We are gone, another trip over a long distance (going RTW, back home for now)

If you are still there on Saturday there is a large street market downtown in the mornings. I believe it was on Defensa Street at Moreno.

thanks for the info. We were there last I believe it was Sunnday or Saturday? Doesn´t matter. Sandra read About it and wanted to go.
Cheers Thomas

Glad to see you two are still having fun! Thomas, you still had TONS of miles left on those sprockets! If you could only get that many miles out of a set of tires!

Keep up the good work and I'm still following along.... from my couch!

get off that Couch and on the bike and do some riding. Your not getting lazy are you?
Yeah tires with that life would be nice, but they are not on the market yet.

We did some more exploring in BA. First stop was the “Floralis Generica”, a huge sculpter of a flower made of steel and aluminum with an electrical mechanism that lets it open every morning and close again in the evening.



Second was the graveyard in la Recoleta. It is huge and many well-known persons found their last resting place here. It is very touristy with tour groups and walking tours all over the place.















and probably the most photograghed grave - Eva Peron (Evita)

Ok, one more Buenos Aires session.

Went for a bike ride in the City. These bikes are for free.



Frida is everywhere in South America. I never found out why. She is mexican.



Took a tour through the pink Palace.
The Courtyard



view from the balcony. Evita spoke from the one next to it.



one of the main Rooms inside



and just some Buildings in the City







Evita on a Building









a bookstore in an old Theater. They say its the biggest bookstore in the world.

very nice update.

yeah for now, i have to settle for what you and other post. still another 2 years before i could plan any trip to SA. have to do UE this year and next.

Hi guys,
so when you are coming up to Brasil? The rain is nice and warm up here

Would be cool to catch up with you guys again, the Iguazu falls were awesome and well worth a visit on the way up. I'm heading for the coast now, aiming to make it to Florianapolis in the next few days.

Ride safe amigos !

Hey Arjan, heading North tomorrow through Uruguay and then Brasil, so in your direction. Just had a big thunder storm here in BA and it was hot and humid today - just like you like it. Slow down a bit and we will meet.
Ride safe
Cheers Thomas

Where are you two?

Guessing they're still airing out in Buenos Aires

Nope, not in BA anymore. Sorry I haven´t posted anything lately, but was lazy and didn´t take many photos eather.
we left BA 2 weeks ago and made our way through Uruguay to Brasil. We are in Gramado at the Moment.
I´ll try to get some photos Ready for upload today or tomorrow and try to post something soon, but don´t Count on it.

Keep on keeping on Thomas. We'll read when you write.

^^^
What he said

After a month in Buenos Aires it was time to leave for the 31st country on this journey, Uruguay. The first stop was the town of Fray Bentos. It was here that in 1863 a factory was founded that should later feed the world with meat, corned and frozen and later even put pies in tins. It was a huge factory where in its heights 1500 – 2000 pieces of cattle were slaughtered and processed daily. The products were exported all over the world and the brand was named after the town. What is left of the complex is pretty much in ruins, but it is interesting to walk around a bit and see the pictures that are on display and read about the work that was done there.

strolling around the factory



a lot of old photos are on Display and Infos About the work in the factory





I love old machinery, (but I´m an engineer)





the old docks





going on we tried a dirt road that looked Pretty dry and sandy. It wasn´t. Underneath it was muddy and slippery like hell. We didn´t get far and had to push the bikes back as the rear Wheel would only spin.

Interesting looking at the old photo, lots of bare feet, not something you see anymore at work... It's even more interesting for me as my home was originally built as an abattoir to kill and process meat from Cattle, Pigs and Sheep. A long time since it was in operation, so not much of that history left in the building. NZ has quite a few abandoned meat works buildings. Hygene standards have moved on and made the old buildings and processes obsolete.

yes the Workers in the photos are all bare footed (hope they washed thier feet before entering the factory). The guys wearing shoes were the bosses I would guess.

Landscape and riding have been a little on the boring side leaving Argentina and all the way through Uruguay so no photos of that. We didn´t take any. A lot of farming in Uruguay. That´s the only change, but still flat. We stopped in an old and touristy town for the night, Colonia, and then pushed on to Montevideo where we met up with some old friends – Takeshi and his wife Coco and Mandy and Jon. We hadn´t seen all of them in a while and it was good to catch up. Sadly Mandy and Jon are going back home and we will not be seeing them any time soon, but that is travelling.

in Colonia

this car hasn´t been used in a while



nice roads in town





more old vehicles in town



BBQ in Montevideo, pick what you want



in Montevideo

Mmmmm, barbecue! Thanks for keeping us updated Thomas!

Recently added to the UNESCO World Heritage list - Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape.