Buenos Aires Argentina 阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯 – 4/2017 (22)

21-23/4/2017. Last night I was treated like a king in this bus from Mendoza to Buenos Aires, at a price of USD 120. I was served red wine, champagne, and a hot dinner. I watched two movies on my personal screen. After 14 hours, I almost didn’t want to arrive. I could not help reminiscing about the time I was in the Glasgow Hospital a few decades ago, when I was showered with so much TLC that I didn’t want to be discharged, like many of the elderly patients.

The bus drove into Buenos Aires in the early morning. The sun had just risen. The sky was a patch of blue, yellow, then orange, then red. The colors were so soft and the streets so quiet, it was one of the most beautiful sunrises I have seen. It is the dawn of something exciting. I can already feel it.

As soon as I arrived, I scouted the city. It seemed big, appearing to have a lot of foreigners, a bit like New York. I saw the clean, tidy streets, but also some unruly ones. While strolling, Caucasian-looking beggars approached me on three different occasions, a bit strange for me. From deep down in my belly, I hummed in my throat, “Don’t cry for me Argentina…” I could barely contain myself. I didn’t understand it at all.

On my last evening in Buenos Aires, I explored the deepest recess of the Argentinian soul—a tango club by the name La Catedral. There seemed to be melancholy in the Argentinian air, all captured in the tango. The music, the slow dance steps, the couples locked in a tight embrace, gliding and twirling under the influence of the music; no words were uttered, just two souls merged as one, feeling each other and totally immersed in the moment’s emotion. Deep, real deep.

21-23/4/2017 昨晚坐了我有史以来最豪华旅游大巴，十四小时从门多萨到首都不诺斯艾丽斯，花了一百二十美元，看了自选的两部好莱坞影片，一道晚餐 (比国内航班送餐好多了)，一道小吃，也喝了杯红酒和杯香槟，十四小时不知不觉的过去了，感觉有点像几十年前在苏格兰住院时因医院的服务和护士体贴而不想出院。

大巴一早进入布诺斯艾丽斯，太阳刚升起，那天空又是蓝，又是黄，又橙，又红，这国家就是多样，勾起对她不同情感，很难不喜欢她方方面面。

抵达后急着开始游览。这里外来人口好像较多，感觉有点像纽约，范围也廣；有整齐现代小区，也有较雜乱的。今天路上白人三翻四次乞钱， 我不禁哼起一首针对阿根廷的精点名歌，“不要为我哭泣，阿根廷”，这本该是富饶的国家，不得不为他们悲伤。不明白。

今晚是在这城市最后一晚，我要深入阿根廷了解他的内在，今晚我就特地一个人勇闯艾丽斯探戈舞厅。没有比探戈更能代表布诺斯艾利斯了。艾丽斯人深处的忧郁，尽在这舞姿。那音乐，慢悠悠的舞步，两恋人手紧扣对方，两位一体，共渡逆境和患难，一起飘舞，一切尽在不言中。这底蕴很深奥；我会再回来的。