Back in January I had got a fantastic deal from British Airways for a non-stop flight from Heathrow to Ezeiza, and thus Johannes, my dad, joined me from Berlin-Tegel on Sunday afternoon.
Über den Wolken…
London from the air
Meanwhile at Terminal 5, Heathrow…
Bye, Stevie baby, see you in 3 months’ time…
Our 777
After 13.5 hours our destination came into view
Río de la Plata between Uruguay and Argentina
Avenida de los Lagos in Nordelta, BsAs
Misty, enchanted landscape…
At Ezeiza
For some reason we couldn’t get any cash from the ATMs at the airport, so we decided to walk the four kilometres from the bus terminal to our hotel.
Johannes on the Plaza de Mayo – the presidential office ‘La Casa Rosada’ (the Pink House) in the background
Memorial of the Falklands/Malvinas Conflict
The Cabildo Buenos Aires – the former city council, today a museum of the May revolution in 1810
Waiting for our friend John in front of our hostel in San Telmo
With John in the Gibraltar, a pub as British as it can be in the historical centre of Buenos Aires
Another of the famous citizens of the Capital Federal – Mafalda
Dinner at ‘La Poesía’….
… where you can get the best ‘Picada’ in town
… and we were joined by John’s better half Cristina
An amazing city, delicious food and great company – and tomorrow we will explore even more of Buenos Aires!
Lots going on before we’re off to South America tomorrow –
Leaving Do with UKGSer Thames Valley on Thursday
With Possu, Clivie, Rob Keep, Patrick and Martin at the King Billy.
… and Mike F and Janie
Great entertainment for a good cause at work: Rich doing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
I dare you…
The Paparazzi
Cameras ready?
Leaving drinks with (a selected few of) my colleagues at Café Baba
With Nick, Mark, Juliette, Katie and Adam
… and Linh
Leaving Dinner with my colleagues at the Verde
With Mark, Juliette, Matt, Ed and Linh
Thank you all for joining me – I had a fantastic evening and already look forward to coming back to work with such lovely people in December!
Dear Reader,
I am very sorry that I still haven’t finished my report of the 2010 Bike Trip. With editing the photos, gathering all the scattered details from my journal, receipts and other notes and doing the necessary research, a post usually takes 3 to 4 days to write, and fitting this time into a busy life has proven to be really difficult. Most importantly, you need to be in a writer’s mind and mood to sit down and produce entertaining and informative prose – and this isn’t easy to achieve either. I admire all the authors who actually complete their ride reports or even write books about their travels! Respect.
The reason for this apology is that I’m off to South America again! This time not on a bike but with a rucksack and my dad. Using public transport, we will be roughly following the previous route with a few more sights and delights thrown in which I missed on the last trip, such as the Brazilian side of the Iguazú Falls, the Lago de Todos los Santos in Chile and Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego.
For this 20,000-odd-kilometre (12,500 miles) loop of the continent we have ‘only’ three months this time. I love my job and the company I’m now working for and didn’t really want to hand my notice in. Fortunately my employer understands that life is short and you have to make the most of it, and so I was generously given unpaid leave until December.
Today is my last day at work and on Sunday my dad and I will take off from London Heathrow to Buenos Aires.
I hope you will enjoy following us on our journey!
(Manu)Ela
Pumpernickel on Tour 