El Colibri Cordoba

We arrived this morning knowing we did not want to spend long in another city and knowing we wanted to head to Mendoza as soon as we could. Rob decided we would leave our baggage at the bus terminal and get the bus this evening so I write this now having spent yesterday wondering around Rosario, the night on the bus and now another day walking around a city. We smell and are tired but have ...

... ourselves to the complexities of the Argentinian postal service. We wandered down to the post office to try and send home a painting we had bought in Chile at San Pedro de Atacama. The painting was snugly rolled into a fetching piece of plastic drainpipe. <br><br>After queuing for ages, the lady at the counter advised we had been in the wrong queue as the package was about three inches too long. She pointed us next door to ...

... in a second... there's not as much analysing I think. But then on the other hand things might unexpectedly take a long time... you never know. I also think this variation of speed is vitalising, even though it's hard sometimes to keep up!<br><br>Those were my few observations/thought of today. Also I have been to a TANGO LESSON! Caro's brother Gaston has a dance class every week, and they also welcome beginners, so I went. I was a bit late, so I kinda missed out on the ...

... tucked *w*y into the side streets, politely w*iting their turn for their role in the d*ys proceedings. It seems inevit*ble th*t they *nticip*ted * ruck*s *nd I must *dmit th*t initi*lly, seeing them primed *nd re*dy to go * few hundered meters up the street I got *lmost the s*me suicid*l urge I get when I see * sh*rk when diving, th*t to *ppro*ch it. 'It's ok, I'm English wot-wot, nothing to do with me, t*lli-ho' I thought *nd then c*me to my senses. I think D ...

... done...... It was great to meet another friend to infuse my tired self with one last shot of energy. I arrived at the hostel to find him full of energy and just as full of beer, jolly as all get up, together with a dizzying height of confidence in spanish that could be only matched by his lack in vocabulary....... what a trooper.... he knew the word for beer and women, and it seeemd that`s all he needed to know; and how he mastered the two......the ...

... cycle of poverty or oppression, or both. For us his life is the story of someone provided with so much, who dedicated his life (literally) to improve the lives of people around him. His methods and perspectives definitely vary as to how we may hope to live or how we might be able to improve the lives of those around us; but we feel it is the spirit of humanity that connects him to so many around the world (for ...

... landing platform from where we took off, we decided instead it would be more fun to try and fail to do that a few times and then land in a tree, or rather hit a tree and then land rather too close to a big pile of cow poo. Not the best bit that bit. But all good. I flew, like Superman - only with a big canvas thing over my head and probably a bit slower. That was near ...

... The rest of the day was spent updating our blogs and planning our next few weeks. Our second day was another day of wandering about the city and exploring. The city is a university town that boasts 23 churches as well as being the second largest city in Argentina. We visited a few churches and went to the University where we were allowed to investigate a bit. The university was pretty interesting as it still uses the old ...

... down on our feet. It was only then that I realised Marge was still way up in the air. 10 minutes later, she floated down beside us - still laughing. Pablo explained that they'd been lucky with the thermals and caught a great one that kept them hanging in the air for ages. Yeah right. I knew I had the all-you-can-eat buffet in Cordoba to blame. I should have stopped at thirds, and the second desert was probably unnecessary. Thermals my ****.

A little bird came and told us that there is no place Cordoba for partying. She said it the most alive city, full with students who partying all night long - So we came! We got here on Sunday to discover that the city is empty - no people in the streets, no students, even the home lesses went their houses... the restaurants were closed and I think that the dead were so bored that they went away from this city too ...