Houseboat

We are off the houseboat now. While on the boat, I caught some fish; 8 carp and 2 silver perch. My dad carried the fish by a hook in it’s mouth to the shore where we left them for some animal to eat them. I almost pushed Kate in the Murray River.

We went to find a Geocache that was on the way and I had to go through thickets with thorns to find it and got scratched. We got a bee incased in plastic from the geocache. We left one of our geocoins in the cache.

My sister read a lot and when leaving the boat, dropped 4 books in the water. We watched bad, fuzzy T.V. My dad never crashed the boat into a tree. We saw about a thousand white parrots. The water was green and too cold to swim in.
We are now on Kangaroo Island. It is the third largest island off of Australia and is know for all its wildlife. We are going to see Pelicans and Penguins tonight.

Australia

We got to Australia today after a thirty hour trip. The time zone is eleven and a half hours a head of home. The state were is South Australia. I wont have Internet for the next week. just to tell you I don't follow my blog every day.

The March in March

March 24 is a National holiday because thirty-three years ago there was a military take over of the government. About five hundred thousand people marched up and down the streets with drums, yelling for more then seven hours. It was really annoying including the car horns from cars trying to get through the crowds. My Dad wanted to throw water balloons at them to shut them up. The military coup took over Argentina in the 70’s for eight years. Many who disagreed with the government were killed. Thirty thousand people died or disappeared during the eight years of this military government in Argentina. The people marched to commemorate this event.

Tom’s Travel Tips for Buenos Aires

If you want to travel to Buenos Aries you should follow these tips if you want to get through safely:
1. Carry a English-Spanish dictionary with you because most people don’t speak English
2. Don’t put your money in your pocket because there are lots of pickpockets
3. Watch out for cars since pedestrians don’t have the right away
4. Watch out for guns fights or you might get shot
5. When eating out they don’t put pepper on the table, so ask for “piemento negro”
6. The Internet is bad and it might be slow and or not even up, so don’t count on it.
7. Watch for dog crap on the side walks
8. Don’t stay downtown because traffic noise is so loud
9. They have different power outlets and they use 220 volt power, so make sure to bring adapters
10. For supper, most people eat after 9:00 p.m., so be sure to have a late afternoon snack.

Cabana Las Lilas – only rates a 3 Star review

The restaurant I went to is called Cabaña Las Lilas. When I went there it looked fancy because of what most people were wearing. They brought tons of bread to our table. It cost lots of money just to sit there; $21 Pesos a person. I had the lamb because I was too lazy to look at the menu and my mom ordered it for me. It was not that good. It was kind of bland. The best thing I had there was a spicy sauce I had for the bread and I have no idea what it was called. Overall it cost $660 Pesos including tip for a dinner for four. That’s three times the price that we would have paid for the same quality in Mendoza.

Top 5 things to do in Buenos Aires

1. La Boca is the top thing to see in Buenos Aries. It is very colourful because Italians settled there and painted their houses all different colours.

2. A soccer game because people get injured and it is like a war to just get the ball. The fans go mental and take off their shirts.

3. Recoleta Cemetery is a cemetery where they buried dead famous guys from Argentina.

4. Buenos Aires Museum of Latin American Art is something you can see stuff that is supposed to be art in a Museum.

5. Florida Street is a must see because you can buy lots of stuff there at good prices.

River Plate beats San Martin Tuc in last few seconds

The two teams playing were River Plate versus San Martin Tucumin (SMT). With River at home and SMT away. SMT scored in the first minute of play. River then scored their first goal fifteen minutes into the second half. Then at a full ninety-seven minutes into the game River got a penalty kick and scored. That won them the game 2 to 1 River over SMT.

The play is a lot rougher than in Canada. The golf-cart ambulance kept going onto the field to help take the injured players off it and then drop them off on the sideline. The playing field is the same size field as in Canada but it looks smaller than you see on TV. The players were allowed to push each other around lot without being yellow flagged.

The fans in Argentina can be violent to each other during the games so the visitors are caged up in their own section. After the game, the home team fans have to give the visitors a half an hour to get out of the stadium to prevent fights. There must have been fifty police or more there. One fan ran onto the field and the police caught him. After the game the River Plate fans were going berserk chanting to visitors in Spanish to go home.