1548  Cabin fever and cigarette smoke

Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 00:09:22 -0700
From: John Taylor <gancho2004@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Cabin fever and cigarette smoke

I have been in Argentina several times. I was able to make good friends at the milongas.
I came alone. I am 33 years old.
I danced milonguero downtown and salon style in Villa Urquiza. I sat very seldom. I saw my first opera and a beautiful ballet at Teatro Colon, enjoyed a couple of musicals about tango and Flamenco . Admired paintings by El Grecco and by Argentinean painters at Museum Nacional de Arte. Visited a casino at the river. Run everyday at the Reserva Ecologica, where I saw big iguanas and all sort of birds. Went to the flee market at Plaza Dorrego on Sundays to buy silver items, gaucho knives, mates, etc. I visited the Central park (3 de febrero), where people skate, bicycle, walk, or ride on boats in the lake. Visited the rose and the Japanese gardens. I saw the sky Colombus followed to reach America at the Planetarium. Admired the incredible architecture of the city. No doubt one of the most beautiful in the world. Visited incredible cemeteries with devils and angels fighting to take the souls away. Went to the movies at midnight. Had delicious, inexpensive dinners at 2 AM. Went to a
casino where I won 200 dollars, visited the Delta of the Rio Parana. A world of houses on islands. Children with white lab coats go to school by bus-boat, the groceries come to the door by boat, taxis are boats, buses are boats, in summary a little Venice like type of life style. I saw the most incredible Water Falls in the north east, the Iguazu, a trail in the wilderness of a national park takes you to see about 250 water falls, all of them different. I visited the majestic Andes Mountains and tried all sort of wines in Mendoza where I went white water rafting and trekking.
Visited an active glacier, a whale sanctuary and a colony of more than 2 million penguins.
Fished for huge Dorados in the Parana River and trout and Salmon in the lakes of the south.
All this while enjoying the company of very kind people.

When I read that some of you are bored inside a condo or that others waste their time complaining about smoke in the bars and milongas... I feel sorry for them, what else can I do?

Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 10:38:44 -0300
From: la guacha <lamasguacha@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Cabin fever and cigarette smoke

Now the Gancho provides really interesting reading.
And I wish he were in charge of my travel itinerary to Argentina.
Thanks John
un abrazo
la guacha

>From: John Taylor <gancho2004@YAHOO.COM>
>Reply-To: John Taylor <gancho2004@YAHOO.COM>
>To:
>Subject: [TANGO-L] Cabin fever and cigarette smoke
>Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 00:09:22 -0700
>
>I have been in Argentina several times. I was able to make good friends at
>the milongas.
>I came alone. I am 33 years old.
> I danced milonguero downtown and salon style in Villa Urquiza. I sat very
>seldom. I saw my first opera and a beautiful ballet at Teatro Colon,
>enjoyed a couple of musicals about tango and Flamenco . Admired paintings
>by El Grecco and by Argentinean painters at Museum Nacional de Arte.
>Visited a casino at the river. Run everyday at the Reserva Ecologica, where
>I saw big iguanas and all sort of birds. Went to the flee market at Plaza
>Dorrego on Sundays to buy silver items, gaucho knives, mates, etc. I
>visited the Central park (3 de febrero), where people skate, bicycle, walk,
>or ride on boats in the lake. Visited the rose and the Japanese gardens. I
>saw the sky Colombus followed to reach America at the Planetarium. Admired
>the incredible architecture of the city. No doubt one of the most beautiful
>in the world. Visited incredible cemeteries with devils and angels fighting
>to take the souls away. Went to the movies at midnight. Had delicious,
>inexpensive dinners at 2 AM. Went to a
> casino where I won 200 dollars, visited the Delta of the Rio Parana. A
>world of houses on islands. Children with white lab coats go to school by
>bus-boat, the groceries come to the door by boat, taxis are boats, buses
>are boats, in summary a little Venice like type of life style. I saw the
>most incredible Water Falls in the north east, the Iguazu, a trail in the
>wilderness of a national park takes you to see about 250 water falls, all
>of them different. I visited the majestic Andes Mountains and tried all
>sort of wines in Mendoza where I went white water rafting and trekking.
>Visited an active glacier, a whale sanctuary and a colony of more than 2
>million penguins.
>Fished for huge Dorados in the Parana River and trout and Salmon in the
>lakes of the south.
>All this while enjoying the company of very kind people.
>
>When I read that some of you are bored inside a condo or that others waste
>their time complaining about smoke in the bars and milongas... I feel sorry
>for them, what else can I do?
>
>
>