Grand Hotel De Catamarca San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca

... intelligent and can cross roads safely, not likely. Or South American drivers are careful and considerate, very unlikely. Or they have killed off most of the animals except in the Amazon!
In the distance appears to be a river but when I eventually cross it, it is dried up like all the other rivers I have crossed.
At Catayate there are huge vineyards, it is a major wine area.
Most of the it has ...

... 6 day trip through the northern provinces of Argentina ... Next evening we picked up our Toyota Corolla (that turned out to be a Chevy Corsa). We still had to change a wheel though since the tire since the profile was more or less nonexistant and when we were finally ready the sun already set and we decided to start next day early in the morning since we were warned about animals on the road (and trucks that were driving without light) ...

Veníamos buscando un paraíso natural que nos contaba el Morta con cascadas de aguas calientes en el medio de la naturaleza y al final terminamos en un camping viejo al lado de un río contaminado pero eso si con un par de piscinas con aguas termales desde donde podías ver el cielo estrellado mientras tomabas un fernet.(bebida italiana bebida principalmente por ...

Monday morning we set out for another drive day to Catamarca, which is located in Northwestern Argentina. Really this was only going to be a break in the drive time to Salta. But unfortunately, the Argentina government and the farmers were having a bit of a disagreement with taxes and therefore there were tons of roadblocks set up my the ...

... herbivores with two big tusks, probably evolution's most comical-looking family of beasts. We also visited the preparation lab where two students were meticulously cleaning rock off of bones, using binocular scopes and sonic microhammers. Our guide called us a cab and we went down to the Plaza 25 de Mayo at the city center. I used to stay near there but had not walked around it this year. Elena and I had a coffee/soda and ...

... off in Tucumán for a pee break and to buy sodas and potato chips. Ten minutes after we reboarded we were underway again, cruising through the dark in comfort. After dark, two movies played: "Far and Away" and "What Things Shall Pass". It was the first time I had seen anything other than American B movies on an Argentine bus. Elena watched both but I kept on reading, looking up occasionally to see what was happening. A light dinner was served and I dozed in and ...

... poco se sabe de esta civilización y esperemos que pronto interese más a los investigadores para así nosotros aprender más de nuestros antepasados. Existe también la posibilidad de hospedarse en el sitio. Hay un hotel al lado del museo que parece ofrecer mucho bastante, hasta una pileta de natación vimos nosotros. Continuamos nuestro trayecto por la ruta 40 hacia el sur y pronto cruzamos frontera provincial nuevamente. ¡Hasta la próxima Tucumán!

... for the latter and am trying to put it out of my mind. So, Im finally off to Mendoza tomorrow. If it seems nice I may spend a day or two, otherwise Ill just grab the next bus to Santiago, where I will stay in a Sheraton for free (hot bath, hot bath!)and meet up with the couple I met in La Paz. Then its the lake district, and I think I will skip Chiloe and just head South to Patagonia. This is the plan right now. I need ...

the site of argentinean independence..... we went to the house of independence to see a light and sound spectatular (really was an exageration) and wandered the pretty city for a night and half a day but in the end we were just too eager to get out into the countryside.....

... rieux ici. La femme de ménage a l'air paniquée dans le couloir. Il faut dire qu'ils en ont eu un gros en septembre dernier. Alors se retrouver coincé au 7ème étage d'un immeuble à un tel moment n'a rien de très amusant. Jorge, mon copilote argentin, n'est pas trop joyeux non plus. Je lui ai offert de changer de chambre à un étage plus bas, mais non. Si je suis trop idiot pour ne pas changer, il ne changera pas non plus. C'est beau cette confiance, non? Après un ...