Del Fundador Hotel Cordoba

We arrived in Cordoba after another overnight bus journey down from Salta - we were rapidly becoming to realise just how huge Argentina is. Cordoba is the second largest city in Argentina but we decided just to stay for just one day and then push on across towards Buenos Aires (or that was the plan anyway). <br><br>There are definitely worse ways to spend a day than wandering around Cordoba. The city is awash with magnificent ...

... comes natural. It part of the national identity in a way that no boasting about it is necessary... this is of course only my opinion, think differently if you wish :) Another thing, here it is the responsibility of every house owner to make the side walk outside the house... which means the side walk changes every few meters, completely different materials, colours and condition.<br><br>- economic situation. The gaps between rich and poor are much larger than in the wellfare ...

... c*lled D*ve who w*s on the s*me flight *s me who I h*d met the d*y before *nd * girl c*lled Cl*udi* from S*o P*ulo. We hit it off *nd decided to spend the d*y discovering S*nti*go together. After ch*tting with reception *bout wh*t to do we he*ded into town in the direction of wh*t we thought w*s * historic site, scene of the founding f*thers of the towns est*blishment of the city on ? hill. However, we *ctu*lly were he*ded down empty streets tow*rds * m*ss ...

... staat geen bakje voor het gebruikt papier naast de pot en zowel Lisenka als ik moesten lang nadenken voordat we uiteindelijk het papier maar in de pot gooiden, we worden blijkbaar al aardig Argentijns. Voor de rest is alles normaal. Als je wilt douchen bijvoorbeeld, zet je de douchekraan aan, loop je naar keuken, verhoogt indien nodig het gasniveau in de volledig gedemonteerde ketel (kun je tenminste overal lekker makkelijk bij), doe je even ...

Rather than spend a few more days in Buenos Aires drinking lattes and eating huge steaks, we decided to visit Argentina's second largest city on our way to Brazil (mainly to reduce our caloric intake). Cordoba, the countries cultural and rugby capital, is a city of 2 million located in the northeast of Argentina. Our first day in town we cruised the beautiful pedestrian streets and enjoyed some more realistic ...

... Cerro de las Rosas, where we had coffee and in Michael´s case, cold quiche! We said goodbye to the lads and tonight we say goodbye to Cordoba to take an overnight bus to the province of San Juan. *** Knowing the locals is useful, you learn the most interesting things! Some interesting facts on cordoba and argentina...(by Michael) Cars can run on gas just like in OZ. Except on a small tank, they can only do ...

We had decided to try our hand at not pre-booking a hostel before arrving to Cordobawith the hopes that we may find another nice lady like Marta advertising for another residencia to stay in. Well, Cordoba is much larger than Mendoza, and although that would make you think that there are more places to stay and more people trying to get you to stay there, we were wrong. We tried calling a few residencias after obtaining a list ...

... a little north to spend some time in La Cumbre, a sleepy little town famous for its alfajores (pronounced ALPHA *****S, which I quite liked saying as often as the situation allowed) and for being the Argie paragliding capital. It's a small spot, and we were there in the off season, so everything was even quieter than normal, but it was a nice relaxed setting to take in a few walks and throw ourselves off a hillside. We decided to go ...

... etiquette. The experience convinced us to buy matés of our own, some cost over $100!!! After thanking Carolina, we headed off to the bus station and got on a shuttle back to Bs As. It was our last night in Argentina before heading back to Ecuador, so we decided to make a go of it. I called some friends I had made the last time we were here, and they all said they were going to a free concert in some park. They couldn´t tell me ...

I had been looking forward to this ever since Cusco, and that was a long time ago. I`m not much of a jockey Why I continue to pursue horseriding as a leisure activity I don`t know. Right back to when I was riding Angela Turlan`s horses next door when I was a kid, they never wanted to move for me. About the only time I moved was when I fell off Phoebe as she was running for home. So my ex-polo playing white with grey speckles all over Paloma, was just the same ...