Sheraton 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 : )

... Aires and doesn't have a huge number of attractions within the city. Some of the old buildings are beautiful though and it's a nice place to just walk about in. I went on an open top bus tour (on a very old London bus!) with one of the girls from my dorm (Germa) which was really interesting although the quality of the speakers made it difficult to make out much of what the tour guide was saying. At times it felt like we ...

... going down when we got there so there were lots of candles lit. Apparently it was very common for people in the area to visit here a lot as they believed that miracles would happen. <br><br>The next day we visited our second zoo this week but weren't too impressed especially since the cages were even smaller than the last one which seemed really cruel. We think this may be our last zoo ...

Finished a 13 hour overnight trip from Salta to Cordoba. It was in a sleeper(cama) bus and we were served dinner. The ride was quiite comfortable but on getting to Cordoba I slept for 5 hours before checking out the city. It has some wonderful treed pedestrians ...

I hung out in Montevideo for the morning, spending some time sitting in the sun by the Municipal Palace people watching. At 3.30pm I caught the bus from Tres Cruces to Colonia and made it through the long queue for immigration and onto the ferry. The ferry was very nice, even though I´d bought the cheapest ticket possible. As we crossed the river to Buenos Aires the sun was setting across the water, and the city skyline ...

I spent almost three weeks in Cordoba. It was a really cool stop. There was a lot of partying going on here but I did some other stuff as well. The day I showed up they started the cordoda rally race. That night they presented the cars not far from the hostel, and everybody showed up ...

... as this, your senses become heightened to anything unexpected that may happen. So, allow me to present the 5 unexpected things I saw in my 3 days in Cordoba. Let me say, before I begin, that this is NOT a top5, it's just a 5, because I saw 5 things. These are in no particular order - 1. Saw a real horse and cart - By real I mean it wasn't just hauling tourists around. This horse and cart was the dude's mode of transport. The unexpected part was that I watched ...

... I made it back just in time to catch my bus. I really didn't want to leave Cordoba. University students everywhere with a great buzz. Chilled out city with some pretty plazas and walkways. Its a bit of a hustle-bustle, but it is way more chilled out than Buenos Aires. I would have loved to stay longer and check out some more of the surrounding area and definitely some more nightlife. Alas its time to make my way further north.

... fernet and cola, a herby spicy drink. Absolutely disgusting. Even buckfast is nicer than it. Total rank. Well, at least we tried it. So, that brings me to now. We are hopping on a bus tour around the town then Aoife and I are going to have hair extensions put in. Yee haa! Tonight we are getting the night bus to Mendoza. 10 bloody hours... oh, and did I forget to mention how warm and sunny and lovely it is? The weather could not beaten!