South America

After finishing up with 1 week of Spanish classes in Buenos Aires I decided to head 4 hours north along the river to Rosario. I had met a guy from Rosario about a month or so ago while travelling in Mendoza and he invited me to Rosario to visit. Guido is the one on the far right of the picture.

My first night there was a Wednesday and Guido´s friends took me to a VERY interesting bar/club called Roswell. I cannot describe this place very easily. Ask me about it when I get home and Ill try to explain it.

Here are some pictures I took while walking around a monument in Rosario.

The next night Guido had planned a big Asado (BBQ) at a friends house. He was the cook for the night and it was cool to see how they cook it up Argentina style.

Here is Guido working his magic as the Asador (grillmaster).

They use charcoal and cook with low heat. I think the steaks were on there for over an hour.

We had a great time and I met a lot of Guido´s friends that night.

Rosario is on the banks of the Parana River and there is a small but very nice beach there. These pictures were not taken on the weekend, but I went back on Saturday and it was packed. Yeah!!

I saw an ad for a drifting competition with cars brought from Japan. I thought that this was strange for this area so I went to check it out. The track was pretty weak but the cars were cool to see since they are very hard, if not impossible, to get in the United States. After the competition I was feeling adventurous so I decided to hitch hike back to town. I stood there with my thumb out for about 2 min and the 5th or 6th car that passed stopped and took me into town. No problems....I should do that more often.

Nissan Skyline

Nissan 240SX (S15)

Ernesto (Che) Guevara was born in Rosario. The first picture is near his house and the second is a monument/painting nearby.

There was a huge cultural festival in Rosario for the week. There were tents from many different countries with their local food and many had a stage with some traditional dancing too. I walked around the fair with 2 lesbians from Buenos Aires for a few hours. Good times!

Near the fairgrounds.

I tiny little bar in the middle of a park that I thought was cool.

Rainstorm rolling into Rosario.

If you are ever in Argentina I highly recommend a visit to Rosario.