Homeless in Buenos Aires

We are officially homeless...We dropped off the van in the port town of Zarate, a couple hours north of BA on the 30th of July after a few complications about when and where the ship was headed for North America. Since then, the ship has changed destination ports and been delayed over 10 days... so much for planning our flights and organizing things in advance... As for right now we are still waiting to hear when the ship will actually leave, and where in the United States it will be dropped off.... Trying to just roll with it. Here are a few pictures since leaving Kumu.

Organizing and downsizing. No personal goods are allowed in the van while being shipped... Not the easiest thing to do! 

After selling a few things and getting rid of others we finally packed our lives down into two big back packs, a duffle bag, a box and two carry-on bags... we were pretty impressed with our selves as we lugged everything onto a sketchy train heading into the big city!

Buenos Aires is overwhelming to say the least. Luckily I have an old friend living here with his wife and child. It was great to see a friendly face amidst the 13 million people strolling the streets. We have spent many hours wandering the endless streets and trying to take in all that this massive metropolis has to offer.

The obelisk

The bridge of the women

Old sailing ship

Puerto Madero skyline

Giant spider in La Boca which amazingly I first saw with my friend Allison (Costa Rica) at the Tate Modern in London...

Vibrant colors of La Boca

The famous Ricoletta Cemetary.

The 'Pink House'. Home to Argentine Parliament

We even managed to take in a great tango show.

Apparently it is a necessity when visiting Buenos Aires, the birthplace of tango.

Finally today we checked out the track. No we didn't bet, but there were some pretty anxious old men around yelling wildly as the horses came thundering up to the finish line.

Buenos Aires has been a great change from the stresses of the last few months of our journey. As much as we miss our home on wheels, we are enjoying wandering aimlessly through the streets and not stressing about whether someone is taking off with all our belongings. 

We finally decided on what to do with the month it will take for Kumu to make the journey north (perhaps longer if things keep getting delayed!). We are hopping on a flight tomorrow back down to Ushuaia at the end of the world and going skiing for a few months with the Simari-Birkners at Cerro Castor. Both of us are in serious ski withdrawal and are really looking forward to buckling up the boots and feeling the freedom of the world whipping by under our feet. We will keep you posted on snow reports and run conditions! 

Until next time...