Hotel Covadonga Resistencia

... dc ca se repercute en argentine, cest tt innonde aux alentours, et patait il que certains villages ot ete devaste...
plus loin je vois des efts se baigner alors moi comme une grde gossem jy vais aussu, cets trop drole, en fait on se baifne sur la plage au milieu de spalmiers car leau est montee
leau est un peu marron ms on me dit quelle est propre dc jy vais...
au bout dun momt qd je vois les gamins sortir de leau a chaq ...

... conditionne car il fait une chaleur a mourir...
t finelmnt ca a du bon davoir eu une autre chbre car au moins la salee de bain etait clean alors que la, il fait une chleur acrever, cets super humide et y a plein de betes accrochees au mur... hummmmmmmmmmm!
bon je ne reussis pas a dormir ms je me repose un peu qd meme...
je decide de sortir et la coup de bambou, javais oublie quil faisiat une chaleur torrde, le vent est brulant , ce qui me fait ...

Diwrnod 17 - Dydd Sul 07/09/08 Didnīt sleep that well last night as the hotel is located a very busy street with endless traffic which seemed to be going all night long - I hoped for better as Iīve got a 12 hour+ bus ride to look forward to tonight, leaving Resistencia at 18.30 hrs. Checked out late and went for a stroll in the vicinity of the city centre ...

Where was I? Hmm, well two days ago we were about to leave Ascention, so we get on the bus to the bus station to catch the 18:30 bus. However a rather fit Paraguayan chick got on the bus and distracted David whose job it was to look out for the bus station while i was... reading... so we overshot the station by about 10 stops and ended up in the middle of suburbia. An hour later we got back to the train station with the help of a local kid going our way ...

... family just leaving the campground and going the direction we came from. An American woman walking by on the street spotted us in the campground and came to our site where we spent some time learning about each other. We spent six days here busying ourselves with chores, resting and for a couple of days hiding from the rains. We can't remember when we last experienced thunder storms with rains so heavy it made lakes everywhere. One morning we thought we might find ...

... of life in central IL, the scenery ranges from the occasional field with cattle grazing, desolate sandy roads into small villages, to regions overgrown with trees and dried up river passages, and even a cactus here or there. Dinner arrives, again, I'm glad I ate well earlier today, Expreso Singer seems to be the only bus with worthwhile food, I wish for the chicken raviolis rather ...

... travellers we meet. Should be there in another few weeks. Weīre still camping but the camp sites are progressively deteriorating as we go along. The one here is only half an hour walk from the centre of town but seems to double as a picnic/barbecue ground with a childrenīs play park in the middle. Feels about as secure as leaving your stuff on a park bench but nothing missing...yet!

... level seems to correspond to the distance away from the center of the city. Many people living nearer to the center of town had relatively modest homes, but near the outskirts of town, most of the homes are made of tin and thick cardboard scraps. It was a very humbling experience to see how some people live and has made me grateful for the good old USA.