Buenos Aires - Good Air

I arrived in Buenos Aires and was ready for a break.  Before I knew it I’d been there over a month. During that time I met a few new friends and caught up with a few old ones. The guys I had ridden with thru Columbia, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, eventually caught up to me here.  They stayed for a bit and each moved on. Patrick went back to Santiago Chile. It was the end of the road for Brian and he shipped his bike back to England.  Damon shipped his bike to Germany to continue his RTW ride.  And me?  … I took Tango dancing lessons and did a lot of just plain chillin. I also had some bike issues to work out. One problem with the bike that cropped up on a short trip across the border into Uruguay.  The bike stopped charging the battery. And, the bike would stop running when the battery died. This turned out to be a broken wire on the voltage regulator which I was (eventually) able to diagnose and repair myself.  Another issue was the starter.  It really needed to be rebuilt or replaced. There was an auto shop down the street from my hostel where I had my battery charged several times. The mechanic there said he would rebuild my starter if I removed it from the bike. So, I brought it over and he rebuilt it as I watched.  After about 15 minutes he had it back together again and pronounced it “New”.  And for his services he refused to take any money. He said I was a guest in his country.

The Recoleta Cemetary - a most unusual graveyard for the rich and famous

There's dancin in the streets, Sunday evenings in the

San Telmo area of Buenos Aires