Age of Aquarius
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Sea lions and Sea Shells
Ahhhh the beach! We arrived at Mar Del Plata on the Atlantic coast a few days ago. It is gorgeous here! Liz compared it to the South of France thanks to the lovely cobblestone walkways weaving through the hillsides and the beautiful sandy beaches. Strings of purple flowers spill over onto the walkways at at any moment you are likely to see a Sealion having its lunch. Since it is just spring right now it is a little bit chilly, but absolutely perfect when the sun is out. We took some serious siesta time yesterday at Playa Grande, 3 blocks from our hostel, as seen below...
Playa Grande
The city
Although it is tranquil at the moment, Mar Del Plata is the summer escape for many people from BA, and it looks like this in the summer...
What a clusterfuck, right? CRAZZZZZZY! So basically we hit it at the poyfect time!
We are staying at a hostel that I think is sponsored by Quicksilver surf brand, which is pretty funny. There are all these ripped Argentinian surfer dudes running around dripping wet with their wet suits scantily riding just above their packages. Its awesome!
Yesterday we went to the port, securing the award for record high catcall day, 27! Amazingly horny seamen in this town. Annnnyway, we traipsed down to the port to check out the sealions and colorful fishing boats. The sealions were so cute. The big kahunas would throw their heads back so their noses were pointed to the sky and just sit basking in the sun, every once in a while rolling around to change sunning positions. Then when they got too hot they would waddle their blubbery little bodies to the edge of the sunning clif and belly flop into the ocean with a huge ungraceful splash.
So cute, but let me tell you about the smell. Sealions smell SOOOOOO bad! It was like someone hosed down a dead and rotting fish with liquid from the Bog of Eternal Stench, threw it into a heaping pile of garbage for a week, then took it out and peed and puked on it. AWEFUL smell!
The port at sunset
Afterward we wandered around the port a little bit checking out the fishing boats and lunching in the cute little port shopping area. While walking though the shops filled with an inconceivable amount of seashore brick-a-brack we stumbled upon these gems...
Cherub corkscrew penis wine opener... ummmmm, I think ill take 2, thanks!
Salty sea captain statue for the mantle piece anyone? Hilarious!
Annnnnyway... We checked out the Museo Del Mar today, which is a huge 4 story musuem dedicated just to seashells. This place has over 30,000 from around the world! They were so pretty.
My favorites were the really colorful shells.
Seashell art
We caught the beach today just as a terenchal down pour/tsunami was approaching. Check out this mass exodus chaos happening behind me. Hilarious!
And finally a special treat for Tonya and Betty, love you girl...
On the walk to Plaza San Martin
And a little treat for me too...
Of course no sea town would complete without a Navy military base :) Loves it!
Playa Grande
The city
Although it is tranquil at the moment, Mar Del Plata is the summer escape for many people from BA, and it looks like this in the summer...
What a clusterfuck, right? CRAZZZZZZY! So basically we hit it at the poyfect time!
We are staying at a hostel that I think is sponsored by Quicksilver surf brand, which is pretty funny. There are all these ripped Argentinian surfer dudes running around dripping wet with their wet suits scantily riding just above their packages. Its awesome!
Yesterday we went to the port, securing the award for record high catcall day, 27! Amazingly horny seamen in this town. Annnnyway, we traipsed down to the port to check out the sealions and colorful fishing boats. The sealions were so cute. The big kahunas would throw their heads back so their noses were pointed to the sky and just sit basking in the sun, every once in a while rolling around to change sunning positions. Then when they got too hot they would waddle their blubbery little bodies to the edge of the sunning clif and belly flop into the ocean with a huge ungraceful splash.
So cute, but let me tell you about the smell. Sealions smell SOOOOOO bad! It was like someone hosed down a dead and rotting fish with liquid from the Bog of Eternal Stench, threw it into a heaping pile of garbage for a week, then took it out and peed and puked on it. AWEFUL smell!
The port at sunset
Afterward we wandered around the port a little bit checking out the fishing boats and lunching in the cute little port shopping area. While walking though the shops filled with an inconceivable amount of seashore brick-a-brack we stumbled upon these gems...
Cherub corkscrew penis wine opener... ummmmm, I think ill take 2, thanks!
Salty sea captain statue for the mantle piece anyone? Hilarious!
Annnnnyway... We checked out the Museo Del Mar today, which is a huge 4 story musuem dedicated just to seashells. This place has over 30,000 from around the world! They were so pretty.
My favorites were the really colorful shells.
Seashell art
We caught the beach today just as a terenchal down pour/tsunami was approaching. Check out this mass exodus chaos happening behind me. Hilarious!
And finally a special treat for Tonya and Betty, love you girl...
On the walk to Plaza San Martin
And a little treat for me too...
Of course no sea town would complete without a Navy military base :) Loves it!
posted by Juli at 3:19 PM
7 Comments:
You are looking very foxy there girl,no wonder the record cat calls! HOTY! {yes look it up}
I think that farming perhaps serves you well.Glad you are having such good experiences.
I'm sure Betty appreciates the recognition, that was a dog gone good one.
Miss you loads but the pics help a lot, and thanks for the call.
H&K
Love, Mom
keep up the great writing, it's so much fun to read. that cherub corkscrew bottle opener has Meg written all over it! you look great :)
Your Mom said, "The one with the black widow spiders which she reminded me of every time I had to vist the throne!!!"
Juli, I want you to know, I only mentioned the widows with a red belly...the really, really poisonous ones. It was for her own good so she could live to adulthood and have a wonderful daughter.
xoxoAuntieJ
Hi Juli,
What a fun place to be! I'm sure being at the beach is a welcome change for you and Liz.
I'm really enjoying your beautiful, descriptive writing and your pictures. It's great to see some of YOU, too!
Have fun, and soak it all up, girlfriend!
I love you,
Annis xo
It looks like you are having a blast. Probably giving the locals directions on how to get places because you're that good with them! I don't know what I'm going to do traveling unknown destinations without you. Keep up the posts, they're getting me really excited for my excursion!! xoxox Molly
OMG juli!
I want one of those "Cherub corkscrew penis wine opener" if anything bring me home one of those!!! Great pictures again i feel like a broken recored but love them! Miss you so much, tell Liz i say HIHI! Nothing new really Malcolm is coming to visit on December and you know what that means!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited! Take care, miss you, love you
HI JULI
NORM & I ARE WATCHING AND ENJOYING. I REALLY ENVY WHAT YOUR DOING. WHAT GOOD MEMORIES. I'LL PRAY FOR YOUR SAFETY ALL THE WAY TO RENO.
VAYA CON DIOS
LOVE UNCLE HERB
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