Ken to DVD salesman, “So are these rip off DVD’s?”
DVD salesman with a straight face to Ken, “Yeah, absolutely.”
Ken to DVD salesman, “How do you keep this store open?”
DVD salesman to Ken without hesitation, “I only open after 4pm, and the cops stop working at 4pm.”
Ken shaking his head in agreement, hands over 40 pesos ($US10) to DVD salesman and realizes he’s two pesos short... DVD salesman to Ken, “Fucking A, don’t worry about the 2 pesos, these are copies, man!”
Ken to DVD salesman, “Thanks man, hey, how do I get tickets to a futbol (soccer) match?”
DVD salesman proceeds on a 15 minute rant about Argentinian politics, drugs, and education; refers to us as Vikings and informs us Argentina has no serial killers unlike the U.S.; and finally (after Ken questions him again about the futbol tickets) says, “Hey man, you know, it’s a complicated thing here.”.... We leave with our illegal DVD’s, hysterically laughing and heartened that the best English speaker we’ve encountered thus far is half crazy.
The last fews days we:
Maxed out on bife de chorizo (steak)... the stomach can only take so much
Ate dinner at 11pm (self consciously, of course)
Hillary, frustrated with long hair that wouldn’t dry in the Andes and having carried a huge bottle of conditioner across three countries, decided to chop it. The hairdresser was a gay man dressed in black skinny jeans with a giant purple belt and pinkie rings... perfect for a whopping $US12.
Relaxed in the Japanese Garden for an afternoon, reading on our IPad and Kindle (we may be cheap backpackers, but we have ten pounds of electronics (refer to previous posts))
Rode the subway for one peso on our way to a Tango show (note Ken’s new dress shirt, purchased because the Salta lavanderia (laundry) shrunk everything in his meager wardrobe)
Tried to do laundry in Buenos Aires and upon pickup time found our laundry drenched (but folded) because drying was “impossible” as they only performed washing
Saw a Tango show in the basement of Cafe Tortoni (open since 1880)... [video to come, our Internet speed sucks]:
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