Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts

Thursday, February 15, 2007

An Argentinean Lost in the Streets of Bangkok, Thailand

In Bangkok, I felt tiny, surrounded by majestuous temples and imposing golden Buddha Statues that left me without words.

For that reason, this time I will leave the pictures to speak for me, even though unfortunately I could not take pictures inside the temples:


Temple in the Grand Palace

The Grand Palace


The Reclining Buddha


Fasting Buddha at the The Marble Temple

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

I say Goodbye to Pamplona with Tears and Illusion

I left Pamplona with a tear and an illusion.

A tear because I was living in a city that made me feel at home, a place where I felt comfortable, where I was happy.

And an illusion of moving to a more diverse place, with more movement, and an open door to the working world.

When I got to Madrid I found that I continued to be happy and I still felt at home. I was still surrounded with the majority of the people who had made me happy in Pamplona. On top of that, I found a sunny city, inhabited with kind people and less contamination than what I remembered.



Madrid is a large city, with a town-spirit
: office hours are relaxed, lunches are long and people pause to talk to you.

There are a lot of places to visit: from cienmas and theaters, to museums, parks and bars… And if you don’t feel like doing anything, you can still entertain yourself watching the diverse individuals that live in this city.

Madrid is a chaotic and disorganized city, where everything is far, yet everything is connected by the wonderful underground metro system.

At this time I wonder, How long will this illusion last? When I leave it, will I shed some tears as well?

Getting to Pamplona from Madrid:
Bus: Continental Auto
Intercambiador de Metro Avenida América
Phone: 917 45 63 00

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Pamplona: More Than a Gray City


Before I went to Pamplona, my friends and acquaintances talked about a gray city and cold city with wide streets.

No one had mentioned its horizons covered with mountains or its sunsets painted with pinkish violets and enraged yellows. No one talked about the Sadar River that runs through the South of the city appeasing the area, nor the copper and golden rugs of leaves that covers the forest tracks in the Autumn.

No one pointed out any of these secrets that the citizens of Pamplona have the pleasure of enjoying every day.

To eternalize these treasures, I decided to dedicate a little moment to them. After all, Pamplona is a lot more than the gray city that many people talk about.