Recoleta Cemetery (Cementerio de la Recoleta), Buenos Aires [May, 1998 Buenos Aires, Argentina] There were ants in the hotel room. They had reddish bottoms, that I’ve never seen in Japan. I was working in office after I came back to Japan,…

Pamphlet of a Tango restaurant, Sabor a Tango, Buenos Aires [May, 1998 Buenos Aires, Argentina] Monday passed with a meeting in our distributor’s office. They attended me for a dinner watching a show of Argentina-tango. I had not watched A…

Vicente Lopez station Buenos Aires, Argentina [May, 1998 Buenos Aires, Argentina] I had a reason why I arrived in Buenos Aires on Saturday. Because there was one of my friends who lived in the same dormitory of the university. He, worked f…

Sunrise on La Plata River, Buenos Aires, Argentina [May, 1998 Buenos Aires, Argentina] Maria gave me a drive to the hotel. We were on the expressway to the centre of Buenos Aires city. I felt something was strange. It was different between…

Monument to soldiers killed in the Falklands (Malvinas) conflict, Buenos Aires [May, 1998 Buenos Aires, Argentina] Late evening on Saturday, few people in the wide pathway in the airport. I picked up my luggage and walked to the inspection…

Buenos Aires, Argentina [May, 1998 Montevideo, Uruguay => Buenos Aires, Agentina] I left Uruguay for Buenos Aires, Argentina on the other side of La Plata River. It was to be about 40 minutes flight but the Buenos Aires Ezeiza Internationa…

La Plata river (Montevideo, Uruguay) [May, 1998 Montevideo, Uruguay] Next place to go was the port to research of Mercosur (Southern Common Market in South America). After we got out of the office the car was heading along the street by th…

View from Fortaleza General Artigas, Montevideo [May, 1998 Montevideo, Uruguay] This year, 1998, was the year of the 16th FIFA World Cup, that would be held in France one month later and Japan would appear the first time. I was taken to Fo…

Montevideo, Uruguay [May, 1998 Montevideo, Uruguay] I arrived at Carrasco International Airport in Uruguay, real name is Oriental Republic of Uruguay. The passport control was finished, nothing to declare at the customs. Only the luggage i…

Santiago, Chile [May, 1998 Santiago, Chile] I got a pleasant souvenir (orders) and was to move triumphantly to the next place, Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. To the east over the Andes. The car passed by the grape fields as well as th…