The writer at 47

Yesterday was a hot and humid day in BA. The temperature, with the humidity factored hit 47 degrees at 4 pm.

Which reminds us of days in the Yukon, not all that long ago, when on several occasions the temperature hit minus 48. In fact, on the day we left!



There is a comparison that can be made between the cold of Dawson City and the heat of Buenos Aires.

On the right is the Berton House Writer at 45.

Below is the writer at 47, coming out to the balcony ever so briefly from a nicely air conditioned apartment (Berton House South).

Now seriously, do you think she was smiling at 45?

Then again, it was a dry cold. Yeah, right.

You can view other photos of the dry cold by checking the Dawson City Journal 

link at the right, or by clicking on the following posts:

Dawson City Journal Minus 45

Dawson City Journal Catching Some Rays

Soplador de hojas

In Buenos Aires we have yet to see, or hear, un soplador de hojas. I'm sure they exist, they must exist here too, though through our travels in this city the noisy, smelly, disgusting evil of leaf blowers has yet to materialize. And apart from a week in Vancouver at the end of December when they seemed to be going every single day, we haven't heard a leaf blower since the end of September. Living three months in the subarctic of the Yukon tends to help. 

There is much noise in BA. The constant sound of construction envelopes us five days of the week, and traffic can be heard all day, everyday. But that annoying sound of leaf blowers has been pleasantly absent from our senses for all these months.

Until we visited the town of Calonia in Uruguay. Every morning the sopladors de hojas are out in force, creating noise, stink and dust.

Leaf blowers are clearly from the dark side. 

We need to work together to destroy this evil. Before it destroys us.

And while we are at it, let's get rid of those gas powered bikes that smell and sound like poorly tuned lawnmowers. Either peddle your bike or buy a proper motorcycle.

Uruguay sunset

                                                                                                            Colonia's heat finally abates around sunset after 8:30 pm. As it gets darker we can make out the lights of   Buenos Aires across the Rio Plata.