Well three days ago I decided to take a spur of the moment trip to Peru, I'm writting this from Lima, Peru I got here last night.
Haven't explored at all yet, but going in a minute. I'll be traveling by Peruvian Airlines in two days to Cusco and Machu Picchu, then off to Puno and lake Titicaca before heading to La Paz, Bolivia and ending in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
A 3 week trip through these 2 Andean countries before classes start, should be a great experience!
lunes, 13 de febrero de 2012
viernes, 3 de febrero de 2012
Rain Storm and Power outtage
So the other day I thought I'd take my computer and get some skyping in at a cafe in San Telmo, a cool "bohemian" like neighborhood about 30 minute busride south of Belgrano where I live.
When I arrived at the cafe, it started to rain, and when it rains in Buenos Aires, it poors.
I waited about 4 hours in the cafe and I decided right before close I should try and venture back to my apartment. I set out with my umbrella and backpack to the bus stop. I got on the bus and as the bus started to head back north, it began to fill up with tons of people escaping the rain. I later found out because of the downpoor the Subways and Trains weren't running. At one bus stop, a line of people waiting for the bus I was one, were denied to get on because the bus was already too full, the bus driver tried to explain to the people that more back up busses were on their way but they didn't care, they wanted out of the rain.. many start banging on the windows of the bus yelling obscenities at the driver, and one man got so angry he kicked the front door of the bus, breaking the glass window...
We set off again in the bus and every bus stop we passed and didn't pick up the long lines of people, the bus driver got an ear full of bad names.
The rain was so bad that some streets had flooded and there were power outtages.
When I arrived finally after 50 minutes to my apartment building, I found a dark, lightless street. The power was out in my building.
I decided to go to the starbucks around the corner on one of the main avenues and wait it out until 1am when the starbucks closed to use their internet.
I was there a little while when suddenly, the whole place went black.
I was in the back and around the corner of the entrance, it was dark, but luckily one of the starbucks employees came and got all the customers out with flashlights.
Then I went to an icecream shop to wait since I obviously couldn't stay any longer at the starbucks. The icecream shop closed at 1am as well, and I came to my darkened apartment,
however for the complete darkness, I couldn't sleep also because of the heat and my fan not working properly, so I left and found an open cafe and drank tea and ate a grilled cheese sandwhich and hungout there until 5am when I came home, the power finally came on at some point in the morning while I was sleeping because I woke up to a working fan.
Quite an interesting experience.
When I arrived at the cafe, it started to rain, and when it rains in Buenos Aires, it poors.
I waited about 4 hours in the cafe and I decided right before close I should try and venture back to my apartment. I set out with my umbrella and backpack to the bus stop. I got on the bus and as the bus started to head back north, it began to fill up with tons of people escaping the rain. I later found out because of the downpoor the Subways and Trains weren't running. At one bus stop, a line of people waiting for the bus I was one, were denied to get on because the bus was already too full, the bus driver tried to explain to the people that more back up busses were on their way but they didn't care, they wanted out of the rain.. many start banging on the windows of the bus yelling obscenities at the driver, and one man got so angry he kicked the front door of the bus, breaking the glass window...
We set off again in the bus and every bus stop we passed and didn't pick up the long lines of people, the bus driver got an ear full of bad names.
The rain was so bad that some streets had flooded and there were power outtages.
When I arrived finally after 50 minutes to my apartment building, I found a dark, lightless street. The power was out in my building.
I decided to go to the starbucks around the corner on one of the main avenues and wait it out until 1am when the starbucks closed to use their internet.
I was there a little while when suddenly, the whole place went black.
I was in the back and around the corner of the entrance, it was dark, but luckily one of the starbucks employees came and got all the customers out with flashlights.
Then I went to an icecream shop to wait since I obviously couldn't stay any longer at the starbucks. The icecream shop closed at 1am as well, and I came to my darkened apartment,
however for the complete darkness, I couldn't sleep also because of the heat and my fan not working properly, so I left and found an open cafe and drank tea and ate a grilled cheese sandwhich and hungout there until 5am when I came home, the power finally came on at some point in the morning while I was sleeping because I woke up to a working fan.
Quite an interesting experience.
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