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Che Guevara Museum: Overrated.

In all my travels, I think I was most excited right before heading to Argentina.

I don’t think I’ve met any travelers that didn’t talk up Argentina to me like it was their inspiration for living. God people love to proverbially jerk off that country.

And while I enjoyed most of my time in Argentina, I thought it was way overrated. The following are some of my reasons…

1. Argentinian women. You can’t be a backpacker without hearing other dirty backpackers talk about the beauty of Argentinian women. Yes, there are a lot of beautiful women here, but they literally do not show their faces until about 3:00AM. You won’t see many of them in daytime. Which brings me to…
2. Argentinian nightlife. The night doesn’t start until about 1:30 or 2:00 in the morning, and usually ends, at the earliest, around 7:00AM. My body literally would not let me stay up late enough to take advantage of this.
3. Lack of fiber. I will admit that the beef in Argentina is, by far, the greatest in the world. It’s cheap, plentiful, and absolutely delicious. I ate a lot of beef in Argentina. However, while Argentinians have mastered the art of rearing and slaughtering cattle, they have not mastered the art of producing any form of fiber to complement their high-protein dishes. When I landed in Ecuador directly after Argentina, I pooped almost literally for two weeks straight.
4. A lot of arrogant people. I met a lot of really cool Argentinian people, so this isn’t a general blanket statement, but there is a disproportionate number of really, really arrogant people in that country. And I don’t have any kind of idea what they’re arrogant about. (If it’s their beef, then I understand.)
5. An unexplained passion for The Simpsons. OK, so this isn’t a reason that Argentina is overrated, but it’s interesting. Argentina remains the only country I’ve visited where the cool kids can pull off wearing Homer Simpson shirts every single day and still be the cool kids. I haven’t experienced this phenomenom since roughly the 6th grade.
6. Tango. What is this shit?
7. A lot of identical big cities. Go to just about any big city in Argentina and you’ll be greeted with the exact same big city you just left. The entire country is very Westernized, and as such, ends up like just about any other Westernized nation. Although this isn’t always a bad thing, it is usually a very boring thing.

With all this aside, I’d like to go back to Argentina someday, but when I have a lot of money. Like any Westernized country, it seems like it would be a lot more fun if I could afford all the extravagances, like prostitutes and helicopter rides.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 at 2:00 pm and is filed under Traveling.