Frente para la victoria

De machtsstrijd tussen de huidige en de voormalige president van Argeninië is beslist in het voordeel van Nestor Kirchner. Hun respectievelijke echtgenotes Cristina en Chiche hebben het in de tusentijdse verkiezingen van afgelopen zondag uitgevochten waarbij Cristina Fernandéz de Kirchner met 40% ruimschoots de overhand had op Chiche Duhalde (15%) dit voor de provincie buenos aires. In ba ciudad ging de overwinning vlotjes naar voorzitter van voetbalclub Boca Juniors, Sr Macri gevolgd door Bielsa, huidig minister van buitenlandse zaken en kirchnerist. Lavagna blijft minister van financien en dus ziet het er voorlopig nog positief uit voor de heropbouw van de argentijnse economie.

Mar del Plata

This most popular coastal town is in the highest state of alert, inhabitants can't normally walk their dog without being interupted by control posts, roads are closed or closely watched all around the city centre, and all this because the worlds biggest mass murderer and terrorist and his 2.000 strong staff have started to arrive their for a meeting of the americas. The airport and seaport are controlled by military, because maybe, this one man might have an enemy. Thank you Mr Bush for ruining another day.

Road to San Lorenzo

Just in case I ever will be able to actually run again, here are some pictures of my training route. Just ida y vuelta on the same route along the road to San Lorenzo, a residential area just outside Salta and tourist attraction for its fine quebrada.

Cerro Porteño

For the football fans reading: this is the (open) home of Cerro Porteño in Asunción. They were eliminated from the Copa Nissan Sudamericana by Boca in a 5-1 defeat played in Salta while I was in Asunción watching the game in a kiosko near these grounds.
This is the first of two international tournaments they play here in South America. Boca is defending titelholder.

Centrale plein van Posadas

Asuncion - su casa rosada

Who cares in how many posts I bring you the pictures. Anyway, I left the internetcafe as their connection kept me waiting for over an hour to publish the first three pics. They will follow now in bits and pieces. Please admire both sides of the house of parliament of la republica Paraguay.

Betty y yo

Betty estuve en el hostal con su hermana Mabel. Mabel necesita un tratamiento en el hospital de Salta todo las 8 semanas. Betty vive en Chaco, Mabel en Catamarca.

Parque Lezama (Chamber) Orchestra

As it apears to be difficult to find a compu with both a cdrom drive and ample RAM, please find in a couple of posts some pictures, these ones from the proof that culture doesn't need to be expensive. Also apology for the very poor quality.

Plane crash info

Nieuwe link: alle info over plane crashes on a specially dedicated website: check the crashes of today and yesterday.

Milwall 0 - Saints 2

Help, they won and gained 2 spots in the rankings again.

Bellview Boeing 737-200

A Bellview flight from Lagos to Abuja, within Nigeria, crashed minutes after take off. It took 12 hours to locate the crashsite and none of the 116 passengers and crew onboard have survived the ordeal. Bellview was considered one of the few serious and safe Nigerian privately owned airlines.

Spring is in the air

Ayer fue mi ultama dia trabajondo en el terminal para los cardones. Continuaré a trabajar al recepción hasta el fin del mes. Hoy hace de nueve el sol con bastante de calor. Cuando me voy al instituto sacaré mi rollo para revelar mi fotos de paraguay y otros lugares de mi ultima viaje.
Muchos problemas ahora - todo la semana - para los turistos que quieren ir de/al Bolivia por que cerian la frontera. Muchos como Claudia, se van de Salta hasta La Quiaca, y volven una/dos dias mas tarde por que no pueden cruzar la frontera hasta Villazón.
Aqui hay elecciones el domingo que viene, por eso todos los bares van a ser cerado desde sabado a la noche hasta lunes a la mañana. Nada para salir sabado, comer una cosa y despues dormir y pensar a la politica. En Salta lo gente no quieren demasiado la politica, no como en la capital federal. Las campañas estan en marcha aca desde una semana no mas.
Salta esta en el aero.

Leeds Utd 2 - Saints 1

Just for the ones that have read about the "Great Southampton Bet", the title shows it all. The Saints fail to win, and after a chain of draws lost to my favourits Leeds United. I'm going to be rich hahaha ...

Primavera

Still no news from Puesto Viejo, the hostal I tried to get a job as a night receptionist. Will have to find another alternative. Los CArdones, where I work right now, is changing hands expectedly at the end of the month but paying me decently with free accomodation for 3 hours of receptionwork a day. Checking out to arrange private classes which would help me bridge the summer.
Temperatures are a bit going up and down all the time, yesterday hardly over 20 degrees with rain ( many people here are happy when it rains) and today touching at 30, still clouded though.
Haven't yet developed my pictures from the last trip, will try to think of it but not too many shops in Salta can get my photos on cd.

