Rolo on Tour

That title was of course not my idea. I have read that line now already a couple of times from other travellers who spent their last days of their South America trip in Buenos Aires. (It is a common place to fly out.)
I hope you don´t mind if I join them and use it one more time 🙂

And indeed, after spending some time with my girlfriend

quite a sleepy couple

I reached Buenos Aires, the last leg of my travels in South America.

Buenos Aires is the stage for many street artists. Some impressions:

Living the dream of being invisible

Puppet theater in the streets

What else does this city have to offer? Well, for people fond of egyptian architecture there is something:

El obelisco

And of course it is the worldwide capital of Tango. It unfortunately turned into a big tourism spectacle making it hard to experience the real thing. You can even take pictures with Tango dancers in the street for 6 dollars. Not bad for 2 minutes of work!

I guess they earn a lot more than the people who actually dance in the streets like the following couple:

Do you feel the passion?

Another area on the list of every B.A. visitor is the neighborhood La Boca. There you will find a small street called Caminito with pretty colorful houses.

Why so much blue and yellow? Because these are the colors of the local football club, the Boca Juniors!

Speaking of football, yes that is of course a big thing in the country of Diego Maradona. And while I was there the Copa America went into its crucial phase. Sadly for them the Gauchos went out pretty early, but there were enough immigrants to cheer their teams on – watching the games for example on the big screen:

120 minutes and 4 penalty attempts, but still no goal for Brazil!

The first Semifinal I actually got to watch at the airport, because it was my turn to say goodbye to the South American Continent.
And as nobody stopped me like in a Hollywood movie I indeed got on that plane to New Zealand 🙁

Let’s take a quick look back. I have spent half a year in South America and a lot has happened:

I have been to 7 countries, namely Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.

I was trekking within beautiful areas in Ecuador, Peru and in Chile.
I have been to the Amazon jungle.
I saw the incredible salt flat in Uyuni.
I was walking on the equator.
I went down the world´s most dangerous road on a mountainbike.
I climbed a mountain of 6088 metres of altitude.
For the first time in my life I went skydiving.
I visited the impressive ruins of Machu Picchu.

And these are just some of the things I will remember of the time here and which makes it very hard to leave.
But I do not say Goodbye. I say „See you later“.
Ciao amigos, nos vemos prontito!

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