suburbian bum Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Este verano tuve el suerte para ir a Argentina para 2 meses. Fui con una programa de cambios intercultures para estudiantes. Quede con una familia. Puedo hablar en espanol mejor ahora pero tengo problemas con los cambios de verbios. In argentina there really is no graffiti scene. In the city of Buenos Aires which has 12 million people you see some tags occasionally but very little for how large the country is. The thing is that there are no laws that are specifically against graffiti, and even if there were the cops wouldnt actually do anything to stop you. So although you dont see tagging, people like to write shit on the walls. It usually doesnt amount to any more than " I love you maria" or "Metallica ROCKS!" but sometimes it is very political. Also politicians just hire people to go out and paint their names on walls as a form of political advertisement. Argentina isnt some really shitty 3rd world country. A lot of it looks very modern and european though they do have some very poor areas in most towns called villas where people are living in little metal and concrete shacks. I thought it was pretty cool except for the fact that while it was summer in the north it was dead winter there and they dont really use heating so it was always fucking cold as hell even though it never got below freezing. I will start it off with typical argentine graffiti. If you cant read spanish It sais "old school xxx hardcore" Fucking badass... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/hardcore.jpg'> Aguanten los pibes chorros y la cumbia. More pics... hang on a sec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbian bum Posted September 7, 2004 Author Share Posted September 7, 2004 All these pics were taken by me with a kodak easy share dx3600 i think. I forget what exactly its called. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/fruita.jpg'> Parana, Argentina http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/catedral.jpg'> Cordoba, Argentina http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/buenosaires.jpg'> Buenos Aires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbian bum Posted September 7, 2004 Author Share Posted September 7, 2004 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/ba2.jpg'> Buenos Aires http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/apartmentposadas.jpg'> Posadas. Sorry for the size, Photobucket uploaded it weirdly. Anyways, you will notice that in the background is a huge apartment building with a heli pad and in the foreground there is a nice 2 story house next to another house next to a small metal shack. Such is the rugged individualistic argentine archetecture. I once saw a large bright pink house with a bright blue bench in front of it next to an old abandoned shitty plain pored concrete non painted building, this is common. Heres another example, (also Posadas)... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/posadas.jpg'> notice upstairs is the unfinished frame, while downstairs is a nice house complete with roman pillars and next door is another nice one. This was all over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbian bum Posted September 7, 2004 Author Share Posted September 7, 2004 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/posadasBW2.jpg'> Posadas Argentina http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/cordoba.jpg'> Carlos Paz, Provincia de Cordoba Argentina http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/chatarra.jpg'> "Mira que linda la chatarra!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbian bum Posted September 7, 2004 Author Share Posted September 7, 2004 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/falls2.jpg'> Sorry again for the size, photobucket fucked it up. I have to go now, I will post a lot more pictures tonight. I have around 250. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don't Panic Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 You have many more pictures outside of the cities? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbian bum Posted September 8, 2004 Author Share Posted September 8, 2004 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/ruins2.jpg'> People must hate Argentina last time I posted on it I got 0 replys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave_one Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 really nice photos man...i especially like those pillars, they look so old. and your color photos are very vivid. is that with your camera? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaesthebluntedwonder Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Originally posted by suburbian bum http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/falls2.jpg'> Sorry again for the size, photobucket fucked it up. I have to go now, I will post a lot more pictures tonight. I have around 250. This is Foz do Iguazu right? If so, I've been there. Nice pictures too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Awesome. I'm sure that was an amazing trip. I'm looking forward to more of the photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POIESIS Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 word to chuprock. please post more photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbian bum Posted September 8, 2004 Author Share Posted September 8, 2004 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/falls5.jpg'> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/falls4.jpg'> Iguazu falls My camera is digital, the only things i messed with in all of these pics was the brightness and contrast a little bit though. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/Dcp_1276.jpg'> Recoleta Cemetary Buenos Aires. This is a huge cemetary where all the rich people in Argentina are buried, each tomb is about 15 feet high and very elaborate. It was like a city of these big tomb buildings. Very rad. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/Dcp_1277.jpg'> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/Dcp_1384.jpg'> more ruins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 nice flicks. look forward to seeing more http://www.12ozprophet.com/ubb/icons/icon26.gif'> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbian bum Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/Dcp_1272.jpg'> Buenos aires a looming mass on the horizon juxtaposed over some girl's heads. