Hello all.
Currently in Bahia Blanca, which is about 600km south of Buenos Aires. I'm heading to B.A. on an overnight train Thursday evening. So I have a few days to kill, and I figured I'd blog a bit.
I worked on a permaculture project north of here (a tiny town called Villa La Gruta, I had to hitchhike getting there and leaving because there weren't daily buses) for five days. I worked alongside two other WWOOFers, a couple-- Sarah, from New Zealand, and Silva, from France. We starting building a shelter for future volunteers, first building the frame and then filling it with a mixture of dirt, leaves, sawdust and water. The head of the project was a man named Tierra who lived there with his wife Bety and two daughters. Tierra was really friendly and had a lot of enthusiasm, but he spoke terrible English with such confidence that it was bothersome after a few days. I wished he would just have spoken Spanish with me, it would have been atleast the same level of understanding on both sides.
I had planned on staying for ten days, but I hadn't realize it would be sub-zero temperatures at night, and my sleeping bag was inadequate. Wearing layers of clothing along with my hat, scarf, and gloves, I was just warm enough to sleep. I woke up to frost coating my tent, giving the impression I had slept in a refridgerator. Sarah and Silva left after a few days, and without their company (they were really friendly, just starting five months of traveling), it was not worth it to stay on the farm. I caught a ride to a bus station, and then a bus to here, Bahia Blanca.
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