Howard Johnson Hotel And Casin Cordoba

... some refuge in cheap wine and the fact the next hostel (which I called this morning from the bus station) is owned by a lovely English man who has a pool and a love of wine.... what I haven't told Rob is there is no room for us until Friday evening and we have to sleep in a hammock tomorrow! there is a safe place for our luggage, assuming it hasn't been stolen already from the bus station : )

... br>We had decided, after spending so much time at the border doing the paperwork for the bikes, to head to Buenos Aires and stop here in Cordoba on the way to have service done on the BMW. Santiago de Chile and Buenos are about the same distance from the Argentine/Bolivia border, so we decided to stay in Argentina and avoid the extra customs hassle. <br><br>We found the BMW dealer, and now it was around two in the afternoon. We ...

Hello everybody!<br><br>A short update of the comings and goings of la chica finlandesa.<br><br>THURSDAY<br>In the evening there was a 5th anniversary of a nightclub, the Jet Lounge, that we were invited to. There was a cocktail party first, and then of course dancing. It felt quite exclusive, new world for me who is used to the dirty old nations of Uppsala :) On the way home I had a choripán, which is kindof an argentinian hotdog... was the most wonderful experience sitting ...

... ve h*d h*lf * d*y ******** yourself bec*use you c*n't spe*k Sp*nish (I uplo*ded my Sp*nish lesson MP3s onto my pl*yer sh*rpish *s * result of the border incident). The l*st two d*ys h*ve seen me do * bikes *nd wines tour yesterd*y *nd *bs*iling, white w*ter r*fting *nd horse riding tod*y, *ll through the rur*l p*rts of Mendoz* with the stunning Andes *s my b*ckdrop. These mount*ins re*lly do riv*l the Him*l*y*s, which thrills me to see *nd the Sp*nish twist ...

... volunteer at a private senior citizens home. A woman started taking in and providing for elderly people that had nowhere else to go. She has about 15 in her home with her; some can afford to pay her but many can not. She bathes/dresses/feeds them and often has to go to a local church to get food because she doesn't have enough money to care for them. She has been doing this for the last 30 years, since she ...

... ourselves understood, we had forgotten that the G is not pronunced in Spanish, meaning the word sound like Eneral Paz, so the man was saying I dont understand until we worked out the correct way to say it, and then he was, oh of course Egnerral Paz, its 2 blocks that way! the pair of us looked a bit stupid but the Spanish pronounciation can be a little confusing. Next stop: La Cumbre, which was our weekend getaway in the mountains to the west of Cordoba.

... and Convent) of Santa Catalina de Siena for 7.30pm where we had heard the nuns sing which is supposed to be beautiful. We arrived a little before 7.30 and were there for Holy Communion. Standing at the back of the church, not understanding a word of what the Priest said, we waited patiently for the nuns to sing, and it was beautiful. We then returned to the internet café as Henry was still trying to find somewhere with Skype to call his sister to wish her a Happy Birthday ...

... is now a museum. The walls were covered in letters he had sent to people when he was young and his bicycle and motorbike were there amongst other things. It was really interesting, we saw a film about his childhood in Alta Gracia which showed a home video of him in the house we were sat in. Other than that Alta Gracia has very little to offer, its a 'quaint' little town with some very impressive buildings but I can imagine the locals getting really ***** off with ...

... here. I met back up with the two cool Aussie girls, Belinda and Melinda. Stephan is still here (the German guy who will probably never leave). Kieran, a really cool dude from Australia. Tobias, the crazy Swede that has been living here for a couple of months. Santiago and Nicholas, two hilarious guys living in Chile. Marcos, the other German, who might just be the tallest person I have ever met. Plus all the hostel employees that we ...

... sole picchia di brutto ma non ce n'e'... le citta' con il bel tempo sono tutta un'altra cosa! bella! mi dispiace quasi dover partire, pero' ho ancora tutto domani per gustarmela e poi alle 7 di sera si parte di nuovo per Juuy... sempre piu' vicino alla bolivia!! E' pero' questa la mia vera ultima tappa argentina perche' a jujuy devo prendere la coincidenza per la frontiera, che mi han detto deve essere attraversata a piedi attraverso un ponte... ma ve lo raccontero ...