Today was departure day from the GAP Adventures tour L. Last night we had our final farewell drinks together and reflection on the last 17 days as a group. As it turns out everyone in the group has a few extra nights in Buenos Aires so we will be meeting up again, except for Brett. She had to catch a flight to Lima to start another tour. Despite being extremely tired most of the group arose at 9 to say our farewells to Brett. However Brett wasn’t down for breakie yet and her pick up was half 9! She might miss her flight! Code number 1 of group travelling: Look out for and assist your fellow travellers. We hadn’t let anyone down so far so Gary and I went to arise her from her slumber and prepare her for check-out. Hugs, kisses and a few tears were shed as Brett and her taxi disappeared into the early morning Buenos Aires traffic. We will miss ya Brett.
We sat around for the rest of the morning with the group and prepared for check-out also, as we leave the GAP tour today and prepare for life on our own again. We checked into our new hostel which was short walk from Hotel Splendid and were impressed with the new hostel. However we couldn’t dispel the feeling of depression and nostalgia which came with the events of the morning. The GAP tour is coming to an end and we are going to miss everyone. Each group member brought a different dynamic to the group and we shared many experiences together. The final goodbyes are going to be tough. But for now we just had to make the most of the last few days with the group so we agreed to meet at 3 for an adventure to Recoleta.
Recoleta is an old cemetery with mausoleums to great Argentinean dignitaries and persons of the past. The most famous mausoleum being that of Eva Perron (Evita) the female suffragette who politically fought and rallied for reform in Argentina. The cemetery is impressive with each family mausoleum being more impressive than the last. We even spotted a few Irish names like Duffy, Doyle, Fahy and scarily enough a Daly mausoleum also existed! A number of parks exist around the cemetery which we walked through. The law school was a huge pillared building and in the middle of Plaza de Nacionale a giant metal flower exists which lights up at night. Sounds stupid but actually is quite an exciting architectural feat, even Gary was impressed!
We all went to McCafe on the way home and went our separate ways, knowing we wouldn’t see them again that evening or in the morning, a sad prospect.
Choi,
Tom
We sat around for the rest of the morning with the group and prepared for check-out also, as we leave the GAP tour today and prepare for life on our own again. We checked into our new hostel which was short walk from Hotel Splendid and were impressed with the new hostel. However we couldn’t dispel the feeling of depression and nostalgia which came with the events of the morning. The GAP tour is coming to an end and we are going to miss everyone. Each group member brought a different dynamic to the group and we shared many experiences together. The final goodbyes are going to be tough. But for now we just had to make the most of the last few days with the group so we agreed to meet at 3 for an adventure to Recoleta.
Recoleta is an old cemetery with mausoleums to great Argentinean dignitaries and persons of the past. The most famous mausoleum being that of Eva Perron (Evita) the female suffragette who politically fought and rallied for reform in Argentina. The cemetery is impressive with each family mausoleum being more impressive than the last. We even spotted a few Irish names like Duffy, Doyle, Fahy and scarily enough a Daly mausoleum also existed! A number of parks exist around the cemetery which we walked through. The law school was a huge pillared building and in the middle of Plaza de Nacionale a giant metal flower exists which lights up at night. Sounds stupid but actually is quite an exciting architectural feat, even Gary was impressed!
We all went to McCafe on the way home and went our separate ways, knowing we wouldn’t see them again that evening or in the morning, a sad prospect.
Choi,
Tom
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