Fatida Hotel Colonial Serrano Cordoba

Codoba Argentina's second largest city has become an insustrial, commercial and educational centre. It is a town full of students, with all the nightlife that youth entails!! However, it also has a pleasant mix of city, nature and histroical sites such as the Cathedral, the University, Colegie de Monserrat and Manzana Jesuit.<br><br>Arriving in Cordoba we checked into to our first ever hostal. A dorm room for six people three sets of bunk beds. I ...

... screaming in people's ears, and they did the same to me naturally, which resulted in a loss of hearing in my right ear, the same as on Thursday... hmmm... it's back now, so it's no problem.<br><br>SUNDAY<br>A well needed quiet day :) Slept until 1 pm, had some lunch, and read a novel in the garden. Nice and sunny, apart from a dobermann on the other side of the wall in the next garden, that dog clearly doesnt like foreigners because is barked, tried to jump over the ...

... worked in England so he was speaking with a real british accent. We stayed at the old Estancia as the newest one is more high standard and prices are much higher as well. We had some really lovely sightseeing tours in the area riding on really good horses which was so much better than most of the horseback riding trips I ever went on. Especially on the second day, we ...

... a nightclub). could actually deal with that but the fans went down as well. phewww. was hot but then it all came back on and we had a boogie. amber got chatted up by a girl but was oblivious to it (thought she was just very chatty and friendly) we found it very funny. not a particularly late one though. home about 5am. we walked around cordoba town a fair bit, pretty but seemed busier ...

Yup it may sound a bit strange, but sometimes one needs a few days off form all this traveling about.. Unpacking,packing,unpacking again,meeting all these people,cant remember names,this bus here,next bus there,must sort out some tickets,this gravel road is dusty,many an excursion,amazing vistas,endless roads,late nights,early mornings,dinosaur bones,shall we rent a ...

... down time. I have spent most of my time reading or goofing around with little projects. This past Sunday Paula (Noemi's daughter) started teaching me how to juggle. I bought three balls and began practicing at the aero club during some of the down time and now I can juggle. I also have always wanted to learn how to whistle with my fingers, working on that one still, its coming, but just not quite there yet.

So I have a new plan formed. There are a couple of different travelers that I have met along the way that want to meet up and go down to the Patagonia. The weather doesn't get nice down there until November though, so right now it's a matter of killing some time and aligning my schedule with other people. I had originally thought about spending the month of October in Ica and Pisco, Peru where there was the earthquake. The ...

... we went for a day and it was pretty fun. i even ate beer-flavored ice cream. it didnt taste very good at all. but while we were there, gina got her wallet stolen out of her purse, so we spent a good chunk of the day in the police station. but all in all it was a lot of fun and it was good break from the city. next weekend...uruguay!

... donkeys and horses and frogs croaking at night. So blissful that we stayed two nights. It is only the noise of unthinking humans that keeps me awake; here the "unthinking" noise-wise seems to be universal; I really do not think they notice other peoples' noise. From Londres we headed for Chilecito. Was the road lovely? Well I expect so but cannot really picture it all; the roads are definitely by far the best we have experienced since entering Latin America; even the dirt ...

... i am really digging argentina. the people are some of the nicest in the world, behind the brazilians (which i learned in buenos aires =p) they are well dressed, well groomed, beautiful and open. and they know it, but somehow manage pride withough arrogance. it is really nice to be able to see a culture like that, especially coming from home. but enough of all of that. more later.