My year off

Gallery: rosario cordodba santa Rosa

robertlaird — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:24:00 GMT

Mate

robertlaird — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Wow I never thought that I would find myself sipping a drink, that smelt of shit, tasted like green tea with mashed in fags. To make matters even more sureal you share a straw with other people, one of which is now in the German hospital in BS AS with swine flu.

However the effects of sharing a cup with good friends, getting mellow, talking shit is fantastic and now I am totally addicted to MATE!!!

My class the second week

robertlaird — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:00:00 GMT

The English in BS AS

robertlaird — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:31:00 GMT

The English must be the oddest group of people in the world.

In Racoleta cemetry I was greated by a very posh sounding woman, who said she was English. She overpronounced all her words and was very odd. She then called us scouse boys and said "bye mate!"

A sweet old lady stopped to help us when we were looking lost,she said in English, in the poshest accent possible "can I help you?" I asked her the way to Santa Fe and she had no idea what i was talking about. She was obviously English decent but toatally Argentine.

A Businessman heard us talking in English. He stopred me and asked if I was from Hollywood. I told him I was "Inglese" and he kept saying Hollywood. I said I was not from the US and he replied you should come from Holywood like Al Capone and advised us not to be english.

If I hear that we are fat, lazy, unhealthy, or alcoholic again I am going to scream. Also why does everyone think that london is violent and dangerous and that all the English are drunk?

My class the first week

robertlaird — Tue, 8 Sep 2009 09:26:00 GMT

Learning is fun!!! It is good to experience someone else explain ideas, write on a whitebored and have to plan lessons.

My class: Louise, Kevin, Emma, Isla, Deborah, Nicolas and my teacher Eduardo are lots of fun. At first we sat silent not understanding a word. By the end of the week I had learnt, in Spanish how to:Forbid someone from entering my bedroom, how to order someone to take of their G String and how to invite my friends to eat fillet steak in the park.

Other highlights included: hearing Sara being told "Wow 28, single, your biological clock is ticking" and being introduced to Expanish with "Do not bring anybody back to your room, there are hotels in BS AS that you can rent by the hour for that kind of thing. They are covered in mirrors."

I must be so British!!!!!!!

Gallery: Buenos Aires

robertlaird — Tue, 8 Sep 2009 07:28:00 GMT

The drag queen singing phantom with jesus

robertlaird — Sun, 6 Sep 2009 02:00:00 GMT

Tonight I only had 2 vodkas, but felt totally spaced out.

I watched a drag queen sing phantom in Spanish, playing both the main parts.

I spoke to some locals "me lamo, Rob"..... "I lick myself, rob" instead of "me llamo Rob"...... my name is Rob".

Jesus asked me why England wanted Las Malivinas, whilst I was composing a reply, he asked; "Why do we (the English) want a barren rock thosands of miles from home?" He then answered his own question "O, it must be because England is a tiny island that needed more space and that Argentina was hugh and had plenty of space?"

I think he has a point, but is he a size queen?

The sweet couple from Rio

robertlaird — Fri, 4 Sep 2009 11:29:00 GMT

Love is sweet.

Today I caught a plane from Rio to BS AS, seats were bookd so Kev and I could have isle seats, but an error in check in forced us to have a window and middle seat, however 2 boys whoe were madly in love stole our seats so they could sit together and we got our original seats.

At the the time this was interesting as it was sickly sweet, but now I am falling asleep with boredom typing!!!!! Its a raining and I am bored!!!!

Sleepimg in the airport

robertlaird — Thu, 3 Sep 2009 23:21:00 GMT

How boring, walked through arrivals out of the door and it was raining in Rio.

Then got in a lift straight up to the hotel and slept. Rio rocks!!!!!

The journey to South America

robertlaird — Thu, 3 Sep 2009 15:00:00 GMT

house to leytonstone

Leytonstone to Heathrow

Heatrow to Rio Blah!!!!!!

Upgade and movie passed 11 hours realively painlessly.

Getting ready

robertlaird — Thu, 3 Sep 2009 09:02:00 GMT

Will I ever be ready for this bloody trip!!!!!

24 trips to blacks, 4 pairs of traveller pants, 3 pairs of traveller trousers, a ruck sack, micro fleece, 2 bottles of wine a pizza and its 3 in the morning and I am not yet packed!!!

When do you get ecxited? and what is a "whicking" fabric? Can i really be a traveller?