after yet another overnight bus ride (we are kinda tired of those) we woke up in salta, argentina our last stop in this wonderful country. we got to our hostel and got into bed...woke up refreshed and ready to wander the city. we had lunch in a lovely little plaza and witnessed a CRAZY protest taking place...we are not sure what it was all about...

Day 99: November 21, 2007 In Salta A locust in a tree outside of our room joined the chorus of thousands of others in the valley at about 6:30. It's amazing how much noise one of those things can make. I suspect that one of the local birds had a good breakfast because it went quiet all of a sudden and didn't return. It was a hot, hazy day, the k...

yeahh, i'm back in Argentina!!!!! i got here two days ago, the bus trip from San Pedro to Salta was really nice, the views were really amazing, first we went through the desert and then through the mountains, it's hard to believe but i really enjoyed the 10 hours ride, i met some cool brazilians on the bus, we stayed together in the same hotel, ...

Day 64: October 17, 2007 In Salta After writing in the apartment, I went down to the office but all of the good computers were engaged so I just got frustrated on the bad one for awhile before giving up and waiting for one of the better ones to open up. When that happened, I uploaded everything. Cele came in and introduced me to her boyfriend, L...

Day 63: October 16, 2007 In Salta Yesterday's complaint about not finding inspiration to write my proposal seems to have been inspirational in itself. After surfing through my hard drive for awhile, I found a proposal I started to write in 1997. It was similar enough to the one I wish to submit that I could use it for a template. It worked! I zo...

Day 49: October 2, 2007 Teaching In Salta I was up at 7:00 and ready to go at 8:00. Toyo saved my work from the previous evening to the pen drive and called my a cab. I arrived at the University around 8:30 and got everything set up. When I tested the file, once again none of the animation I added the previous evening worked, even though they we...

Day 27: September 10, 2007 In Salta After completing my morning routine, I went down to the office. Toyo took Elena and Luchi to school. Even though there is no school this week, there was a special memorial assembly for a former teacher at the school. Luchi played the guitar and sang. The office was full so I used one of the older computers tha...

Day 14: August 28, 2007 In Salta There was some confusion about the pick-up time for Elena but it finally occurred about 9:45. She and Luchi rode to school with Toyo. The class is going on an overnight camping trip in a couple of weeks so everyone is learning how to cook chorizos on an open fire-a necessary skill in Argentina. Todd Fredericksen,...

We've done pretty well for family visitation rights while consigned to the penury and other trials of long-term travel. We caught up with my Mom in Thailand (the "Mom" is me being silly. I'm not from the States but since my brother-and-sister-in-law live there and this entry is about da family, I'm being inclusive.) Then we had a visit from R's ...

Finally, after a long long busride I made it to Salta in the andine northwest of Argentina on Friday afternoon... Salta is a really beuatiful town, with loads of well restored colonial builings and nice churches and the main plaza is just the place to have good empanadas and coffee. The weather was just perfect for the last couple of days, a lot...