19.01.2008

Carnaval de Gualeguaychu - Part 3


The last group of dancers finished around at around 03:00 am. By then fatigue had set in a little bit and our hands were sore from banging the metal of the barriers that separated us from the dancers. This is the way to express your enthusiasm for a particular group or dancer. We left right after by bus back to Buenos Aires, where we arrived at 07:00 am Sunday morning.

Twelve hours later, we left Buenos Aires by bus again for Tucuman, in the northeast of Argentina. Since we were only in town for 12 hours during the day we had checked out from our room before going to the carnival. Now Sunday morning we were exhausted and simply crashed at the lobby of our hostel before doing some last minute sightseeing in Buenos Aires.

This last bit we would do differently going there again, we would stay overnight in Gualeguaychu. Besides, the guy who organised the trip was nice and well-meaning but a bit chaotic which resulted in a lot of waiting around. On the other hand, we must admit that he got us outstanding places, that we maybe would not have been able to buy ourselves…