Actually, it felt a bit weird taking a vacation from my year long vacation, but we have been in forests, deserts, mountains and urban cities for awhile now, and we can´t have the beach feeling neglected now can we?
The bus ride here was up to par for service and quite pretty - the sky here is the same colour as the Argentina flag, very pale blue because the sun is so bright. And picture those endless Saskatchewan wheat fields and replace the wheat with sunflowers. Not too shabby, having sunflowers as far as the eye can see.
Mar del Plata was literally the colour of silver even in the sun. Hopeful fishermen (and I say fishermen because we didn´t see one chick fishing in four days of walking the boardwalk) lined the boardwalk casting off into the surf, but we didn´t see any successes.
The most entertaining part of this city was the party buses. There were almost ten of them lined up on one side of the oceanside plaza, aglow with tacky Christmas lights, packed full of hyper kids, weary parents, shouting hosts, and characters such as Winnie the Pooh, Mickey, Goofy, Snow White, Barney and Spiderman. They then take the tourists on a party drive around the city, dancing and singing all the way. Highlights include seeing Snow White getting crunk to Rompa by Daddy Yankee and other Reggaeton gems, and being swarmed myself by 2 dancing Barneys and a Spiderman while walking on the sidewalk while Mick continued on ahead completely oblivious. Thanks a lot, Australia. Clearly on your game.
One serious downside was some incredibly disappointing meals. I went to bed still hungry two nights in a row after some sad pizza and dodgy fish meals. Made me all the more excited to go back to Mendoza on our way to Santiago, where the food was excellent everywhere we went.
And naturally before leaving the beach, I did get a sunburn. A nice raw one across both shoulders, right where the backpack sits. Great.
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