It’s such a silly refrain, but right now in Buenos Aires… it is 93 degrees with 46% humidity.
It’s not too bad.
Everyone reacts differently to the heat… I can take 90 if I have shade and a breeze.
We have neither a breeze today nor noon, so no shade. Walking if you must is only in the shade, where it feels 20 degrees cooler.
And I do live in an air- conditioned apartment.
And no, I’m not complaining.
But it made me think of my life here with such gratitude after seeing the destruction and devastation in Eastern Türkiye.
Photo courtesy of New York Times and photographer
These photos show the destruction of homes and businesses, hospitals, schools, and government buildings. Bridges, highways, and local avenues are all buckled and not usable.
Temporary housing Photo courtesy of The New York Times and photographer
What a project to try and rescue folks that still might be alive in the debris, try to provide food, shelter, and warmth to this area…the job is colossal.
The Impact
Continual digging and searching for buried folks. Photo courtesy of The New York Times and photographer
Through my dear friend who lives in Istanbul, a few friends and I got a cash donation to her. She, in turn, gave the money to a man, another friend who could buy food and blankets and then drive to an area of the devastation.
I know we made a difference in a few people’s lives. She thanked us for our quick response.
These donations will be needed again in Eastern Turkey and Syria for quite some time, as I think it will take years to rebuild the devastated areas, and people’s lives might never recover from their losses.
On Saturday, a man was walking through the rubble of a minaret that had fallen into his yard in Kayabasi, Turkey. Credit…Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times
What You Can Do To Help!
I will take this time to suggest donating money or, if you can provide services to any of the following organizations.
Doctors without borders
Https://doctorswithoutborders.org
World Central Kitchen Feeding people fresh food in disasters all over the world.
White Helmets is a Volunteer organization in Syria that has been evacuating people from the rubble. Https://whitehelmets.org
On Friday, Dalal Masri, 55, from Aleppo, Syria, sat with her family inside their temporary new home, a former car wash, in Antakya, Turkey.Credit…Emily Garthwaite for The New York Times
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Published by Ruth Offen
I chose tango as my dance because I love the lifestyle, embrace, and, yes, dressing up.
In my tango series, I share images shot worldwide, in the places where I have danced: Spain, France, Germany Turkey,Canada,Italy Greece, and the USA, but mostly in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
With my written stories, I try to share some of the experiences that have stayed with me... An amazing embrace, a beautiful meal, a slightly uncomfortable life moment at a stay a train station or airport. These are the moments we remember.
As to my personal info, I was born in New Jersey eventually, after living in New York, Boston, and San Francisco, most recently on San Juan Island in Washington state, I moved to Buenos Aires in January 2020.
For 38 years, years I curated a contemporary art gallery, where I refined my skills and became a visual editor.
Always with a camera or some picture-capturing device in tow [including much heavy equipment], I started my travel at approximately the same time, was introduced to tango about 12 years ago.
VIsual storytelling begins with a moment. Some internal mechanism is triggered by a scene or event or movement and ...there's your photo.
Other times, it’s about a sliver of color or something else odd or ordinary that captures the eye.
As I am now fluent in Spanish, it is my desire that my stories and photos reach the broader tango community and other travelers.
Travelingtango offers translations into Spanish, Italian, and German.
Abrazo!!!
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