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/Dcp_0001.jpg'> one of the people here is an american, the rest are argentines, I bet you cant guess which one is the extranjero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest j Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Originally posted by suburbian bum one of the people here is an american, the rest are argentines, I bet you cant guess which one is the extranjero. red shirted awesome pics, for real Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.T Boy Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 i was under the impression ba had an amazing graffiti scene, ive seen loads of cool stuff from there. i think www.bagraff.com is the site. the photos are brilliant, i really enjoyed them. do you have any more of the city center at all? i lived with some people from b'aries for a year or so, everyone there seems so cool and laid back. and none of them looked remotley hispanic at all. i think they all had like german last names. man i wish i could go to south america.... jealous is me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbian bum Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 BA really didnt have that much going on as far as graff. I saw some stuff, but it wasnt that common and I think I only saw 1 fill in the whole time I was there, just the ocasional hand tag. That ba graff site is awesome It talks about everything there, one big problem for them is getting good cans of paint. The paint they have there sucks and its really fucking expensive for them to buy anything nice from europe or the U.S. Yeah people are laid back there about a lot of things but are crazy in some aspects (expecially driving). And yes i think 97% of the country is european, most of them are spanish italians or germans. But the cool thing is most of the races get along real well I didnt see much racism at all there. Except for the fact that there is no black people living there so whenever I met someone they would always ask me if black people lived in my city. unfortuniately the only times they really see black people is in rap videos on MTV so they think they are all getto thuggin gangstas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarzAbove Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Argentinians look white, nice flics the waterfall is cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.T Boy Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 yeah all my homies explained it to be super european, like another city in spain or italy. looks amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbian bum Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 Most cities were nice and had a large middle class, but also there are villas where all the poor people live heres a pic of someones house. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/Dcp_1281.jpg'> This is la avenida 9 de julio, the huge fucking street that cuts buenos aires in half. Its about 14 lanes, and has basically a park in the middle of it. you can see how wide it is by how wide a gap there is between buildings. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/Dcp_1467.jpg'> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/Dcp_1246.jpg'> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/Dcp_1239.jpg'> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/shenan/Dcp_1346.jpg'> abandoned train station, Posadas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Dude, fucking awesomeness. Keep adding more. Didn't you previously post a lot of pictures from a Europe trip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 i'm 5yrs overdue on a trip down to BA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earmuffs Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 looks fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crave Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 wow, how i would love to take a trip down there. oh and nice flicks too. looks awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rental Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 very nice. i like the first one of the corner market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE CORONER Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 i kinda wanna go to that country but am afraid of the food/water/sanitation situation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serum Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 i've wanted to go ever since i saw wong kar wai 's happiness. the falls look amazing. btw just curious, is the spanish spoken in the us easily understood in south america? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbian bum Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 Originally posted by THE CORONER i kinda wanna go to that country but am afraid of the food/water/sanitation situation In argentina the water is safe to drink. Its not like mexico. The food is also safe. In general its pretty 1st world as far as that stuff goes. You cant be too paranoid about that stuff though in South America. I mean everytime you enter a room you have to kiss everyone on the cheek, including men if they are close friends or relatives. Plus when drinking mate everyone shares the same cup and straw. But its not like you die or somthing. Its good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbian bum Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 Originally posted by serum btw just curious, is the spanish spoken in the us easily understood in south america? In argentina it is understood, they do have a strange accent there (they pronounce y and ll as an "SH" sound.) But they have a very hard time understanding people who speak SPanish from spain, but mexican spanish is easy for them to understand, although it is different. A lot of people speak english too. Before I left I had only taken a couple spanish classes at school and within days I was having conversations with people. Most people really love to talk to foreigners and will help you out, or speak in english if you want them to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbian bum Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 Oh and shits fucking cheap due to the weakness of their peso. I saw a deal that was 3 large pizzas and a liter of beer for 10 pesos which is about 3.30 in us dollars. A nice meal was about 7-12 pesos which is like 2.60-4 bucks. Internet cafes were 1 peso an hour, or 33 US cents. A .5 liter bottle of coke was about 1.20 pesos or 40 us cents to give you an idea for it. For 1 liter of Heinekin which is kinda expensive for beer there it was 2 pesos or 60 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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