We spent 4 nights in Rosario - and highlights were: - People watching in on the promendade over looking the river over a few glasses of wine - Going out with some fab peoples, to a awesome reggae bar, then to rather interesting clubs... Alarmingly we were directed to a club which was heaving, but with a whole bunch of teeny bops, literally 13-18 year olds trying to get in..we switched clubs, but were still horrified to see some really really young kids out on the lash! IN my DAY, we wouldnt DARE! Hmmphh! - Watching the sunrise after a long night out, all on my own - on the river bank, and contemplating life..or suicide? Hahaha no just life, it was spectacular..Orange Red Pink glissening over the river...Just superb!
Some pics of Rosario below:
Choosing our Salads....peanuts denote the items we have translated and liked - hard to remember what everything is!!
Building we stayed in
Sunrise!!
Unfortunately camera died before sun actually rose!
Peanuts on the old menu again
HEY HO! Or Ho's in our case?
Our fellow hostel folks...
Site seeing - looking really really black!
Naughty diablos!
- and undoubetly the biggest highlight was on the last day going SKY DIVING!! Yes, from 3kms I threw myself out of a plane attached to a another dude... We waited all day, as we went with abig bunch of people, and chose to go last. Bit of a random day waiting in the middle of nowhere..Kind of like the town in Texas Chainsaw Massacre...with like wheat fields all around, few houses then this dusty little town?! NERVOUS! Anyway, we found a nice restaurant (randomly it has a Spa & Hotel in the middle of town) and had a rather tasty lunch. The girls (Hannah & Nicola) went in the first trip, and I watched them making their way back down to earth, whooping and screaming along the way when they were parachuting. I went with another guy, and my quite hunky instructor introduced himself. I was then strapped in and tumbled into a small rickety plane, and we took off for our accent! It was about 5.30pm so the sun was starting to set and the views were amazing over the land and river tributaries. A pretty bumpy ride, but my instructor Sebastien delighted in comforting me with the occasional cuddle - you are literally tightly strapped to each other, so Heavens knows how uncomfortable guys must be? Sebastien definitely took a shining to me and seemed to be nuzzling in ALOT closer then the other dude and his instructor! No harm done though, because by this stage I was close to hyperventilation, and wasnt focusing on anything other than what I was about to do. We got to the right height..the door was swung open, gushing wind, terrified eyes, then other 2 dudes get sucked out, I am terrified, we mover to the edge, countdown begins and WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO! Into the air, 200kms an hour... 20-30 seconds freefall, then the parachute kicks in...and we drift gently down. What a RUSH!!! Absolutely amazing, and the views are indescribable! A definite highlight of the whole trip! We eventually headed back home, after a long sweaty 2 hour bus journey and settled in for a quite night before we headed off again to Buenos Aires the next day. A short 4 hour bus journey from Rosario. A nice 4 days spent, an amazing sky dive and another city ticked off in my itinerary! Next up BA...more news to come! Gypsy....signing out! Whoop whoop! Pics below of my sky diving!!
Looking delighted....and DEAD
terrified...
still terrified...
getting the hang of it....
whooah NO...terrified again...
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