Tucuman Center Hotel San Miguel de Tucuman

when i got to cafayate, i met 2 israeli guys in the bus station, and we went to a hostel near by. we stayed 2 days in cafayate. on the first day we went to see waterfalls near the village, and see ancient paintings on the walls in a cave, and both of them we didnt get to see, and in the second day we rented bikes, and took a bus to a point about 47 km from the village, and we started riding back, stopping to see places on the way... and it was so hard!!! when we came back we ...

... the last few days there waiting for me before returning to the exciting Tucumán to collect me. He was somewhat tired from (if I remember correctly) kite boarding and mountain biking there that he had done. The scenery on the way there was my favourite of the whole car trip. Lush green forest surrounded us on all sides as we wound our way along narrow roads, clinging precipitously to the sides of the steep hills (NB I realise as I write these blogs that at ...

... with a tiny glass of soda water and maybe a little cookie too. In all the restaurants they let you stay as long as you want. There isn't that "eat and get out" mentalitly. People like to sit and chat for hours here. Oh there are sooo many things that came as a suprise to me that I can't list them all unless I wanted to write a novel. I will tell you more when I get home or something! Frustrations: 1. THEY ARE SUUUPER DISORGANIZED. agh. Our class is in a different room ...

... and I swam in the pool, even when it started down pouring we swam too. Then it was kind of a quiet afternoon of chatting and listening to good cumbia music until later when Facundo's amigos came over for some real fiesta times. We played ping pong and danced a bit. It was mainly me talking to a bunch of Argentines while the others from my group hung out in a different room. This offended Facundo's friends because they invited us to the party to integrate and meet people ...

... apartment is in the center of the city. It is small but not too small, perfect for 3. Lourdes gave me her room, so I live in a room filled with pretty pink girly stuff. It's kinda fun, and lots better than a blank room. My window overlooks a parking lot, pretty special, haha. We have a 16 year old little dog named Floppy. After I took the best shower that I'd ever had in Argentina, we went out to the campo to see Graciela's sister and her family. Their house was ...

... to do, she kicked everyone out (siesta time) and then told us that she had two tickets. she said argentinians always leave everything to the last minute and she doesn't like that, so she holds a couple of tickets for foreigners. yeah tricky old lady! we headed back to the plaza to kill a few hours. i called to wish eden a happy birthday, but she was napping. :-( sky put me on speaker phone so i got to talk to mom, dad, sky and al. they ...

... from the campsite to the waterfall can't be done on bike). I think it was about 6km to get to the campsite. The road was not good for biking though, it was covered with sand (not paved) so it was tough to build speed. Plus it was also more uphill than I realized, since coming back down was really easy. So after dropping off the bike at the campsite, I starting walking to the waterfall. I didn't really know where to go, I was just trying to ...

Starting to really feel that it might be worth splashing out on a hotel, man these campsites are bad! But ¨no more¨ I hear you cry so I´ll stop wittering on about them. Tucuman is a lovely town, there´s a real feeling of energy here. Especially on the 22nd - don´t know what the match was but the local team must have won as the centre of town went completely nuts for a couple of hours. Folk came flooding to the main square and just danced and sang like crazy. There were loads of kids ...