Argentina

Carnival Season in Corrientes Ends

On Sunday was the last night of Carnival in Corrientes. They say that Corrientes has one of the biggest carnivals outside of Brazil. Every year they celebrate the Carnival here in the city over a period of three or so weeks. People work…

Siambretta No Go – Flat Tire!

I woke up this morning, ready to head to town and begin another list of items on my paperwork trail. Time was fast running out by the time I reached my bike as I had just completed a number of essential tasks for the morning. On reaching…

Buying a Siambretta – Owner Missing

It was 8am and I was waiting out on the sidewalk for my friend to turn up in his car. We had made this arrangement a couple of nights ago and as the time grew later I became concerned that he had forgotten our appointment. For me this was…

Buying a Siambretta – Getting the Bike

It was in between meetings, we had just finished our staff meeting and now there was a worship time with the students, that I talked with Sergio about our need to head into town right now. We had arranged to meet the real owner today at 11…

Buying a Siambretta – Er, Siambroken

Blind Purchase Proud as punch, I took off on my new motorbike. This was my very first ride on it. It did not occur to me until after the purchase that I had never actually looked at the bike or checked it out for any mechanical failures or…

Buying a Siambretta

Well, it has been over two years now that I have been here in Argentina and only recently have I decided that it was time to look at getting some form of transport. There are many options here, from the latest models of bikes and cars to…

Siambretta – Fixing the Broken, Hurt, and Dieing

Picking Up The Papers There is not a lot of time this morning, after fixing my flat tyre and following Sergio to his mechanics it was already past 10am, leaving us with a couple of hours for both paperwork and buying some tyres. This was…

Reminders of Where I Am

It has been almost 2 years now that I have been living in Argentina and although life has changed a little from what it was in Australia and New Zealand, it is also very similar in many ways. Sometimes I simply forget where I am.

Christmas 2005 Photos

Living in Puerto Madryn

Arriving in Puerto Madryn at 3pm in the afternoon, I was met by a team from the YWAM base who were expecting me. We climbed into the 4wd and took off out of the city to a place they call the “Quintas”, about 6kms out on the top of a small…