Costa Verde or Costa Gris?

Argentines can justly claim a bunch of South America's superlatives: the highest peak, the widest avenue, the most exciting capital and the prettiest ladies... but when it comes to exotic and award-winning beaches, they drew the short straw. To our ex-Mediterranean eyes, Costa Verde means, above all, endless grayish sandy beaches, cloudy sea water and zillions of construction works surrounded by a bunch of green pines and birds. 

To our new-born Argentinian eyes, however, it seems like an absolute Mecca on a long weekend. For locals (like Tom), 4 days mean 40% of their annual holidays :) So thanks to Mary's immaculate conception and Cristina's invention of "days for tourism", we joint the 2-million mass (whole Slovenia!!!) that flocked to the South. Mind you, 1cm on the map means in Argentinian terms 450 km and 6 hours of bus that worms it way through traffic jams and fields (highways? dream on).

Lessons learnt:

1. a weekend + 2 days = prices x 3 & people x 4

2. beware of December sun! five days later, our noses still sulk

3. lower European cleanliness standards (even in **** hostelerias)

4.  Argentinians are a hungry people so book the restaurants way in advance

5. don't look for adrenalin in places where you're meant to relax

Conclusion: a lot of fun yet not sure to return soon

Next chapter: Uruguay beaches

Some photo proofs:

relax baby relax

dvojina / dual

 waiting for january tourists 1

 waiting for january tourists 2

holidays that give you wings

... and restore your balance

when the world belonged only to Tom