern hemisphere due to the tilt of the earth). The day before we left we went to a museum in Mendoza about the founding of the city.

Panoramics - Patagonia

Here are some Panoramic photos that I took while I was in Patagonia. These are all from the Arrayanes National Park.

Pictures from Patagonia

As promised:

Patagonia

I have been back from Patagonia for almost a week now, but I have not been able to post anything - homework has taken priority. However, I thought I would type out a quick note for everyone and let you know what we did. We left two weeks ago (20 hour bus rides are horrible) and we did several hiking trips which while fun and entertaining, are not my particular cup of tea (I'm not a tea fan either, although apple cider or hot chocolate on a very cold day is nice). We saw three waterfalls, had classes, had a very entertaining lunch in Bariloche, did some shopping, wrote two papers and enjoyed sleeping 100 meters from a very beautiful lake. Pictures to follow this weekend.