Retraso

Hace una semana no he visitado mi blog, una recapitulación.El maraton fue probablamente el ultima vez que corio. La rodilla izquierda me da siempre mucho problemas despues un abandon forzado al km20 del maraton en ba. Desde km14 no mas puedia poner mi peso en mi piedra izquierda. - sorry, switch to inglés - and 5/6 km thereafter I was forced to give up. So no more running, maybe unless I can get hold of New Balance shoes with the right correction soles again.My trip was fine, just a pitty that Eva and Hicham didn't make it to Argentina. Not just because i cut my trip short eliminating Iguazú, but most because it would have been nice to meet them again.About my stay in argentina, i am arriving at a crucial point. As i do not have a return ticket to europe, i might want to keep some money aside to buy one if i should need one, and i am getting close to the cashlimits for that. I make about 200 pesos a month now, and might go for a job that pays me 300 today. as December to February there will be hardly any teaching, i do need to find something else. I have also been thinking of moving to bolivia for a couple of months, as it will be definitely cheaper to survive overthere. Or Paraguay, was really nice there. Fotots will follow in a good week's time.

Marathon

Jawel, morgen lopen we nog eens een marathon. This time a real one, unlike the Salta sprint the full distance. I managed to get an Argentine entry of 40 pesos, as they were charging 40 dollars for foreigners, you have to keep in mind that every non-argentine is really rich and only Argentina and nobody else lives in the 3rd world. Vandaag enkel pasta eten en slapen, misschien een flesje wijn om vroeg in slaap te geraken. Mañana fiesta con un asado en la casa de Angeles.
Trouwens een nieuwe link erbij: het kruiswoordraadsel van de standaard nu beschikbaar online, test je brain.

Que divertido

Hoy me sacan del Via Via por que llego un grupo de Joker. Ahora cambio de hostal hasta 'el hostal de San Telmo', 4 pesos por dia mas barato que Via Via.
Voy a ver tambien que vale la offerta de Angeles (y Paula) para divertirme en la Capital Federal.

Para mostrarvos que otro cosas tengo en mi tiempo libro, he mandado unas direcciones hasta Popomundo y Itsagoal, los mundos virtuales del gran succes.

And for Alan and the entire world, the reminder of the biggest and most complicated bet ever invented by a true fan and supporter in soccer history:

The Southampton bet 1:
For 100 ARS, Alan bets that the Saints will get promoted back to the premier league

The Southampton bet 2:
For 100 ARS, Alan bets the Saints will finish champions in the Championship (why else they call it a championship)

The Southampton bet 3:
For 150 ARS, Alan bets the Saints will end up in the top 4 of the Championship`

All bets made towards the season 05-06, signed by Alan Seabright and Fons Jansen.

Other link added for those who would like to follow the progress of the Saints after they painfully slipped out of the Premier League last season. I say so far so good, sorry Alan.
C'mon Leeds United!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Despues Paraguay

Ahora estoy en bsas despues unas noches en collectivo. Como siempre, ubicación en Via-Via.
Encarnción no fue impressionante, dice que no he visitado el centro nuevo. Caminando del terminal omnibus hasta la frontera por Posadas visto nada mas que pequeños negocios abiertos, todo vida en la calle casi como en el norte de Africa. ¿Es por este que los Isralis dicen que Paraguay esta peligroso? Mes mejores encuentras en Asunción fuen en la Britania bar, y el sandwich de lomito del Lido. Voy a regressar otra vez en Asunción y visitar pueblos afuera de la ciudad.
Llegado en Posadas, Argentina primera buscar el centro, muy lindo y el domingo todo fue cerado con exepcion para las heladerias. Almuerzo dulce.

La ciudád de la señora de la asunción

I suppose this is like the average capital of a third world country. You probably have what you need, as long as you have the money. Like yesterday, whilst trying a shortcut, I ended up in an area where I wouldn't have felt safe in the dark, not even me. The houses that had water, did have a small tap near the streetside of there shack, outside, so don't even think of hot water. These shacks were an exeption. Luckily there was some electricity about which meant music here and there, because what could be more important than a stereo or TV. Anyway, by nightfall I decided to take a bus to get out off there, before, I was using my principles never to return on a taken track, getting further off track every step I took. I 've seen children, children and more children. Adults seemd to be a rare species out there. Anyway, Argentina is far more develloped than Paraguay, although Asunción does have the features of an Argentine city and fine architecture, it doesn't have the finesse of a complete town. Lomitos here are great though, with thick slices of ham and cheese, for 11.000 Guaranis. Yeah, money is big here in numbers. 7.240 Gs for a euro, 6.090 for a dollar, you convert, I work with pesos.
Monday I will have another kind of 'visitor'. Eva will be here in Argentina (sorry for the here, I am currently not in Argentina) together with Hicham. Can't wait to see her again, but maybe I shouldn't write that here.
Talk to you later as it will be hell to get this published in a Paraguayan cyber.