Update
OK, Here we are in Esquel staying at Yamila's parents house just chilling out and going skiing occasionally and working on Yami's thesis. I have been a bit lazy lately and haven't updated this blog. A few things have happened that I will try to update here.
My 2nd 3 month period in Argentina was up and I had to travel to Uruguay otra vez to renew my visa. I now have up until the end of September but I maybe I will go to Chile while I am so close here in Esquel sometime during this month.
I finished level 2 of my spanish studies and did quite well but realise that it is a long steady road to get to the state where I can speak even a little bit fluently. I will start level 3 (Intermediate level1) at the end of this month when I return from Esquel.
I have been working on a small extensions for the Mozilla Firefox Webrowser that is named Image Zoom. I became a little bit obsessed with it there for a couple of weeks and even got a migraine because I was working too hard on it. Now it has been downloaded by over 100,000 people with that figure rising each day but at least I don't have have to work on it anymore.
I went to the north of Argentina to the provinces of Salta and Jujuy with an Australian friend of mine from the spanish class and his Argentinian Friend. I really enjoyed the trip as the culture in that part of the country is something that I was not familiar with. I can't wait to go back again but next time I will go with Yamila. Photos can be seen in the Photo Gallery.
I turned the big 30 on the 30th July. Yami organised a nice little party for me in our flat here in Buenos Aires and we invited just about everyone we know here in Buenos Aires which isn't many. It was a great way to start another decade of my life. Photos can also be seen in the Photo Gallery.
Now we are here in Esquel, It has been one week that we have been here and in that time my little sister in Australia has given birth to a beautiful baby girl named Lara, We have been skiing twice to the local ski resort named La Hoya (Photos in the gallery), and had some frustrating times working on Yami's thesis trying to get it completed. That along with the little cabin and fire that we stay in, the cold frosty mornings, the big lunches, the afternoon siestas and the snow capped mountains make the stay here in Esquel very enjoyable.
We are in Esquel for another 3 weeks before we return to the big smoke of Buenos Aires. I have less than 5 months left here in Argentina. Finally passed the half way mark. I have to say that the time hasn't flown by but has gone quite slow. At the same time I have had a great time and have never been bored at all while I have been here. I think it is because I am always doing something new. I am sure I will enjoy the next 5 months as I have the last few.